Watch this video. Why are these Ohio McCain supporters so angry? How come it's not enough to disagree with Barack Obama's views and vote against him? Why do some McCain supporters feel compelled to call Obama a "terrorist" and a "Muslim"? Why do they scream at Obama supporters to "get a job"? I'll tell you why. They are afraid. They are afraid and they are angry. They are afraid that a black man will be President. This is not a traditional role for a black man. He is not supposed to be President. Also, his name sounds foreign. These people think they are struggling economically because their tax dollars are going to support minorities and immigrants. They continually vote for a Republican party that throws them the red meat of social issues and then leaves them out in the cold economically.
These people are clinging to something that is already gone. The world has spun past them. They are watching it whiz by and they don't understand what just happened. In the larger sense, because of globalization, rising Asian powers and disappearing borders, what we know as America will no longer exist in a few decades. We will still be a nation, but we will become part of a larger global entity that cannot act only in it's own self-interest if it wants to thrive. This is happening right now. Take immigration, for example. Do you really think the current Republican administration wants to stop immigration? It is a source of cheap labor, just as it has been since immigrants started coming here. As a result, the traditional idea of borders is fading away. People may differ on whether this is good or bad, but it is indeed happening. And this scares people.
Anyway, nothing I could say could be more telling than watching this video.
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