infidel
11-30-2004, 02:10 PM
I know this will come as a shock to most, but yeah. I'm serious.
I've decided it is just easier.
I've been thinking about the phrase "embrace the full horror of the nightmare that is bush" and I realized I really haven't fully embraced it.
The main advantages are:
1. I no longer have to care about anything but tax cuts. I no longer have to care about anyone but myself and my family. Poor people? Who gives a shit? Children with no health insurance? Fuck 'em. I got mine.
2. Once my family and friends have realized and accepted that I am a bushwad, they will no longer expect me to understand much. Or even know much. I can get away with saying things like "Oh yeah, if there's global warming, why's it so COLD, Mister Smartypants?" and "You're just a fucking traitor" everytime anyone disagrees with me. I can even get away with threats of physical violence towards people, as long as they are liberal. Or just weird, in my opinion.
3. I will get carte blanche to judge people. A lot. Like that Christian guy told me who was poll greeting for a republican on Election Day, the book in the Bible called Judges not only gives us permission to judge, but DEMANDS it. So now I get to make fun of whoever I want, look down my nose at people (especially people lower on the socio-economic scale than I am) and sneer at other people's beliefs openly. I can be as hateful as I want, because all I have to do is use projection and accuse them of doing all the things I am doing.
4. I now get to remind people, all the time and in a rather chest-beating way, how moral I am, how upstanding, how honest, how CONCERNED I am for.....the....children and all the demonic influences our society puts on them.
5. I also get to remind people about September 11th. A lot.
Now that I've said all that, I realize as a true bushwad, I cannot have this kind of metacognitive awareness of what it is I do, so I am being picked up shortly for a 1:30 appointment at the Dallas County Republican Party offices, jokingly called, by other bushwads, the "Reeducation Center." They are funny!
You all are pretty great. But take it from me---it's easier to simply embrace the horror. Let go. You'll feel so much better. I already do, just from the not having to care about anyone part!
I've decided it is just easier.
I've been thinking about the phrase "embrace the full horror of the nightmare that is bush" and I realized I really haven't fully embraced it.
The main advantages are:
1. I no longer have to care about anything but tax cuts. I no longer have to care about anyone but myself and my family. Poor people? Who gives a shit? Children with no health insurance? Fuck 'em. I got mine.
2. Once my family and friends have realized and accepted that I am a bushwad, they will no longer expect me to understand much. Or even know much. I can get away with saying things like "Oh yeah, if there's global warming, why's it so COLD, Mister Smartypants?" and "You're just a fucking traitor" everytime anyone disagrees with me. I can even get away with threats of physical violence towards people, as long as they are liberal. Or just weird, in my opinion.
3. I will get carte blanche to judge people. A lot. Like that Christian guy told me who was poll greeting for a republican on Election Day, the book in the Bible called Judges not only gives us permission to judge, but DEMANDS it. So now I get to make fun of whoever I want, look down my nose at people (especially people lower on the socio-economic scale than I am) and sneer at other people's beliefs openly. I can be as hateful as I want, because all I have to do is use projection and accuse them of doing all the things I am doing.
4. I now get to remind people, all the time and in a rather chest-beating way, how moral I am, how upstanding, how honest, how CONCERNED I am for.....the....children and all the demonic influences our society puts on them.
5. I also get to remind people about September 11th. A lot.
Now that I've said all that, I realize as a true bushwad, I cannot have this kind of metacognitive awareness of what it is I do, so I am being picked up shortly for a 1:30 appointment at the Dallas County Republican Party offices, jokingly called, by other bushwads, the "Reeducation Center." They are funny!
You all are pretty great. But take it from me---it's easier to simply embrace the horror. Let go. You'll feel so much better. I already do, just from the not having to care about anyone part!