This blog is intended to both poke fun at, and shed light on, the confluence of a couple of phenomena of the internet age: the level of discourse one finds on “comment” areas of newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc., and the polarization of the nation into just two camps (liberal or conservative, pepsi or coke, tastes great or less filling).

I've called it “Be Reasonable” to bring focus to what is out of focus: that people don’t seem to be able to engage in reasonable discussion or reasonable disagreement, but instead act in disrespectful ways to feel like they’ve made their point. Of course, this does nothing of the sort. So, I am here to implore people to please, take a look at the items I post here…see yourself in them…and “Be Reasonable” for once.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Commie or Killer?


It seems those are the only two choices left with President Obama these days, either he’s a Communist or he’s a killer.  If he’s not killing off senior citizens through the infamous “Death Panels” that Sarah Palin warned us were coming with Obamacare (motto: “now Supreme Court approved for your pleasure”), he’s taking matters into his own hands and killing off senior citizens directly.  Take the recent story of Josephine “Ann” Harris, who despite being a proud Obama supporter, was nonetheless targeted for extermination mere hours after meeting the President herself, apparently having met the Obamacare maximum age of 70.




Okay, that’s not actually…y’know…true.  But that doesn’t seem to matter in today’s politically charged atmosphere.  What actually happened is that Ann unfortunately had a heart attack and passed a few hours after having the personal thrill of meeting President Obama when he visited her diner.  As you might have guessed, there was lots of news coverage of this ‘event’ and thus lots of comments about it as well…my favorite thing!




Do ya think, Ben?  You don’t think people will simply give their condolences to the poor woman’s family, see this as an unfortunate coincidence, and be done with it?




I guess not…




Okay, “Theresa,” the last person?  Really?  Even Jerry Sandusky is higher on the list?  Interesting standards.  (Yeah, I said it...)




Haha…see it’s funny to “Ana” because she has painted welfare recipients with broad brush strokes that she knows some people will associate with blacks but she’s done it without ever actually saying it…oh, soooo clever.  Especially here in a story about a woman's death.




Wait a second “Yes Me”…first of all, I ALWAYS try to have witty responses, and second, when is this time you speak of when the common folk weren’t racist, self-centered idiots?  Is this way of thinking really just a product of the internet age, or is it simply an example of people always thinking this way but now being able to speak what they truly feel behind the safety and obscurity of a keyboard and aliases?  (oh, but that’s one of the key points of this blog isn’t it?)




Wow.  Paging Dr. "Lee Ann!"  We need you to diagnose a bunch of other illnesses based strictly on viewing photos on the internet!  Except me...I don't want to know if I'm sick.  Just stay away...




Speak for yourself.  One man’s trash is another man’s gold.




Right on time…both sides showing their asses.  Speaking of which, is everyone in agreement that these comments are despicable?




Well, almost everyone…




Twelve thumbs-down for you “Starduster.”  I know…let’s all try to  guess how many of those 12 made comments about Stardusters hometown…I'm thinking at least 11.  (Intercourse...snicker)




Exactly my point, “Daniel G”…from now until forever…

Be Reasonable.

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