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[apocalypsos]

Oct. 30, 2004 | COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lisa Dupler, a 33-year-old from Columbus, held up a rainbow-striped John Kerry sign outside the Nationwide Arena on Friday, as Republicans streamed out after being rallied by George W. Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A thickset woman with very short, dark hair, Dupler was silent and barely flinched as people passing her hissed "faggot" into her ear. An old lady looked at her and said, "You people are sick!" A kid who looked to be about 10 or 11 affected a limp wrist and mincing voice and said, "Oh, I'm gay." Rather than restraining him, his squat mother guffawed and then turned to Dupler and sneered, "Why don't you go marry your girlfriend?" Encouraged, her son yelled, "We don't want faggots in the White House!"

What. The. FUCK.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Kerry = Not the Anti-Christ
Bush = Not the Anti-Christ
Damien = Okay, see, that's the Anti-Christ

Don't mind me, I'm just overdosing on horror movies for Halloween. (I'm currently watching The Exorcist. I probably shouldn't, because it creeps me out on a very weird level, but hell, I'll try it this once.)

Anyway, as for their followers ... well, hell, as long as both sides can occupy the same space with each other without resorting to racial slurs, bigotry, or poo-flinging, you know you're in the crowd of Bush or Kerry supporters that have actually retained their sanity. And for the record, both sides are evenly distributed with the same ratio of wild-tempered kooks to average people. All you have to remember is that for every kook you see voting for Bush or Kerry who keeps saying stupid shit, there are seven or eight people standing off to the side shaking their head and muttering, "Stop being on our side! You're making our side sound bad!"

Urgh. Countdown to supposed end of all this stupidity = 58 hours. Countdown to supposed end of my sanity for November = 10.5 hours. Countdown to when I really lose my sanity for November = Um, when do I start work again tomorrow? Oh, yeah ... 23 hours. It's sad when you're doing NaNoWriMo knowing full well that it can't drive you nuts considering your job is twice as stressful anymore.

In any event, have solved the junk food problem, and am now definitely stocked up with cookies 'n' creme nuggets and Cheetos and Mountain Dew Code Red. If that doesn't get me wired, I don't know what will.

Comments

[azurelunatic]

I'm pretty sure "I think your choice of leader is a moron" counts as at least mild poo-flinging, as it's an ad hominem attack on leader in question, though it does sort of have bearing on the ability of guy in question to actually lead.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should change the phrase "poo-flinging" to "behavior unbecoming a calm, responsible adult." Like, say, teaching your children to use homophobia to demean the candidate you dislike.

I think the thing with "I think your choice of leader is a moron" is that it's basically a more pointed way of saying "Your choice of leader has an abysmal plan for our economic health, has no clue about being a president during times of war, has no grasp or understand of religious faith the way I learned it, and is more distrustful than the other major candidate." Except, you know, with smaller, stupider way.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Heck, *I* don't understand religous faith the way I learned it.

[wenchamok.livejournal.com]

*watches Gidget!Troll bounce around the room like Ferret!Draco*

What, no Cherry Pepsi? ;)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, the Code Red was on sale. And I have to write lots, so ... you know, Mountain Dew. *bounces around the room like a crack-addled Tigger*

[pescivendolo.livejournal.com]

So glad to see people teaching good strong family values to their children.

*glare*