Ok, I realize this is my third or fourth, uh, maybe fifth, political blog in a row, but can you really blame me? Seems like everywhere I turn is more about politics, I really can’t wait until this election is over. If you’re sick of politics, then you might as well skip this blog. I promise to have a non-political blog next time for my 5 readers.

Today I had an interesting conversation. I believe this guy could be a nice person if he wasn’t a partisan jerk. People who get completely wrapped up in being either democrat or republican are a little scary to me; it seems like they would need an uncanny ability to completely deny reality in order to be all on board for one party or the other. Both parties are so full of douchebaggery that, in my eyes, even the “we’re not as bad as those guys” routine doesn’t really work. Don’t get me wrong; there’s nothing bad about having a little pride in your beliefs and, consequently, your political party. But at the expense of being a reasonable person?

The discussion in question happened on plurk. I was browsing random profiles when I saw a photo that caught my eye; it was obama juxtaposed with socialist leader, complete with corresponding quotes. The idea, of course, being that Obama is similar to a radical socialist.

I could go into my argument about why this image is ridiculous, but it doesn’t really matter. The important thing is that it is a ridiculous image which any critically thinking person (on either side) should be able to see through. But critical thinking takes a serious backseat to partisan loyalty, at least it has in this election.

Anyway, it was a long conversation, and at the end the guy I was talking with actually said he didn’t care about thinking. My mouth dropped open when I read that . . . I couldn’t believe a person would actually say that. He kept try to pin me as some kind of evil obama supporter (which I am . . . but that’s beside the point) and I kept saying that I only cared about critical thinking, wading through the bullshit, no matter what side you are on. To which he said, “Ah, thinking critically. Hope that works for you. I’ll worry about America and our constitution. You worry about thinking.”

Shocking, but true.

You can read the entire conversation here, but I must warn you, it contains deadly rays of stupidity.