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Originally Posted by pbear19
This is totally anecdotal, but I've been meaning to post this story and this seems a good time.
A couple of days before the huge recent Obama rally in St. Louis I was in a gun shop with my husband. (Incidentally, he owns multiple guns, is a member of the NRA, and is voting for Obama.) While we were in there (him shopping, me sitting on a little couch waiting for him), one of the employees came out to say that he just answered a phone call from an Obama volunteer, and the guys in the store had a good chuckle about it.
The guy proceeded to comment on the fact that he had a friend "working Obama's detail" that weekend. Then they all joked about how the friend should accidentally fall asleep on the job, at which point I think they realized there were non-regular customers in there and they stopped elaborating.
I realize I was in a gun shop, but I still thought it was pretty incredible to actually hear people joke about wishing that Obama's protective detail would fail in their job to protect him. I'm not naive enough that I was surprised they would think it, I was just surprised they would speak it in front of customers. Hubby and I decided it was a good thing that he drove his vehicle there, since mine has an Obama sticker on it.  |
This type of thing happens quite a bit up in Seattle, which is heavily leaning Obama. Before I met my republican boyfriend, I never realized just how much people shot their mouths off without thinking about the people around them. Many people here, because we're in the majority, take that for granted and say things they shouldn't say. I have a feeling that happens in many places. My boyfriend sometimes doesn't want to accompany me to certain gatherings because he feels so personally insulted by the brazen pro-Obama supporters. Of course, I feel the same way when I accompany him to the gun range or shop and hear crazy theories about how the nation is going to go to hell on Obama's watch. People really need to wake up and realize that politics and people are complicated; just because someone has a gun doesn't mean they're a republican, and just because someone lives in Seattle/other large city doesn't mean they're a democrat. We all need to think more before we speak.
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