(I am going to start with a language warning, I may use phrases and words that may mean you want to avoid reading this to your children)

Ok, so I am tired of all the bashing of candidates based on the rantings of there supporters.  I am also tired of everyone accusing one side of something they are guilty of as well. 

I can't believe I have to post this explanation because I have been dealing with it for well on the last ten years now.   People are nasty on the internet.

This has always been true even when applied to something as vastly unimportant as a video game forum.  Now psychologically this has to do with non human contact, no reprocusions etc etc.    The internet actually DRAWS these people in.  People who are to shy or to weak to be this way in person release it all on the internet.

They are the vocal minority people. 

They are a bunch of ass holes (male and female) who get off on insulting people online.   (including your presidential choice)

Both sides have people like this.  Obama may at times seem to have more of these people but this is mainly because of the fact that he has run a very tech savvy campaign, thus drawing in more of these internet trolls.

I have been personally insulted by Clinton supporters many many times online.  Only a very very few times in person.  In fact at the second round of WA caucuses yesterday I mingled freely having very intelligent conversations with people regardless of there preference.

I have been accused of never leaving my parents basement which is entirely untrue.

I have been  accused of being stupid and naive.  Which is not true.

I have been accused of being sexist not because of anything I said, but because of who I support.  Which is not true.

I have been accused of all these things and more, and in much more hateful wordings the I have given here. 

These nasty things get spewed from both sides.  I hate seeing hateful stuff towards Clinton and her supporters and I hate seeing this stuff about Obama and his supporters. 

My main concern is that I have seen people on here that can normally be counted as reasonable contributers doing the same.  I will admit I have fucked up myself and responded in anger because I have been insulted.  However I looked at what I had done and wished I could take it back because it is not who I am to respond to these people in kind.  It hypocrisy to do so.

I have been intending to write this post for a while, but today I was inspired to do so because of a comment I have seen posted on multiple threads.  I will not say who posted it, and it isn't the nasiest thing I have seen.  however the tinge of nastiness to it coupled with an ugly hypocrisy made me want to post. 

I am going to respond to this comment, it is from a Clinton supporter.  You may call me biased and truth be told I am, but so are you.  It is ok to be biased as long as we can still listen to others and put our biases aside.  Presidential campaigns are all about people being biased and chosing sides.

Comment below

"well, at least one good thing about Clinton, her supporters don't come
in their pants when they see her on youtube. It's extremely distasteful
to observe the smug and smarmy attitude of Obama's folk, even more
distasteful than the Rev Wright's dashiki. I assure you, when pretty
boy screws up foreign policy and the economy, you won't be coming in
your collective pants anymore, you'll be shitting bricks : )"


This comment disgusts me.  Now she may be right that there is a group of Obama supporters who may be over excited about Obama.  There is a group out there that feels he is more then he is.  However, we are not all this way.  Many of us do get excited but realize he is just a politician.  we still prefer Obama.

What I find really insulting coming from a woman who has probably dealt with a lot of sexism is the comment that we come in our pants. 

How would you all feel if I made a post stating that Clinton supporters get all wet when they see her on You tube?  You would be pretty fucking pissed right?  You would be pissed and you would have the right to be.

This post suggests that we support Obama because he has a dick and so do we.  I have no doubt there is a group out there that does.  I am not happy about that group.  I was also not happy when her rep got up during our caucus yesterday and said she supports Clinton not because of her policies or qualifications but because she had a vagina.

I was excited to vote for the first female president.  I didn't expect someone to come along who I thought would make a better president.  This will be historical either way, and I am excited to vote for either of them.   A white woman or a black man.  I will be truly excited about whoever it is for it's historical importance.  However I will not make my decision based on who I feel is more historical. 

I commend both candidates for having the bravery to do what they are doing, I know they are probably both getting death threats as we argue. 

Support who you support, but lets not delve to the level of these trolls in order to do it.