"Judge not, lest ye be Judged"

Congratulations Obama! This kid supports you!

Well…here is the big post that I have been formulating. Just a preface, this will be a true onslaught of my feelings, so if you suffer from poor heart rate, pregnancy, or a closed mind…please vacate the premise. I want to be transparent and honest in this post. And if you can’t handle that. Leave please.

          I thought that this year’s election was awesome. The road to get to Tuesday night was incredibly hellish, but I thought that when it finally came it came with a bang. As with all holidays I was very excited for the day and was waiting to see what would happen. Not gonna lie, I thought Romney was going to take it away. However, once California went to Obama. I knew Romney had lost. And I was INCREDIBLY glad.

I don’t want to spend this post ranting on what I believe. For your information. I am a liberal. I support Obama. Enough said. This post is more about my feeling for my state and the people that are in it. After Obama had won I witnessed some of the most horrific things I have read on social media. I watched the election while copying things people were saying that were just out right insane. I have complied a list and will share them at the end. I knew it was going to get brutal. But what I experienced was more than brutal it was zealous hate.

           

I honestly do not care who you voted for and what you believe. Whether you are a republican, democrat, libertarian, Mormon, Catholic, Muslim, black, white, gay, straight, or whatever you believe… I try and support you. (This is a big reason as to why I am a liberal). I know my religion can have judgmental issues sometimes, but Tuesday night I was ashamed to call myself a Mormon and I am completely mortified of how my state acted. For a church that prides itself on being “followers of Christ” I saw more hate come from a Christian group than I have seen in a long time. The majority of people were as far from “Christ like” as you can get. (At this moment please direct yourself to the quote section of this page and see for yourself.) The hypocrisy was at its finest. I lost incredible amounts of respect for people who I thought were god-fearing people as they attack and belittle a man who deserves just the same amount of respect as anyone. I have co-workers who aren’t too fond of the LDS church and after the election they can’t stand us. They think our reaction is pathetic. Way to teach by example guys… Christ taught that the second greatest commandment was to love your neighbor. Well a lot of people broke that commandment Tuesday night.

Now I don’t want this to sound like I am perfect. I belittle and judge just as much as the other person. But Tuesday night the comments were honestly making me sick. What gives a human being the right to attack another person, to make assassination threats, to proclaim the world is ending just because of what someone else believes!? If I recall when Hitler did this in Germany things didn’t end so well…and we condemned him to hell. Obama is now the president of the United States. If you like this or not, we need to support the man. He has possibly one of the hardest jobs that anyone can have. Nothing is going to get accomplished in this country if we all just sit around and throw shit at the man, saying he isn’t who God wanted as the president and that America is a wicked generation because of it. America was built by uniting together and overcoming oppression. We mock the founding fathers as we become so divided and hateful towards one person’s ambitions to make this country a better place. Whether you like him or not.

 

            My goal of this post is not to defend Obama or his agenda. It is to defend human decency. We as human beings need to improve. We live in the 21^st century. Accepting differences needs to be second nature. We can hold on to our own beliefs and support different beliefs at the same time. It. Is Okay. I was ashamed of my religion and state this election, and I can only hope we can now pull together, put all these petty differences aside, and embrace the future. Whatever. It. holds. If we do this, then America return to what it was. If you get anything out of this measly post by a disgruntled citizen, please make it that we are all human. We all have faults, and god loves every single one of us. Including Obama, republicans, communists, the gays, the terrorists, and even the atheists. If god loves everyone, and sees them for the human beings they are…why can’t we?

 

To end here is a quote that sums up everything that an election should be about.

 

“A friendly reminder. Some of you are going to have your candidate win today and some of you will have your candidate lose. How you handle the fact says a lot about YOU! The world will not be overtaken by snakes and raining frogs simply because the other guy won. Its that kind of hyper-partisan thinking that keeps us from real solutions. The winner simply got more electoral votes than the non-winner did. Let’s keep some perspective. Then demand our elected leaders work bi-partisanly to get us back on track.”

 

 

Here are the quotes I heard that made me sick. Feel free to vote for your favorite!

“Obama sold the voting business to count  ballets to Mexico, so they will count the ballets and he can cheat…”

 “Because Romney has the priesthood he will be able to save this fallen country…” (did Abraham Lincoln have the priesthood….?)

 “I am unemployed, and I still voted for Romney. Please do not give me some stupid speech about income being the only reason you're voting for a certain candidate.”

