barf

Here's something. Yesterday when JM and I were walking to the gym, we saw on the sidewalk ahead of us the remnants of someone's Saturday night heave. Knowing I have a queasy countenance, JM told me not to look, but I did anyway. About when I saw what I think were pieces of lucky charms, I started gagging and finally looked away.

And then this morning I did it again, only this time, I let myself look at general reader comments at an online news site. My problem began, innocently enough, with IHE, where the readers are often judgmental and outrageously cruel. Noticing that my blood pressure went up when I scrolled through the comments, I decided to stop reading them. During the election, I let myself peek at some comments over at CBS news. (Fox news comments are just entertaining.) And this morning, to fill the election-watch void, I clicked on a post or story or some trash called "the note" over at ABC news.com that had rotated up on my news feed. It mentioned that Obama and McCain are going to meet.

And then, scrolling down to the sidewalk puke, I read the first comment. And the second. And all of them. The first one, posted by "theologicalones," (that first "o" makes all the difference) claimed that Obama was elected by "nitwits and druggies." Hm, I wonder, which one of those am I? The next one calls Obama an "empty icon," and others allude to the impending dictatorship and Obama's selfishness.

Incredulous, nearly gagging, I wonder why can't I not look?

Comments

[E!]

OMG, it's so bad, i know, and worse because of its zero overlap with "actual truth." i heard someone on the radio representing some extreme right-wing group talking about how freedom of the press has never been so threatened--huh?

it's especially shocking to remember this stuff when you hear him (O) speak and the extreme contrast between what these citizens are saying and what he actually seems like. like, the criticisms just don't stick. i'm sure there are plenty of criticisms that do stick? but the ones i have heard/read in these democratic fora do not, and it's not just infuriating, but also confusing and disorienting. to me, anyway.

[Lance]

The one who refers to Obama as an "empty icon" (second comment) also says: "Obama is SO dumb he needs to surround himself with all the experts in every field." Yeah, what kind of idiot relies on people who know what they're talking about to help him make important decisions?

[dhawhee]

oh, goodie! now i have everybody identifying blue diamonds on the sidewalk with me!

[Z]

"nitwits and druggies"? guilty as charged.

watching the right-wing noise machine go crazy is so much more fun, and so much less stomach-churning, when we win. like when they tried to get Clinton out of office, and everything they did just made everyone like him more. I feel the same thing coming for the next 8 years.