Please Leave If [vol. 19]: Political Jerks
It’s Friday, and here at joebunting.com, on Fridays we exclude.
After a fellow Santa Barbaranite whose blog I read, Roy, wrote about the politics behind abortion, I was upset. I am generally opposed to abortion, although I think it is a complicated and emotionally charged debate, so I hold it loosely. It wasn’t the politics that made me mad though. It was Roy’s tone.
Roy loves Obama, and one of the presidential candidates central messages is respect in the midst of disagreement. I didn’t think Roy was following Obama’s example. In fact, I called him out on being disrespectful.
Roy handled it very well. It turned into an honest, civil discussion in which I think we both learned something.
However, right in the midst of it, Jeff spoke up, calling Roy and other pro-choicers ” liberal crybabies like you standing in the way of moral progress.”
Basically, displaying the kind of behavior which is exactly the opposite of the kind of civil conversation in which both sides hear each other’s opinions and are open to learn.
Jeff, you’re a jerk. Consider yourself ignored.
See Roy’s article and our interaction in the comments section here.
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