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geminigirl) wrote2008-08-29 03:16 pm
geminigirl) wrote2008-08-29 03:16 pm
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Am I old or are people dumb?
I frequent a number of different message boards for parents of children born in April of this year as Naomi was. And occasionally, rather than parenting, politics comes up.
Someone whose political views are radically different from mine concluded a post lauding John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as the VP candidate with the following comment:
"So, you see. The republicans are the ones to break the glass ceiling and be the 1st to put a women up there!"
The only rational response I could come up with that wasn't vitriolic and inappropriate for the forum, was "No. The Democrats nominated a woman-Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984-24 years before the Republicans. And that's only if we dismiss all the other parties that aren't democrat or republican."
Fortunately someone else posted first...I'm not sure I'd have been able to keep the "you nincompoop" out of my post.
Someone whose political views are radically different from mine concluded a post lauding John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as the VP candidate with the following comment:
"So, you see. The republicans are the ones to break the glass ceiling and be the 1st to put a women up there!"
The only rational response I could come up with that wasn't vitriolic and inappropriate for the forum, was "No. The Democrats nominated a woman-Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984-24 years before the Republicans. And that's only if we dismiss all the other parties that aren't democrat or republican."
Fortunately someone else posted first...I'm not sure I'd have been able to keep the "you nincompoop" out of my post.
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Probably best not to feed the trolls sometimes.
Other times, like this one, I want to sit on top of the bridge and just dump
hot oil on them.