There's Something About Mary

[zehnkatzen]

I have a cow-orker, name of Mary. She's loudly, proudly liberal ... and as a personality, comes on a little strong a-times.

But I have no complaints about her. Here's why.

We have more than a couple of cow-orkers I think of as "Jeebus-addicts". One of them never strays far from his Bible; it follows him as though here were Linus and it were his security blanket.

After telling someone else in the company (in a different department) he voted McCain, he was called a racist (a viewpoint I do not necessarily agree with; the reasons to vote for McCain to a person of that mind are much more complex, and I think it is possible to vote for McCain without voting against Obama because he's black. What I don't understand is why anyone things it's possible to vote for McCain. But I digress).

Anyway! This wounded him deeply. He didn't understand why anyone would do that; he probably though it "typically liberal" and terribly unfair. I don't think it's "typically" liberal, and I do agree it was unfair (see digression above). Actually, the fellow who called him that is kinda stupid, so I wouldn't take anything he said seriously.

Anyway again! In conversation with my cow-orker Mary, he complained that he was called racist. She told me what happened, and in my mind, I imagine the conversation went something like this:

"I know exactly how you feel there!"

(bemused) "Why? How could you?"

"Because when I said I was voting for Obama, I've been called Socialist, traior, terrorist, unAmerican, stupid, an idiot, a terrorist-lover, a Muslim, a stupid bitch. You wouldn't believe all the things I've been called. So, yeah, I know how you feel when you get called a racist. Really I do."

And my cow-orker, the Jeebus-addict, had no rejoinder.

I don't wish sadness and depression on my acquaintances who voted McCain (for any reason–they're all the wrong reason). As a perennial Democrat, I understand what it's like to see your candidate go down and feel that you've been hard done-by.

But if they wake up, they'll see that even though the republican lost, they haven't been counted out, and that President Obama will do good things for them, too ... even though they don't like him, he likes them.

If they don't wake up, though, they'll continue to feel hard done-by. I can't help it if they don't wake up, but I wish that they should.

And Mary is my new hero.

[Ian David]

1. ...

[proud patriot]

2. I was told to my face I should be hung from the nearest tree

by a woman in a parking lot who saw my anti-war/bush
pro/ constitution/troop stickers :crazy:

I know how Mary and the "racist" feel also...

I've aslo heard the "No n word " shouted at my yard
and car . That's here in the bay area Contra Costa
County near SF Ca .

I shouted "racist bigot" repeatedly and pointed at his
car , kinda like invasion of the body snatchers . :rofl:

So I understand all sides ...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Well, that's just wrong

They should have said "hanged."

I just get so annoyed when bigots use language incorrectly, don't you?
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