Where we are on addressing pressing social issues ... a very scary place indeed

Sophia Brugato asked folks to donate money to a pro-choice group every time Tim Tebow scored a touchdown and she received death threats. Randall Terry, a man who in the past has stood outside a senator’s office stabbing plastic dolls with a scalpel, took this personally and decided to use a loophole in election law to register as a Democratic candidate for President allowing him to run graphic anti-abortion ads that compare abortion to the Holocaust on network television. This is where we stand on important social issues in America. Don’t agree with me that life is sacred, well I’ll kill you. Want to counter a gimmick meant to raise awareness for efforts to maintain the legality of abortion, compare it to the Holocaust and claim that you will have blood on your hands if you vote for Obama. Want to show displeasure over the actions of a football coach when faced with the possibility of a child abuser in his midst, say nasty things on chat boards when he dies. Want to save the Social Security, propose banning condoms. Forget logic. Forget manners. Forget consistency. Forget solving a problem. Don’t pay attention to reality just choose a position and attack. Yell, scream, and say something shocking. It used to be called irresponsible, dangerous, and stupid. It still is. Someone should run an add reminding us of that.