Dark Matters
I had considered “going dark” today, just like so many sites are, in protest of the Bush Inaugural. There's even a website with graphics stating why the website is dark—a paradox in and of itself—and I went so far as to change my
Why did I drop that and return the site to its usual content? To be honest, my heart wasn't really in the blackout. It's one of our Typicals, this protesting-if-it-doesn't-cost-us-much. This time around, Bush was elected, apparently by a wide-enough margin that no one is really contesting the victory. True, it's a victory based on lies, a victory based on a fraudulent election the first time around, a victory based almost single-handedly and single-mindedly on the Republicans' fear-peddling and strict-father-model dogma, but it was a victory as the system of election and government describes one.
I'm sitting this one out. Sitting out the Inaugural, too. It just makes me plain sick that he's still in office. Sick that so many Americans only care about revenge and nationalism instead of justice and patriotism. Sick that so many Americans don't even know the difference between nationalism and patriotism.
I love my country because of its ideals—life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—not for what it is these days. I have no interest in preserving this way of life, I have an interest in improving the ways of life of every person on this planet.
You think the christians out there—the ones who so virulently and vituperatively supported Bush and the Republicans—would want the same thing.
They don't want you to be won over in your heart by Jesus; they just want to win.
Comments
Not sue why you'd "go dark",
Republican or democrat, left or right, the inaguration is a ritual and celebration of freedom and democracy.
You can't always have it your way.
Posted by: Gordon the Magnificent | January 20, 2005 08:44 AM
Inauguration is a masturbatory exercise for either party.
The Republicans just seem to like watching snuff films and are more exhibitionist when they do it. :)
Posted by: God of Biscuits | January 20, 2005 08:59 AM
George Who? Is there something happening in Washington DC today? I'm doing my best to keep a (major) media blackout around the thing. Call me Cleopatra, but I doubt there will be any other stories on the 6 o'clock news.
(Funny, I caught your briefly blacked-out page last night on my blog-rounds. I had no idea it was only up that long.)
Posted by: Casey | January 20, 2005 10:41 AM
I live only ten blocks from the Capitol, just far enough out that my street isn't blocked off. Last night's fireworks rattled my windows, they were so loud and frequent I thought/fantasized(?) that some big battle was happening down at the dome. Then I realized It had started. We had a heavy snow yesterday in D.C., I spoke to my mom around lunch and joked that it was true, hell has indeed frozen over.
I thought I should attend this morning's parade if only for the historical value but decided that it would serve only as recognizing his regime. So, I decided to do what I do everyday, sit in my little office on the back of the house, overlooking Constitution Ave. and study for the bar exam so I can become a productive citizen of D.C., taxed (heavily) without representation.
Posted by: Todd | January 20, 2005 11:18 AM
Are you negative about everything?
Posted by: Gordon the Magnificent | January 21, 2005 04:08 AM
I was kind of waiting for that tactic to come from the Republicans. Congrats on being the first!
Attack, attack, attack, you go, and then when we're overwhelmed with attempting to defend ourselves against the lies and the negativity, the attack-attack-attack begins again with "are you negative about everything?"
I'm quite positive about most things, and when I speak with positivity, there you are—people of your ilk, anyway—calling us crazy liberals, hippies, tree-huggers and moonbats.
What's your concept of a world of positivity for everyone, Gordon? Because you sure as hell seem like the negative one.
Posted by: GodOfBiscuits | January 21, 2005 04:13 AM
And there you go again not actually answering an argument, and instead insulting intelligence and implying that your opponents don't know what they're doing.
You have to admit it looks pretty bad when a bunch of kids can wind up looking classier that you, even with all your great vocabulary words and literary references. You talk very well, but you don't have anything to say.
And...yes. You are definitely negative about just about everything. And I'm not saying, as a conservative, that you liberals are negative people. You, Jeff, are an angry, negative person.
Observation, not stereotype.
Posted by: The Masked Avenger | January 22, 2005 04:00 AM
And you, Masked Avenger, are simply an irresponsible, nameless joke who takes things out of context (out of the context of an entire blog!) and posts baseless condemnations.
Put up your identity, or shut up on here.
You don't get to post crazy from your safe cocoon of anonymity.
Posted by: God of Biscuits | January 22, 2005 04:08 AM
You're just plain be an unhappy person.
Posted by: Gordon the Magnificent | January 22, 2005 04:33 AM
Thanks for addressing my question, Gordon.
Posted by: GodOfBiscuits | January 22, 2005 06:03 AM
Here's some of the basics, then.
I'm reverted Catholic college kid. I'm from Seattle. I listen to The Beatles constantly, and I'm working towards a degree in journalism or some other form of English. I don't use my real name because I don't need to. I don't put up my email because I run into you here and on BlogHogger so much I don't think it's necessary. I don't put up my URL because the website I run has a lot of little kids who drop by, and I'd rather not they run across some of our more heated discussions. And I'm sorry for getting on your case.
Posted by: The Masked Avenger | January 22, 2005 09:02 AM
Easier to apologize than to be decent to begin with, I suppose.
Email me privately, then, but I'm really sick and tired of the hit and run crap on here. I never post comments anywhere—including the rightfully-maligned dogsnot—without stating who I am.
I follow up and check on those who post incendiary things. It's called "being responsible".
i'm not interested in broadasting your email...just a way of verifying.
Posted by: God of Biscuits | January 22, 2005 11:09 AM
Actually, GoB, it seems kind of funny you calling us negative all of a sudden. Brian nullified your evidence (strawmen) in that last minor comment war we had on this site (BTW, nice layout!), and you only critisized his spelling!
Posted by: Joe | January 22, 2005 11:22 AM
There you go again, as if repeating a thing makes it more true. You don't even understand the concept of a 'straw man' in the first place.
Posted by: God of Biscuits | January 22, 2005 11:32 AM