Santorum Offends Me on Many Levels

This offended me on many levels. Would you like to see them? OK....

A) It's an extension of the classic Republican Anti-Education propaganda. Somehow, in Santorum's mind, higher education is bad. Of course, if more people had a higher education, they'd be smart enough to see through his ignorant rhetoric.

2) "Good , Decent Men and Women" want what's best for their children, and have their attending college as a goal. Santorum is encouraging poor and middle class families to encourage their kids to remain poor and middle class. That's not what America's about. As a conservative, Rick should be clinging to that "American Dream" of this being a country where your children can have better opportunities than their parents, and can rise to be more than their parents were.

D) I'm not going to get into class warfare here. I come from a working class family, and I admire and respect people who get up every day and work a full day to provide for their family. But it isn't "Snobbery" to acknowledge that some careers are on a higher echelon than others. I talk often and have camaraderie with the custodial staff at my school. They're "good, decent" people, and I have the utmost respect for them. But many of them would say in a heartbeat that they wish they could have gotten a better education and done more with their lives, and they all want more for their children.

Conspiracy theorist that I am, I wonder why Santorum, and many other Republican candidates, are trying to uplift and instill pride in a person who is uneducated and doing what they end up having to do for a living, rather than what they want to do for a living. Boosting self -esteem is one thing; deluding people into thinking that lower level employment should be everybody's dream reminds me a little bit of the feudal system.

4) Remaking children into their parent's image, and not Obama's. What could he mean by that? True, he could mean that Obama will indoctrinate college students into the ways of Liberalism. It's not like there are "Young Republicans" clubs on college campuses across the country. It's not like there are secret societies at some Ivy League schools that breed then next generation of Republican politicians. Oh, wait,... there are. In fact, my experience has been that as much as Liberal political activity happens at college campuses, there is also a lot of Conservative political activity. So, that's what he said; but is it really what he meant by remaking children in Obama's image; or could it be something else?

Perhaps he meant that kids should not be raised to dream of being a successful law school graduate? Or a community organizer who helps struggling families in the city? Or heaven forbid, we raise kids to dream of someday being President of the United States? Is that what he meant by "Obama's image?" I hope not, because if dreaming of achieving the highest office in the land is a bad thing, let me remind you Rick... THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!!!

No... That's not what I think he meant. What is it about Obama, that he could be concerned that people will learn to appreciate? Hmmmm.... Oh, that's right... he's an African American!

I think he was talking in code to his fellow bigots. What he meant to say was, "I want you white people to remake your children in the image of ignorant white people, and not to be tolerant of a successful Black man." One big thing that ALL higher education DOES do is expose you to other cultures, different ideas, and encourages critical thinking. It's not unheard of for a person to go off to college, and come back with a very different, less closed-minded view of the world. Unlike Santorum, I don't believe that that's a bad thing. I understand how someone with prejudiced views would want to avoid anything that might challenge those views, or imply that they might be wrong. But again, I don't believe that that's a bad thing.

So, it's official: I hate Rick Santorum. I used to view him as a poor ignorant asshole who enjoys spewing his disgusting point of view everywhere. But now that he is taking on Education, and he's got a room full of fellow ignorant hate mongers applauding him for it; now it's personal. I also used to feel kinda bad for him because of what Dan Savage did, adding a secondary meaning to his name. Not anymore. I now realize that this scumbag deserves it. And as disgusting as the google results of his name are; that's nothing compared to how horrifically disgusting I find his ignorant agenda.