quote:Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen: is it wrong to dislike a president's standing (or president elect or mayor or super intendent, etc) because you don't like the person? i tend to think no.
On the other hand, consider this:
As noted before we want, or even expect, our elected officials to act on the basis of what is (or what they perceive is) good for the people.
We do not approve of politicians who act out of base motives, such as greed or racism, recognizing that those motives, at the very least, cloud their judgement.
Doesn't hatred also cloud judgement? If so, then shouldn't we take issue with someone who bases their views on hatred, just as we do with those who base their views on greed or racism?
perhaps.
i was thinking of it more in the lines of a judgement call. if you have a neighbor, and you don't like him because he acts like an ass, i think any one of us would be a little "wary," to say the least, of his promises or nature in general.
its possible that whomod, or people like whomod (who, no doubt, live in a whomodian society on the outter rim of whomodisburg), simply get a bad vibe from dubya. maybe there's a weird sorta unintelligible distrust.
there are certain people in every day encounters that i get vibes from, warranted or otherwise. political figures are no different, and in my argument shouldn't be.
though its true that one should be based upon their actions and nature, rather than impressions (specifically first impressions), we live in a world of perspectives and interpretations, where any one action can be seen in and entirely different light by another. and, when our viewpoints upon a political figure is further divided by our only viable outlets of information (in a president's case, mainly the media), information is even more distorted. thus, maybe the only "proper" reaction to such figures is in our gut instinct.
