I have a personal problem with people speaking for me. While reading the editorials in the Des Moines Register or else where, I've seen people write "We Iowans" and "people in Iowa" and I'm bothered. Though Iowa seems to be a not so diverse state in terms of most people being old and white, there are diverse ideas here. I do NOT agree with King and his predictions about "the terrorists" celebrating Obama's election as president (if that happens). I live in Iowa, and I do not think this way and I know others who are just as appalled to find that we live in a state where a public official can be so dumb.
King (R-Iowa), you have a problem. You go out in public, without thought or evidence, and make a proclamation meant to incite misconceptions about Obama. Come on, King. Can you get past the stupid scare tactics of accusing Obama of being something he's not? He does not identify as a Muslim, and I think HE, more than you or anyone else, is the most valid source for that info. Secondly, if he did identify as Muslim, that is fine. We are in a country where people can be Muslim. Freedom to worship? Ring a bell?
More importantly, can you get educated about the Muslim faith and stop equating it with terrorism. You should be striped of your position as a state representative if you think you can speak for Iowa or even your district in such an uneducated and divisive way. You are not a credit to your party, your state, or your public position.
Ignorance, uneducated blathering to get your way, feeding on people's fears and prejudices--though you may think I'm writing about terrorists, I am really referring to your comments and your inability to admit you're wrong and that you said some really stupid things.
Don't speak for me when you speak lies and fear mongering.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
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