Election Ignorance

Election Ignorance

As I was surfing facebook the afternoon after Obama was elected President, I was stunned by some of the absurd statuses that were posted. I felt that people from both parties were acting obnoxiously. You had the Obama supporters who were gloating because their candidate won. On the other hand you had the sore losers that were the McCain supporters, whose statuses all had to do with anticipation of a falling economy or of their plans to move to Canada. I think both are quite ridiculous. Obama supporters should be taking the win in stride and humbly accepting that they got what they wanted. I’m not saying they aren’t entitled to be happy, they are, but being boisterous about it is uncalled for. At the same time you have the McCain supporters who have already decided that Obama is going to be the worst thing to ever happen to the U.S. Calm down! I saw statuses about how guns will be banished and the wealthy will be on food stamps. I couldn’t help but laugh at these people’s ignorance. Instead of assuming what is going to happen while he is in office, remember what they say about assuming, worry about what the current President is doing.
There was one status in particular that left me fuming. It was from a fellow SMU student’s profile who happens to be an avid McCain supporter. It went as follows, and I quote:

“John Doe is who is going to pull the trigger.”
Comments to status:
Unnamed SMU student A: “someone please do”
Unnamed SMU student B: “sooner than later hopefully”
Unnamed SMU student C: “tell papa o ive got stacks lined up for him if he does it”
Unnamed SMU student D: “it will happen, don’t worry, he gave his speech in a
bullet proof bubble cause he knows it. So it’s only
a matter of time.

Now I don’t care who you supported during the election, you are an American and you should be supportive of your country and your President. Truth be told, I was never a huge Bush fan but I still had respect for the man because he was my President. If these unnamed people are so unhappy with a man that isn’t even the President yet, to a point where they are hoping his life would be taken, then maybe they should pack up and move to Canada. America doesn’t need bitter people like that residing within our boarders. How can we even attempt to improve our country if we can’t even form a type of unity? We can’t.