why do i always do this?

so i commented on someone else's bloggish type thing today. it was a post of a political nature. i really try to stay away from all that because it just never tends to end well. but i did it anyway.

it's no secret that i'm a barack obama fan. i feel like it's pretty obvious from my obama t-shirt to my causes page on facebook. but i'm not like a raging outspoken obama-ite (i mean, i sorta am, but i try not to be in an annoying way). i also have this penchant for defending things/people that i have no real reason to defend...or something like that.

i defend star wars. the books, the movies, even the prequel trilogy. because it is something i love and something that has had a huge impact on me. so i'll defend 360 degrees of star wars to end. i'll concede things like jar jar binks was the most pointless character ever created in cinema. i'll be honest and say that jake lloyd made me want the sand people to kill shmi. but on the whole i'll defend star wars.

that may seem like a terrible example, but it just demonstrates that characteristic in me.

when people make comments about barack obama that are outrageous, many times i'll let them slide. but when people twist the fact that his middle name is hussein or that his last name rhymes with osama so he must be in league with islamic radicals i far too often flip my shit. and so, on this person's bloggish thing i responded. a little heatedly i'll admit. but i can't stand it when people say things out of ignorance. i'll at least be honest enough and admit when i have said something stupid.

but come on people...get over it. there are plenty of other things you can pick at obama about. things that, again i'll admit, are legitimate discussion points. but get over the fact that his middle name is hussein. my last name is german in origin but it doesn't mean i'm a nazi (i know, drastic example but the 'my middle name is allen which sort of rhymes with stalin' example just wouldn't cut it). so let's grow up and debate some real issues.

***disclaimer: if anyone comments on this post and tries to have a discussion or debate about politics, i will not reply. because, as referenced at the beginning, i HATE those discussions in person, much less over the internet...which is again why it frustrates me that i let myself do this in the first place...what a terrible cycle***