I am really struck, though, by the urge to automatically question the motivations of posters, like this comment on my posting:
or some twisted 'don't vote for Obama or you risk a national tragedy' meme.

That takes a lot of layering and accusation.

My comment was entirely based on my own fears about Obama's safety. Do I predict he will be harmed? No. Doesn't mean I don't fear it with all my being.

By the way, I made my first political donation in my entire life this year, to Obama's campaign. (The work I've done since teenage years has precluded political donations but since I'm now unemployed, I feel liberated.)

I am really struck, though, by the urge to automatically question the motivations of posters, like this comment on my posting:
or some twisted 'don't vote for Obama or you risk a national tragedy' meme.

That takes a lot of layering and accusation.

My comment was entirely based on my own fears about Obama's safety. Do I predict he will be harmed? No. Doesn't mean I don't fear it with all my being.

By the way, I made my first political donation in my entire life this year, to Obama's campaign. (The work I've done since teenage years has precluded political donations but since I'm now unemployed, I feel liberated.)

Trying to tell us something, dude?

No, I'm genuinely confused, though, at the hostility to an expression of concern, that's all. I do worry about his safety; I grew up in the '60s and so am somewhat shaped by that. It isn't what Obama's message is that matters where his safety is concerned; it's what the reaction is from the race-hatred crowd. I don't know the history of others who have posted on this issue, so perhaps I'm missing something. But concern doesn't equal trolling.

Really? You must be watching different rallies than I'm watching. Or reading about. It only takes one nut.