I would like to fight you, sir.
So the building we moved into downtown is right next to a bar. Usually this not a problem as I'm home by 6. Sometimes though, I work into the wee hours, way beyond 'last call'. On one such night recently, I went outside and overheard a very small, drunk, and belligerent 20 something producing a diatribe against Barak Obama. No biggie there. I'm undecided as of yet. I did however laugh and say "Oh, he's not that bad", as his polemic was mostly wrong, and bordered on points like "Obama punches babies in the face". His response to me was classic:
"Hell, you hate America so much, you can just get the f*** out."
I was taken aback. I've never actually heard this phrase uttered toward me. Also, the logic trail of stating Obama isn't "that bad" to his conclusion that I "hate America" dumbfounded me for a second.
Fortunately, as I stated, the guy was considerably smaller than me, not to mention three sheets to the wind drunk. I got kind of mad. I hate when people (90% of the time on the conservative right) believe they can end a political argument by telling the other person to just get out of the country. So I did what any good American would do. I offered to fight him.
Me: laughingly "I don't know... I think I want YOU to get out of MY country. In fact. I'm willing to fight you for it."
Drunk: shifts uncomfortably
Me: "Yeah..... Let's do this. I will fight you. If I lose, I will leave the country. If you lose, you leave."
He brushed past me, but that was about it. The thing is: I was dead serious. I would have fought this guy. Why? Because I love barak obama? Hardly. It' because I can't stand the attitude and swagger that comes with a statement like "If you don't like what's going on just LEAVE". Their gall to believe that there is no black and white, and if you're not their color, you're not American.
So here's my open invitation. I will fight. A real fight - perhaps in a ring. I will fight anyone who is willing to put their citizenship on the line, wants people who aren't like them to leave the country, and - most importantly - is half my size.
"Hell, you hate America so much, you can just get the f*** out."
I was taken aback. I've never actually heard this phrase uttered toward me. Also, the logic trail of stating Obama isn't "that bad" to his conclusion that I "hate America" dumbfounded me for a second.
Fortunately, as I stated, the guy was considerably smaller than me, not to mention three sheets to the wind drunk. I got kind of mad. I hate when people (90% of the time on the conservative right) believe they can end a political argument by telling the other person to just get out of the country. So I did what any good American would do. I offered to fight him.
Me: laughingly "I don't know... I think I want YOU to get out of MY country. In fact. I'm willing to fight you for it."
Drunk: shifts uncomfortably
Me: "Yeah..... Let's do this. I will fight you. If I lose, I will leave the country. If you lose, you leave."
He brushed past me, but that was about it. The thing is: I was dead serious. I would have fought this guy. Why? Because I love barak obama? Hardly. It' because I can't stand the attitude and swagger that comes with a statement like "If you don't like what's going on just LEAVE". Their gall to believe that there is no black and white, and if you're not their color, you're not American.
So here's my open invitation. I will fight. A real fight - perhaps in a ring. I will fight anyone who is willing to put their citizenship on the line, wants people who aren't like them to leave the country, and - most importantly - is half my size.
posted by Jarrett Green at 12:10 PM
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