Some Political Soundoff...

I don't have a lot of people in my life right now with whom I can discuss politics and current events. I don't know why that is. I love all of my friends, but they just aren't that interested in those topics. No big deal...However, this entry will be a soundoff because I just need to vent about an issue. So there's your fair warning...if you don't care, don't read.

OH MY FREAKING GOODNESS!! I don't know if you have heard about the situation in Cambridge,MA. You can read about it at the link in the post above in more detail, but basically a woman called the police and said that she saw two black men with backpacks apparantly trying to break into a house. It turns out the house belonged to one of the men: Gates, a professor and head of the African American Studies Department at Harvard University. The police came out and responded to the incident as you would hope that they would in a situation (or possible situation as the case may be). From the time the officer arrived he was berated with comments about him being racist for being there. Once the professors residency was verified the officer informed Gates that he was going to be going outside because he was done there and he needed to hear his radio because he couldn't inside and that Gates was free to follow him if he still needed to talk to him. Gates chased him outside (apparently his cane wasn't necessary at that moment) and continued to berate him and accuse him of racism and other ridiculous claims. It was then that the officer warned him that if he didn't calm down (it was night and a crowd was forming) then he was going to have to arrest him for disorderly conduct. Guess what: he didn't calm down! So, he got arrested. The police did decide to drop the charges after a couple hours in jail. Then, Obama feels the need to put his two sense in without even knowing the situation. He called the police stupid! Stupid! STUPID! Are you kidding me!?!? This officer is the officer who trains people on how NOT to racial profile. He responded to a call, LIKE HE SHOULD! He verified residency and identity and dealt with Gates professionally which is more than I can say for me and how I would have responded to an irrational crazy man spouting political propaganda! Stupid! Really? STUPID is not staying calm when the police come to your house and you know you are in the right. STUPID is creating racism out of thin air in order to control people. STUPID is not cooperating with the police who are trying to protect your property. STUPID is stabbing the police in the back on national television. STUPID is not appreciating the men and women of this country who keep us and our property safe every second of every day. STUPID is assuming that the racial profiling that does happen and is a serious issue has ANYTHING to do with this. STUPID is assuming that everytime a policeman/woman comes in contact with a person of color that it is racial profiling. STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!!! There is something seriously wrong with our country when a police officer can do his job with no regard to any color of anyone's skin and yet the people he is trying to protect will use their race to paint the officer in a negative light. I can respect actual discrimination and racism as issues. I think they are wrong and we need to move past them. However, I can't respect anyone of any color using their color to assume wrongdoing when there is none. I thouhg the whole point of civil rights was to make it so that it doesn't matter what your skin color is, everyone has the same opportunities available to them. Now civil rights are used as a way to constantly point out that there are differences. Our skin colors will always be different. We are a diverse people. But just because you are black or brown or purple or yellow or blue doesn't mean that anything I say to you is racially charged. And Obama should be ashamed to have commented on that. If you really want to inspire a generation of black men and women, then put an end to this. Don't encourage people to point out their own skin color and create differences. Lets try to find a way to put aside our difference and trust that we will all treat each other as humans. To accept that we all look different from the color of our skin to the color of our hair to everything. We are all unique. We are all different. Deal with it! and Don't be stupid. Mad props to the Cambridge Police Department for standing behind Officer Crowley. This is the first time I have ever been proud of anything happening in or originating from Cambridge, MA. ROCK ON!!!