Hey America, how is everyone on this wonderful evening? OK, don't answer that question. You know America, I'd actually started writing a post earlier today, but I ended up losing the post because it was not saved to drafts. I think that was a good thing, because time was needed to allow a cooler head to prevail in the situation I was writing about. If the original post had been sent, as I intended to do, well let's just say that the entire Earth would have shaken.
Here is a summary of what I was writing about earlier. Lance Baxter, better known as D C Douglas or the voice over guy in the GEICO commercials was fired today. GEICO fired the man because he evoked his Constitutionally guaranteed 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech. Well, there was a little more to the story. Seems Mr. Baxter evoked his right by leaving a voicemail message for the Tea Party.
The message left by Mr. Baxter was very pointed and extremely too the point, and it highlighted many of the shortcomings of the Tea Party. Yes, Mr. Baxter went as far as classifying the Tea Party as a bunch of mentally retarded murderers, which was not too far from the truth when talking about a large percentage of the Tea Party. I mean, it is not their fault, after all many of the followers of the Tea Party have a high school education or less, and better than 96% of all Tea Party followers are gun owners, so draw your own conclusions. Well, the Tea Party took exception to Mr. Baxter's voice mail and decided they wanted to get a little revenge. Quick, sound like somebody we have known over the past 8 years?
Now, I am clearly not saying that the Tea Party did not have the right to redress, but what I am saying is the way they went about securing redress was extremely questionable. The Tea Party figured the best course for redress would be to post the text from Mr. Baxter's voice mail along with his phone number, and the phone number of his employer on their website and invite all Tea Party followers to "Get Him". Now I am certain that I do not have to tell you just how dangerous such an action was. It is especially dangerous when you consider that better than 60% of the Tea Party followers lack the critical thinking skills that a college education would have provided. With that thought in mind, a lot of things could have happened, such as someone finding out Mr. Baxter's address, and deciding to confront him in an extremely violent manner. Come to think of it, who is to say that the Tea Party would not go so far as to post the address of someone whom they consider to be an enemy of their cause?
Basically, the Tea Party is sending a message that the only people entitled to the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution are their followers, and people who think like them. All others, in the eyes of the Tea Party, are simply open game. Indeed, the message being sent is that if you have something to say about the Tea Party, then you need to be prepared to have your privacy violated. By the way, invasion of privacy is a felonious action which carries a stiff penalty in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974.
Now keep in mind, this is the same Tea Party who uttered racial slurs at the President of the United States of America and other minority members of Congress. This is the very same Tea Party who adopted a slanderous approach towards homosexuals. This is the same Tea Party who leans of such ignorant mouth pieces as Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and Sarah Palin (Who, by the way still has not quite figured out the actual geographical location of Russia). This is the same Tea Party who endorses these American Jihadists which they are calling Christian Militias. Now they are doing all of this under the protection of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution, yet the Tea Party is insisting that Mr. Baxter does not have the right to the same protection under the 1st Amendment. Sounds kind of like a double standard to me, but then again, we have lived under these double standards for more than 100 years, with each year getting progressively worst.
So here is the bottom line America; the US Constitution is meant to protect all Americans and not just a few. Some people twist the Constitution to suit their needs, and bend it to allow control over some aspects of our population. When I was a child, someone once said that if it is good for the goose, then it is absolutely great for the gander. To me that means that I have the same rights to voice my opinion as any of the Tea Party members. You do not have to like what is said, but according to the Constitution, you have to respect me because I too have freedom of speech. The Tea Party abused the provisions of the US Constitution by posting the information about Mr. Baxter that could had endangered his life, and ultimately lead to his being fired from GEICO. I guess this speaks to the cut throat mentality that is ever so present in our society today. Perhaps Mr. Baxter should take the liberty of posting the phone number to the day care that watches the children of the Tea Party leadership. Hey, go ahead and raise that eyebrow. The Tea Party set the standard, and all is fair in love and war. Just when did we actually lose our morals in America? Did we ever really have morals? To be perfectly frank with you, it sure does not seem like it. Listen, Mr. Baxter could have chosen another option for getting his point across than to call and leave a voice mail for the Tea Party, and this is true; however, the Tea Party certainly over stepped their boundaries and created a dangerous precedence in the process. Is this what politics have become in America? Boy we sure could use a man like Ronald Reagan again.
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