GOP and Silly Putty
Just the other day, in a response to an email I sent regarding some of the bogus claims being thrown out by “birthers”, a family friend had this to say about Obama:
“I can’t stand him under any circumstance and I’m sick of him and his cronies.“
Upon reading this, I was really taken aback and found myself reflecting a lot on this response. The question I responded back with was “Why do you hate him so much?“. For someone to hate Obama that much, I’m very curious as to the reasons why and where this animosity comes from.
I’ve gotten to the point now where I care less about trying to change people’s minds and care more about trying to understand why certain people feel the way they do. I figure it’s a far more healthy approach. After all, a lot of folks on the far-right aren’t easily persuaded by people with opposing views. As such, I’ve given up trying to change their minds. Instead, I’ll try and understand how they came to a given conclusion to begin with.
The best analogy I can give you of how I perceive the GOP and folks on the far-right is that they resemble Silly Putty. Think about what Silly Putty is:
- An amorphous thing that has no set form and can be molded into any shape at leisure.
- Lives inside of an egg-shaped shell when not used.
- You can press it over some newsprint and, when lifted, will get a reverse image of what the newsprint looks like.
- It stretches without breaking, yet it can be “snapped off” cleanly.
- It bounces higher than a rubber ball.
- It floats if you shape it in a certain way, yet sinks in others.
- If you slam it with a hammer, it keeps it shape, yet if you push with light, even pressure, it will flatten with ease.
- Gravity has a slow, yet devastating effect on creations.
- It is non-toxic and non-irritating to the skin (or so they say).
- No one really knows what the hell it’s made of (or cares to look it up).
- Originally called Nutty Putty.
I think that about sums it up, don’t you think?
Tags: gop, hypocrisy
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