"Do you think that if a Gay person gets killed, society is better off?"

[Wetzelbill]

This was a poll on Facebook today. Really, is this what we've become? Advocating or, at the very least, suggesting that murdering somebody who is gay might actually make society better?

This is the other side. Fear. Chaos. Incitement. Violence. It may not be everybody over there, but its more than enough to cause concern for all of us. Who is next? Are we going to have another disturbed person walk into another church to kill "liberals"? Another sick loner out there ready to shoot a cop because he's scared his guns will be taken away? Or will somebody go off and open fire on a group of women because he's angry about not having sex for almost twenty years? Will somebody think that the shooting at the Tel Aviv gay community center was a good idea and try to emulate it here? And on and on and on.

Who is next?

It could be anybody. When one side only knows how to create fear and chaos and anger, this is what happens.

At a recent event held by my congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, somebody brought a gun and accidently dropped it on the floor. She said he wasn't waving it around or threatening anybody with it, but there are people out there who would. Just how far does an already incensed and fearful person, who isn't even sure what they are mad at in the first place, have to go before they do something crazy and stupid? Maybe not very far.

There are people out there who don't believe the president is even an American. Some don't even know that Hawaii is a U.S. state. They believe Obama will implement death panels and put a mandate on who lives or dies. They think that the health care bill will mandate sex changes. They don't even grasp anything as simple as Medicare being a government program. They yell "socialist" without even knowing what it means. I wonder how many of these people would kill or hurt somebody on the basis of one of these ridiculous beliefs?

It's a sad pathetic state of affairs. We should be better than this. Our country should be better.

But it's not.

I remember when I rode bulls I used to watch bull riding tapes, and one announcer would always say something like "It's not if you get hurt riding bulls, it's when and how bad." That's how I feel about the fear and anger and division that's being stoked up in our country for purely political reasons.

It's not if somebody else is going to get hurt because of all this incitement, it's when and how bad.

[kevinbgoode]

1. Is that an "official" Facebook question?

If not, I'd report it. And if it is, I think you should demand that they followup with the same question, only sticking "conservative" in instead. Or how about "Should rightwing "Christians" be assisted to the Rapture?"

Sorry, but the question really pisses me off.

[Wetzelbill]

2. no it was a poll somebody created

through one of the apps and has been made available for pretty much anybody to vote on.

You can report those, I did and I know at least one other person who has. Likely it won't be around much longer, but that is was even made in the first place is appalling.

[liberalitch]

8. Then they need to be reported,....

[Wetzelbill]

9. I did, a few others too

[smokey nj]

13. I reported it as offensive and sent the link to my friends list and many of them have reported it as

well.

[HopeHoops]

3. That's just fucking sick.

:puke:

[Wetzelbill]

4. yeah that was my first reaction

Literally made me sick to my stomach.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

5. Personally, if some Christians were still fed to lions...

... society would definitely be better off!

(I reported the poll as offensive on facebook).

Cheers!

[lazer47]

12. Your comment is just as offensive and uncalled for as the other..

[Hugabear]

6. Just out of curiosity, what were the results like?

I mean, how many people were voting 'yes' on that - that's just as scary as the person putting the poll up in the first place.

[Wetzelbill]

10. you have to vote in it to see the results

I didn't want to even dignify it and just reported it as offensive.

[loyalkydem]

7. That's why

I hate those applications. As a gay person myself I'm highly offended by that poll

[Wetzelbill]

11. anybody in their right mind would be

How sick is that? I am straight, but say if that poll had the word "liberal" instead, I would feel threatened as well as offended. No excuse for it at all.