By Nicole Demouth
Butt out, leftists
Did the bookstore have a recent blowout on chalk? What is the fascination with writing that which is supposedly important to your personal agenda on the walls and walkways of the university in pink?
Right now, I believe that we should shy away from war just a bit, since our weapons inspections seem to be running somewhat smoothly in Iraq. Do I think we may find a reason to go to war regardless? Most likely, because Saddam is a lunatic, and trust me, it’s not a “cultural difference.” Might I have cared to discuss this with the young man heading half of the antiwar table in front of the humanities building last week? Yes, but he was too busy sitting Indian-style, drawing peace signs with yellow chalk like I used to do in my driveway when I was seven.
I know in my heart that this is not the level of intelligence on our campus, or on a much larger scale, in our nation. So why is it that many of our advocates provide us with such horrible representation? Why is it that this ridiculous representation and accusation usually fall in from the left? Why do they always negate themselves? Unnecessary war is because of money invested in oil overseas, but we love Earth too much to drill in our own country. Big business is bad, but I attend an accredited multi-billion dollar university where I will receive a degree and capitalize on my investment.
Dave Barry once said, “The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.” I find this is usually true, because I think that the far left side of the table constantly accumulates stacks of papers from all types of newly categorized people. Although ultraconservative individuals can be quite snobby in their ignorance of particular issues, the general idea is that they keep the inbox nice and tidy, with the content memorized since their agendas never really change.
For one reason or another, this is seen as a bad thing in this day and age. You’re a “nobody” if you’re plain and simple, quiet and controlled. You’re a “bigot” if you disagree with someone else’s agenda, and a “racist” if you’re proud of your heritage. Name-calling looks to be the debate of the future, and good morals aren’t “cool.” I cannot force an individual to change, but I can hope we come full circle soon.
It isn’t wrong to believe in God. I never truly learned about God until I began Sunday school as a child. All of my classmates in my public school classes who weren’t Catholic grew up to join and study their preferred denominations. Parents never beat down the door because we said “God.” It isn’t wrong to continue reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with pride. The Pledge of Allegiance isn’t even about God! It’s about standing up for thirty seconds of the day to acknowledge our country. If you think that there’s a teacher out there coercing little Suzie to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as some part of a cult scheme, then you’re paranoid. Next, children won’t be able to put their hands over their hearts when doing so because someone will claim it’s child pornography.
It isn’t wrong to post a Christmas decoration on the wall this season where someone who is not celebrating the holiday might see it. It’s your holiday, so celebrate it! In school, I’ve celebrated Chanukah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, and many other holidays that were not established to convert me, but were established for celebration. Hell, I schlepped through Grandparents Day in third grade when all of my grandparents had passed on, but I’m sure my diversity is still not enough for some hardheaded leftists.
We live in a nation where one of our major political parties continues to publicly take advice from an ex-president who couldn’t keep his manhood from every moving crevice in America but his wife’s, and you want to tell me that I’m wrong for praying, singing “Jingle Bells” (as well as its many renditions), and trying to maintain a little tradition? That’s a laugh.
