Frustration

     Perhaps it is stupid to believe that people can think rationally in this day and age.  We are so insistent on joining a team, having a side, that we forget points, ideals, truths, and beliefs in order to remain on the side we are comfortable on.  Politics is no longer about what you believe is right for your country...but if you are in a red or a blue state, democrat or republican, conservative or liberal...its not about whats good for the country, whats right for the people, or just having an opinion.  Too many people get caught up in the sides that they forget what on earth they dont like about the other side in the first place.
I think the generation of my discontent or disillusionment with politics as a whole comes with the fact that daily I get called an American hating communist.  It infuriates me.  I love my country, I just have a different view than some on how that country should prosper and what our constitution says.  



Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;


I don't think reading that and believing that when it says providing for the general welfare of our country that means...ensuring that people when they are dying can get medical care and not have to pay 2 thousand dollars a month for medications to keep them healthy...is wrong.
And even if it is against what someone else believes, I dont think that makes me some sort of Nazi or Communist because those are strong labels and without understanding fully those definitions in context...saying that about someone just because they believe in some sense of social responsibility is wrong.
And its not just that...
politics is not the only arena lately where stuff like this is permeating...
I work with at least two people who boast about how much of a Christian they are, but call Obama the anti-christ, a socialist, Hitler, a Muslim, condemn homosexuals, call me a communist, call me a heathen, and worse just because I don't agree with them.  They talk about how its not their job to pay for lazy people when dealing with healthcare and then I wonder who on earth they think they worship on a daily basis as Christians...
It infuriates me because regardless of how my viewpoints may differ, I cant fathom watching people suffer, I cant fathom telling a gay person they are bad people just because who they deem to love, and I cannot for the life of me understand how it is ok to strive to live under the tenants of a person who loved everyone and accepted everyone and call anyone they disagree with nasty names and label them.
I think, and I will always think that I see more of this negative sentiment because of where I live but...its hard to sit in the midst of so much ignorance, intolerance, and racism and not attempt to fight back.