 “It is crazy that Democrats will tell you the number of jobs that have been created  as something positive, yet don’t understand the fact that tons of people lost their jobs than gained a job, raising the unemployment percentage to like 7.9. That's like only paying attention to the money you earn and being happy, yet ignoring the fact that you're spending a whole lot more than you're actually making. But, I guess this President is pretty good at that too.” (When Obama took office unemployment was at 10% just saying….do the math. Even I can do that math!)

 “We can’t afford four more years like the last.” (Tweet from Romney’s Campaign)

 “At least I can still be proud of my state.....not so sure about my country right now!” (Reference to Utah and Romney)

 “Well... I guess I'm moving out of the country” (to where? A more socialist country…?)

“Congratulations America, our stupidity amazes me…” (in regards to Obama winning)

 “I am so frustrated right now, looking back at the past four years. How can America be so stupid!?” (this one is high on my list)

 “I'm disappointed and very depressed for our future...” (WHY!?)

 “ The country is screwed. The. End.” (winner?)

 “Shit”

 “Well, now I truly understand the phrase from Elder Holland in the missionary press conference last month on why the Lord is hastening His work.” (trying to understand this one…)

 “Abomination means obomanation.” (second place maybe..?)

 “we are all doomed”

“now I know you're not going to understand this, but... we're screwed” (yeah…I don’t understand…)

 “I honestly feel sick. Complete loss of hope in our country. Whatever. I hope you all get what you wished for.”

“He won because our nation is ripening for destruction as "the voice of the people" have chosen wickedness. Sad.” (THIS IS MY WINNER!)

 IN SOVIET AMERICA, GOVERNMENT RUNS YOU!

 “Too bad there's no land left to settle and start over. Anyone else up for moving to space?”

 “Thankful tweet: I'm glad I'm in god’s hands and not this country's” (Well gods will wants Obama as president….)

 “Prepare from this country to go to crap anybody who voted for Obama if I hear you b**** about what happens look in the mirror and say I'm to blame! Because you helped make it possible. I'm not saying it because I'm Mormon and feel Romney was the man but A dog could do a better job than Obama” (tied for a winner. This one is just cruel)

 To keep it fun. I also accumulated funny quotes I found in the election. Hope this puts a smile on your face and lightens the mood of this post! : D

 “Hey everyone, just a friendly reminder tomorrow is national "please stop posting shit about the election on Facebook" day. Please observe. Thank you.”

 “I think we should have the presidential candidates compete in an American gladiator style obstacle course. (Complete with tights) Fastest time wins.”

  “No one is moving out of this country if their candidate doesn’t win. SHUT UP!”

 “Why did the voter go to the strip club? He was looking for his polling station”

 “If Romney wins I'm moving to hell.” –Tweet from God. (LOVE this one)

 “Did you know that if you don’t post a pic of your “I voted” sticker that your vote doesn’t really count…?”

 “I saw a guy with two “I Voted” stickers on so I called the cops.”

 “Todays the day. Vote or Keep your mouth shut for the next four years…”

 “Dear Florida. Why must you be a pain ever four years? Sheesh!”

 “You’re Welcome” (Tweet from God about Obama)

 “Yes America. You just re-elected the man who was a terrorist Muslim without a valid birth certificate (according to Fox news... haha!) I raise my glass to another four years of the person I stood behind 4 years ago. Keep it rolling, Obama.”

 “I like bagels.” (personal favorite!)

 “Me: Obama won. My little brother: Awe man, that means we are gonna have even worse school lunch!!” (winner!)

 “NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Really disappointed with peoples' reactions... Have your lives REALLY been so negatively affected by the policies of pres obama? Do you really think that this election is the end?.. Try to think outside your own boxes my friends.” (AMEN!)

 “Facebook tonight is like a bad accident. You want to look away because its so gross, but it draws you in. People are extremely disrespectful.”

 “Worst part if being at Romney HQ, no alcohol to drown your sorrows” (who bets that he did…)

 “OH NO! OBAMA WON REELECTION! THE WORLD IS GOING TO HELL! Just like it did last time he was elected. I mean, come on, the economy started improving within three months of his inauguration and entered recovery within 14 months; GNP is now at an all-time high, growing equivalent to pre-recession rates. Hell sure seems nicer than I had expected...”

 “Dumbledore was gay…so wouldn’t he support Obama…?”

 

P.S if you made it through this post give yourself 900 blog points. It’s a heavy one.

P.P.S. If I offended you in any way I apologize. However, I was offended more than once and I needed to vent about it.

P.P.P.S I understand that politics will always be heated, but i thought this election was atrocious.