I understand exactly where Jack is coming from with this post:

The rage and despair I feel now is a mixture of the emotions prompted by a loss so deep that it is almost impossible to comprehend, much less to describe, along with what I see as the willful ignorance of others who stake out their partisan positions, repeating the talking points instead of thinking for themselves, choosing to reject the ideals and concepts they claim to believe in, regardless of if they are self-labeled as on the "left" or the "right" because they are all so frightened they are sacrificing freedoms on the altar of expediency.

I have refrained from posting my writings that I know are arising from the rage and the despair I have felt, and I am trying very hard now not to express in the most vulgar, vile terms the disgust I feel when reading what passes for "commentary" in blogworld, whether in posts or in the "hallelujah" comments I read from the worshiping acolytes that accumulate around the most damaged personality types that write weblogs, hate brigades that spew vile vituperation upon anyone who has the temerity to disagree with the object of worship, the damaged personality that does the thinking for the self-selected minions since they have chosen to not think for themselves.

This tendency to prefer others to think instead of doing the hard work themselves existed long before the Internet, note that President Lyndon Johnson once said, "If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking." Unfortunately for us all, the Internet has allowed many thoughts not worth even the glucose molecules to power them to flourish and take hold among the many who are too lazy to think and prefer to have others think FOR them.

Because I often feel the same way. And I too have had the legions of worshipers at the alter of, (Insert Conservative Blogger Here), come over to ISOU to defend their hero and their position. Their defense is usually something like this:

1. You are stupid and fat
2. You are a traitor and commie
3. Your children are a.) ugly b.) Niggers.
4. How dare you argue with (Fill in the blank), he is so much smarter than you.
5. Quote some obscure Republican or Conservative source to show me how "wrong" I am.

Whatever. I am not filled with rage any more. More like pity.

And Jack, God Bless... Having lost both my parents, I know how you feel. They were my heroes too. Hang in there, one day, and I cant say when... You will look back and celebrate the time you had, and realize that our sense of loss can be overcome by a sense of joy for they who no longer suffer...

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