It’s willful stupidity that bugs me

You know, if you dislike Obama’s policies, fine. Whatever. I get it. He’s an “arch-liberal” (whatever that is) who seeks to impose horrible socialism on Good American People.

What bugs me though is the continual “Osama” jokes, the Hussein jokes, and the fact that if he’s elected president there will be a notable number of people who will believe to the core of their being that he put his hand on the Qur’an and not the Bible.

This is willful ignorance, and a willful attempt to not talk about issues.

And no, you can’t then say “OK fine smart guy, let’s talk about issues” after making an Obama/Osama joke. You’ve already lost, asshole. You cannot start the game in willful ignorance then bring it back to substance; starting off with logical fallacies means you lose. Start the game strong with substantive discussion on his proposed policies, his voting record, and so on, or don’t play.

Honestly, if you somehow think McCain is good for this country, and Obama will destroy it, fine: let’s talk issues. Or, you can shut the fuck up.

(Update: I would say, “Check out something like this if you want the kind of substantive discussion I speak of”, except you already hate everything about DailyKos, even when the subject matter is more Hillary-vs-Obama than RIGHT-THINKING-AMERICAN-WAR-HERO versus GODLESS INFIDEL MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.)