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Apr. 26th, 2007 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentiaIf there's anyone still around who has a shred of respect for John McCain or any interest in him as a presidential candidate, it must surely have been damaged by his stunt the other night, of singing "Bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann." Or his little 'joke' the other night that during his shopping excursion in Baghdad, he picked up a souvenir for Jon Stewart.
Upon being criticized for these callous remarks, he's told his critics to "lighten up" and "get a life." (Of course, soldiers killed by IEDs in Iraq HAD a life until they were sent there.) Every time i've ever heard comments like this (and "can't you take a joke?" and "snap out of it") the more convinced i become that there are almost no conditions under which these are ever acceptable remarks.
Because what they mean, underneath it all, is, "I don't have to listen to you or care about what you think, you are less than a real person to me. The fact that you even bothered to voice your concern is nothing more than an irritation to me."
Upon being criticized for these callous remarks, he's told his critics to "lighten up" and "get a life." (Of course, soldiers killed by IEDs in Iraq HAD a life until they were sent there.) Every time i've ever heard comments like this (and "can't you take a joke?" and "snap out of it") the more convinced i become that there are almost no conditions under which these are ever acceptable remarks.
Because what they mean, underneath it all, is, "I don't have to listen to you or care about what you think, you are less than a real person to me. The fact that you even bothered to voice your concern is nothing more than an irritation to me."
