Okay. I am going to say this here, because it is slightly more private than Facebook, and if you read it here, that means you wanted to read it, because you actually had to click on the link. :)
Anyway...this is what I have to say.
I obviously do not know this for certain, but I would wager that if you were to look at all the people who voted for President Barack Obama vs. all the people who voted for Gov. Mitt Romney I would ALMOST GUARANTEE you that the vast majority of Romney's supported would be educated (meaning college degree and/or successful career) where as the vast majority of Obama supporters would be one or more of the following, uneducated/unemployed/illegal immigrant.
If you really think about it, you will know that this is true. And if it really is, that is saying something people. Our nations President was chosen mostly by the uneducated. There is something seriously wrong with this. Either, one we need to educate these people about how the world works, which of course we need to do regardless. Or two, we need to create some kind of IQ criteria to vote for our President.
Well, requiring an IQ test is not ethical and does not support my beliefs about agency. (Although secretly I wish we could require one). So we must educate these people. And I hope my little spat helps in some way.
Now, before you freak out (Obama supporters). Notice that I said majority. I did not say everyone.
It is obviously possible to be educated and/or successful and vote for Obama. I really don't understand you or your logic. At all. But nevertheless you exist.
Second, you may think from this that I am against immigrants and immigration. Well, I am not. I am more than happy to welcome people into this country. People should be allowed to come here and make a better life for their families. But it must be apparent to every thinking mind that it is wrong to let it be done illegally. We must have a law and we must uphold it. It will not work if we just let everyone and their dog through our borders.
Now, this does not mean that I support the current procedures and processes that immigrants have to go through to get here. I have learned about it and it is ridiculous. It should not be that difficult to come here. It should require some work, but the process needs to change. I am not sure how, but it does need to change. But this does not mean that all of a sudden we should just ignore law and let everyone who broke it slide by.
That is why I support self deportation (and one of the many reasons why I voted for Romney); nobody should be forcibly rounding up people and shipping them away against their will. They should let them know nicely that they need to leave because they are in the country illegally, and let them arrange a way to leave on their own terms, and/or they should help them find a way to become legal quickly so that they can be with their family. If they have broken a law there needs to be some kind of consequence for it. It is only logical and fair.
Okay. I think I am done for now. But this is how I feel. I am incredibly disappointed in our country for voting for a man that is not NEAR as qualified as Mitt Romney, and I needed to express it in some way.
I (gulp) welcome any comments below. :)
