Red dot - Blue dot - How another worthless label is helping to destroy us all.

My current pet peeve is the continuation of the whole "Red state/ Blue state" mythos I see perpetuated everywhere from movie reviews to commercial activities.

This "divide" is utter bullshit.

Yup. I said it. Complete and utter Bullshit. It is a lovely little fiction used by politicians and the media as a means of describing people. The issue is that all it really does is drive a wedge between us. It keeps us so involved bickering with each other, we never bother to :

A: work out our differences like rational people
B: Unite to fix a common problem
C: Take control of our country back

Wait a second, depressoboy - you can't be serious!! I don't have anything in common with those crazy (insert color choice here) staters!

Bollocks.

Put down your petty arguments and look at where we are headed as a country today. Is it a good place? Do you really think that buying a fucking sticker that proclaims you a "Tiny Blue Dot in a Sea of Red" is going to solve the problem at hand? Really? All they (those that produce said sticker) are doing is cashing in on the latest fad and exploiting it.

Don't complain to me about how "those people" are crazy. I know plenty of "Red Staters" that disagree with the current administration and drivel leaking out of the White House. Maybe I'm a dreamer. That must be it. I don't see red or blue. I see awake and asleep. I don't care about your political affiliations or who you voted for. Hey, if you remember My candidate lost too. I know some of you voted for Bush. That is cool too.

Let us agree on the problems facing the remainder of American society and set about fixing them.

What? You want an example? Sure. Why not? All of our politicians say they support children and punishing those that hurt them. Protect.org. They also say they care about tracking sex offenders. Let us hold them to those statements. Maybe we could set out on a rational explanation of why Intelligent Design fails to be anything more than Pseudo-Science? But, (and here is the kicker) do it in terms that even a lay person can understand. Let us take a stab at the war against terror our Civil Liberties. The Patriot act and the (now renamed) Total Information Awareness act are good places to start. (see here)

Isn't that a heck of a lot more constructive than actively proclaiming your dislike of the "Red Staters" and doing nothing at all?

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