As we are well into the election season, I wanted to share what I have learned from GOP Presidential campaigning so far. This is based on what I have heard from the candidates themselves and read in both the “Mainstream Media” and “Fair and Balanced” media.
- Knowing how to speak a foreign language is suspect.
- Having a college education is elitist.
- Science shouldn’t be considered over belief.
- Being unwilling to constantly profess your “faith” means you can’t be trusted.
- Believing that each person has any responsibility for the common good is un-American.
- Objecting to constitutionally legislating “morality” makes you immoral.
- Personal rights should be limited based on a specific set of non-secular rules widely open to interpretation.
- Any rules or guidelines eliminate the ability of businesses to succeed.
- It is correct that corporations are people and should be able to contribute unlimited funds to the candidate of their choice.
- “Progressive” is a bad word.
If the above are true, does it not follow that:
- Being uninterested and ignorant of other cultures or countries is admirable.
- Remaining uneducated is desirable. Someone with a master’s degree can’t understand an Average Joe.
- Science facts should be weighed equally with unprovable religious stories.
- Hypocrisy is a force for positive change.
- Citizens shouldn’t have to make any contribution to society that isn’t specifically beneficial for them as an individual.
- We should change the constitution to suit a narrow set of religious beliefs.
- Some people are more equal than others.
- Businesses should be able to dictate their own rules and guidelines to suit themselves, irrespective of the effect on the overall economy.
- We need the best government officials unlimited money can buy.
- Regressing to a period pre-1950’s would make America a better place.
Maybe I just don’t understand. Let’s hope these ideas were “the media’s” fault. There is a deliberate conspiracy to misrepresent candidate’s views based on out of context quotes and creative editing. No one really truly believes these things, right?