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. :)
Abby, I won't disagree with you one way or another right now. But I have a problem with your claims because you provide absolutely no evidence for them. You say you "would wager" if we looked at voters you would "almost guarantee" the majority of Romney's supporters would be educated, while Obama's would not be. You then say, "If you really think about it, you will know that this is true" while in the next sentence saying "if it really is." If it's true, it is whether or not we think about it. And if thinking about it is how we know it's true, and yet you're still not sure it's true, thinking about it must only be bringing a false knowledge of its truth.
ReplyDeleteYou never say your hypothesis is truth. And you offer no evidence to support it. Even in your later claims, you are begging the question--using circular logic--repeatedly. I'm really confused as to what you're basing your ideas off of and by the way you are trying to support them.
I hope this doesn't sound harsh. I really admire that you are willing to open up your blog to political debate and honest conversation. But if I don't cut to the chase I get caught up in trying to sound a certain way rather than get my message across. :)
Katie,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for responding. I can always count on a good writer to put me in my place. ;) I will admit looking back on my reasoning and my wording that what I said was circular and confusing. But, in my defense (said with a laugh and a smile) I have been doing nothing but straight Math for the past two years and have not written a critical paper in much longer. ;) Nevertheless, you a right and I was not clear.
First of all, this article was intended to be opinion for opinion's sake and I hoped that when I said, "I obviously do not know this for certain" that people would take what I said with a grain of salt and not as me claiming something from extensive research that I had done. And that is another reason why I put in on my blog and not directly onto Facebook.
Second, I am not ashamed to admit that this opinion was based fully on only my relations with my family and friends and from what I have seen and heard in the news of Romney supporters vs. Obama supporters. So judging from what I had seen, everyone who I respected and saw as intelligent and educated were supporting Romney and anyone who was either uneducated or just simply (forgive me) "flaming liberal" were supporting Obama. And as I got to looking at the issues and the ideologies behind them I concluded, (I will admit it was judgmental of me), that anyone who supported Obama had serious flaws in their logic and reasoning and therefore were more likely to be uneducated and successful.
I realize how this must sound to you and everyone. But like I said, this was a thought that would not go away and I needed to share it somewhere. Now I am educating my self more by hearing other peoples view on it, rather than just keeping it to myself and assuming I am right all the time. Cuz, I know I am not and that is kind of another reason why I shared it, to learn more about why my own thinking is flawed. :)
Romney destroys companies btw. going to BYU is not an education.
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Well, poop, there is LOADS of research and information that would say otherwise. I encourage you to visit BYU someday. It is a wonderful school, with fabulous educators. May God bless you. :)
ReplyDeleteOops, I forgot to respond until just now :)
ReplyDeleteAbby, I respect that so much! Thank you for being willing to admit that your comments and thoughts aren't the end-all, be-all, know-it-all truth. They are your thoughts and expressing them can help us all to think a little more about things--as well as make you feel better, which is an important use of language.
I'm sorry you are surrounded with such a poor representation of Obama supporters. I get the same feeling sometimes, but I think it's hard to judge a candidate's base in a culture where staunch conservatism is the mainstream. It dictates that the liberals are going to be those on the fringes. Next time I visit Washington I think I'm going to have to roam the streets doing straw polls just so I can understand what "mainstream" liberals are thinking.
Anyways, thank for posting this and being so up-front about things. I really appreciate that. Please link any future political posts you make to Facebook again because I'd love to read them.