The Rude Factor

There are many things that I don't understand. Sometimes I wish that I could rise out of my body and see the world from someone else's perspective. Honestly, I try to be sympathetic and look from the other side, but there are some things that I simply cannot grasp.



For example...



I was recently stuck in traffic on my way work and a man in an SUV next to me motioned for me to roll my window down. I thought maybe one of my lights was out. To my amazement, the man looked me square in the eye, flicked me off and screamed profanities at me. I wasn't sure what the scene was about until he cut me off about a mile up the road when traffic cleared. He had a larger than life Obama bumper sticker. Wow. Really?



Yeah, Guy... drive your gas guzzling, earth polluting SUV, then go around preaching "Go Green".



Can you handle another example?



The same day, I was driving down a busy highway in town. I pulled into a right turn only lane, which has a yield sign. So, okay... I yield, only to be hit from behind by a truck. Logically, I pull to the side of the road to exchange information and check out any damage to my car. Lo and behold, the driver sped away. The coward coudln't face the possibility of paying me money for slamming into my car, apparently. I tried to catch his liscence plate, but instead I caught a clear view of a sticker which read "Obama for a Peaceful America". Really? You have to be joking. Twice in the same day. I'm not going to outright suggest that this guy slammed my bumper on purpose... but hey, I can't stop from thinking it.



I can't wrap my mind around the fact that these democrats can spout for days about being kind and compassionate, and then get into people's faces and cause physical damage to their property just because they don't share their point of view.



I don't understand the "Obama Nation" mentality. I'll continue to try because I'd really like to know why I deserve to get screamed at and harassed for supporting McCain. But the thing I really don't understand is why Obama disciples have to be rude. It's one thing to like a candidate and endorse them, but it's quite another to go so far as to intimidate others who feel differently. Is there an excuse for crude behavior when it comes to candidate support? I don't think so. I have never been outright rude to an Obama supporter that I haven't known. I would never dream of flicking someone off in traffic or intentionally hurting them in any way. I don't even bother people verbally unless provoked.



A message to the Obama Nation: Either stop harassing people of different beliefs, or stop claiming tollerance for all people. It doesn't work. We have a great word for haters who claim to be lovers. Hypocrits.