Ideologues

I think I have figured something out.  Those wingnuts that post crazy things to Facebook about all the rumors and myths about Obama are just blind with hatred.  That is why they don't recognize legitimate criticism of him.  That is why they focus on Benghazi, but ignore him pulling support from Egypt now that it is back under military rule.  That is why they complain about Syria, but ignore Saudi Arabia's anger at the lack of support.

One of the latest posts of the nuts is about Obama denying knowing about NSA tapping of foreign leaders phones.  It isn't that he did the tapping, or that as the chief executive he is responsible whether he knew about it or not.  It isn't about him not having control over the policies of our intelligence services.  It is if he lied about knowing of it.  My guess is that he knew about it, but needs to deny it in order to improve relations with the foreign governments or at least with the people in those countries.  But all the logical arguments are thrown out.  The only thing that matters is blind hatred of Obama.

Another one going around recently is the outrage over people having to change their insurance under Obamacare, because their current coverage doesn't meet the minimum standards of the ACA.  Instead of arguing that the standards should be lowered, they are just pissed that Obama said people would be able to keep their insurance.  This is just mind boggling.

Before Facebook, I had no idea there were this many crazy people.  I thought most people were normal level-headed moderates.  Boy was I wrong.  I have seen comments calling for Obama's impeachment, and saying he is the most evil person to hold the office of president.  I assume they have no clue about history, and not that they support things like the genocide of the American Indian.  I thought we were far more sophisticated than that.  I was wrong.