Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Opinions on Politics.

If you have one based in fact, I respect that. You have every right to logically argue your point of view and try to convince me that whatever is good or bad.

If you have one that is based on nothing more than bashing the political system because you don't think you like what's going on, please, keep it to yourself. You have no foundation whatsoever for your view, and sharing an uneducated opinion will do nothing more than incite supporters of the other side (most likely ones who also have no founding) to rally against you and those with your same view to rally behind you. What happens from then on? Bickering. It's pointless. And it frustrates me even more when God gets brought into it. I think things like "I hope Jesus comes back before this gets passed" or "Please pray for our president because he doesn't know what he's doing" are sacrilegious and, again, serve no purpose.

In particular, I'm talking about the recent health care bill. Many of my conservative friends are doing exactly what I described in the second paragraph and it makes me sick. Do I like the health care bill? I have no idea. But at least I know that I don't know enough about it to form an opinion, and that if I do research it enough to form an opinion, it will a be fact-based one that does not bash the opposing view.