I got this from Wil Wheaton's blog, and I just had to include it in mine:
Yes, Wil Wheaton - the actor who played that kid Wesley Crusher - has a blog and yes, I read it. Got a problem with that?
Dude is only 1 year younger than me, and I can identify with him entirely too well, sometimes.
Go read it yourself and make your own judgement. Having been reading it regularly for a while, I've decided my opinion of Wil is the same as that held by the folks over at Abstruse Goose.
Meanwhile, I'm hoping for a peaceful, smooth, and irrefutable result on Election Day.
Mostly I'm hoping for peaceful.
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Cute.
No, no problem with Wil... He's one of my favorite fangirl crushes. I just wish he'd do his other two books in an audio format.
Regarding the whole "will the country explode in violence during/after the election" thing. Meh. More media fearmongering to keep you tuned-in. I mean think about how lazy the average American is? We don't even vote, much less riot. Besides, isn't fearing violence because one candidate happens to be black an -ism of some kind?
The fearing-violence thing is me sincerely hoping that the crazy people stay quietly crazy instead of getting really actively crazy.
Obama was hung in effigy on UK's campus in Lexington Kentucky, yesterday.
A guy in Clarksville, Indiana also hung Obama in effigy. (The man invited anyone who was offended to take down the effigy, at which point the man's own son quickly did exactly that.)
To be fair there were also some wing-nuts in West Hollywood who hung Palin in effigy as part of their yard's Halloween display. After speaking to the mayor, they have removed the Palin effigy (although they've left their McCain effigy, which appears to be suffering in the fires of Hell...? o...kay...)
So yes, it's no surprise that there are outspoken wing-nuts on every side.
Some of them have guns, though.
Two young racists have been arrested for planning to go on a racially-motivated killing spree that was to culminate with them attempting to assassinate Obama in some kind of bizarre drive-by. Or drive-at, rather.
Oh, and they were planning to wear white tuxedos with top hats in this final act.
Regardless of attire they had guns and something resembling a plan. A bad plan, but a plan.
There are crazy people out there. Many of them believe that Barack Obama getting elected is the single worst thing that could happen to America, with the possible exception of an overt Chinese or perhaps Mexican invasion of The Homeland.
If we were invaded these people would grab any guns they have and fight to the death to defend America.
We're not being invaded, but some subset of these people earnestly and truly believe that Barack Obama getting elected is just as bad or worse than any invasion.
What do you think they're going to do? Do you think they're just going to vote and then view the likely outcome as somewhat disheartening?
Somehow I don't think so.
I hope I'm wrong. I will gladly - joyously! - link to this comment after an uneventful election week with an entry title of "Thank God I Was Wrong". I'll do it again on 21 January if things have remained peaceful and there is not one example of an armed nutcase attempting to hurt people because of what the voices in his head tell him this election portends for the coming Apocalypse.
Usually I'm very optimistic. And in my optimism I am certain the coming days and weeks do not, in fact, foretell the end of America. Quite the contrary. And if there is any unfortunate incident then I'm certain the vast majority of America will unite in its denunciation of the perpetrators. I'm sure it's going to be okay in the long run.
For now, though, I'm just hoping our law-enforcement agencies are on top of the situation, and prepared to deal with the occasional crazy person.
I suppose the arrest of Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman indicates the authorities are on the proverbial case...
I'm going to go ahead and begin composing my Thank God I Was Wrong entry... I sincerely look forward to posting it.
I understand and am glad you are talking about the random bit of wing-nuttery. But i've read/heard more mainstream media (even NPR to my disappointment) talking about widespread social unrest and violence regardless of the winner.
And really, what triggers those ticking time bomb people can be pretty random. Reality has very little to do with it.
Like i said, this is the media drumming up ratings. Does anyone else remember Y2K?
IDMike
I submit to you that Y2K was a very real problem that, it turns out, we dealt with in advance because several entities got their collective crap together. It's possible that one of the reasons they got their collective crap together is because of media attention to the very real problem, although it's also possible that they would have gotten it together without any such media attention. Who can say?
Media attention to our problems, though, is not an inherently bad thing. I can think of some problems very deserving of some media attention, and I'm sure you can, also.
Now, when the media moves from speculation about very real possibilities to inducing panic (Everyone run out and buy plastic sheeting and duct-tape for your windows! And water! Start hoarding lots of water!) then they've crossed the line from being helpful to being actively unhelpful.
I haven't heard or seen anything that I think is panic-inducing (except for maybe my previous comment in which I may have been bordering on hysteria, myself - what can I say? Armed crazy people freak me out).
Let me reiterate my official recommendation for anyone who actually cares about the outcome of the election: Go vote and, if possible, volunteer to assist with a smooth election.
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