How far have we really come?

I'm reminding myself of a blog entry by Wil Wheaton where he so desperately wanted to lash out at all of the Republicans like we had dished to the rest of us for the last 8 years. Yes there's a pretty solid feeling that you really want to finally throw your fists up in the air and declare victory after being ROBBED in 2000 and having a radical conservative agenda rammed down our throats that would only reward businesses and leave the 95% of other Americans left out.

But Wil's friend then said something rather profound: "They are home. We share this country, all of us, whether we like it or not.

“We voted against intolerance for people that don’t share ‘the right’ views because we and people we respect and admire have been the victims of intolerance for too long. We voted against hypocrisy and fear and hate. We voted for a chance to change."

Okay ... a very nice "high road" approach to Obama's victory.

But then I read things like this which really causes me a lot of anger and rage. It's an article citing how racial threats have seen a tremendous spike since Obama's win 11 days ago. Why does this anger me so much? Because of the incredible cowardice of Mr. "Country First" by playing the fear-mongering card that has riled up every crazy idiot out there because they "just don't trust Barack Obama," "they're scared for what he's going to do," "we have to buy our guns before Barack Obama takes office."

It's this kind of nonsensical BULLSHIT served to do nothing but invoke the fear of the unknown in a guy that has the greatest promise to America that has been seen for a very long time. This only padded the racial fervor across this country. So for all of those absorbed people that truly thought that there's no more racism left in this country -- take a nice long hard look at racism in the span less than 2 weeks time:

_Four North Carolina State University students admitted writing anti-Obama comments in a tunnel designated for free speech expression, including one that said: "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head." Obama has received more threats than any other president-elect, authorities say.

_At Standish, Maine, a sign inside the Oak Hill General Store read: "Osama Obama Shotgun Pool." Customers could sign up to bet $1 on a date when Obama would be killed. "Stabbing, shooting, roadside bombs, they all count," the sign said. At the bottom of the marker board was written "Let's hope someone wins."

_Racist graffiti was found in places including New York's Long Island, where two dozen cars were spray-painted; Kilgore, Texas, where the local high school and skate park were defaced; and the Los Angeles area, where swastikas, racial slurs and "Go Back To Africa" were spray painted on sidewalks, houses and cars.

_Second- and third-grade students on a school bus in Rexburg, Idaho, chanted "assassinate Obama," a district official said.

_University of Alabama professor Marsha L. Houston said a poster of the Obama family was ripped off her office door. A replacement poster was defaced with a death threat and a racial slur. "It seems the election brought the racist rats out of the woodwork," Houston said.

_Black figures were hanged by nooses from trees on Mount Desert Island, Maine, the Bangor Daily News reported. The president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas said a rope found hanging from a campus tree was apparently an abandoned swing and not a noose.

_Crosses were burned in yards of Obama supporters in Hardwick, N.J., and Apolacan Township, Pa.

_A black teenager in New York City said he was attacked with a bat on election night by four white men who shouted 'Obama.'

_In the Pittsburgh suburb of Forest Hills, a black man said he found a note with a racial slur on his car windshield, saying "now that you voted for Obama, just watch out for your house."


Is this YOUR America YOU are proud of?

Is this YOUR party of choice that YOU are proud of?

I cannot conceptualize an America that stands behind bigotry, racism and such vile hatred to teach their children to chant "assassinate Obama" like it was some game or something. I cannot conceptualize an America that holds a "raffle" when they think Obama is going to be killed. I cannot conceptualize an America that has so much "red meat" that it wants nothing more than to execute someone before they even make one step in the White House.

So no --- I don't think it's too far out of the realm of rational comprehension to really ask the question: how far have we really come?

To Wil's friend -- I can only say that while you might have the greatest hope of humanity -- it takes the scourge and selfish bastards of the world to ruin that hope you carry. It doesn't matter how much you teach, how well you get them to understand -- the feeding by the McCain / Palin ticket did was only throw gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, jet fuel, and every other racial combustible thing they could find to cause Americans to now live in fear and prepare for Armageddon like it's the end of days.

It's stupid.

It's wrong.

It's entirely un-American and yet -- it's casually accepted and promoted by the conservative side of the aisle because it's THEIR side that continues to accept and promote such a purely idiotic ideology. How these cowards can exist in a country founded in the basic freedom of all men, created equal -- is entirely beyond me.

So while Wil's friend preaches that it's their "home" too -- from where I stand -- they don't deserve the air they're given because of the historical stain this country has bled for the last 200 plus years in the name of equality. By teaching and spreading such maleficence merely illuminates a much darker racial problem that can only be resolve through attrition.

The sooner we can remove the likes of these un-American assholes from our collective gene-pool, the better.