November 14, 2013

• irrationality

  A younger friend (almost everyone is younger ) of mine had house guests for the weekend who insisted on watching Fox News exclusively and lectured her on the horrors of Obama and his ilk much to her discomfort. She said she had no idea of the degree of irrational hate and rejection they had of the president and whatever he stood for.
  Obama is unquestionably the most controversial president of recent times, in that he engenders the strongest feelings among followers and detractors.
  I’m sure part of this is his background – absolutely unacceptable to “traditional” Americans who simple cannot conceive of the idea that the offspring of a hippy and a disgraced african politician and who spent his childhood in Indonesia could actually become the president of the US… and be reelected by a substantial majority!
  His training and talent notwithstanding, he has had to face extraordinary opposition among those who are desperate to return to the familiar nation they grew up in – a nation that has changed beyond their worst nightmare.
  Obama is the living embodiment of that change … and you can’t ever go home again…
  A Culture Change era is always stressful and the present situation is a good example of culture change.

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