Some folks seem to agree with Del. Hargrove that we should "get over" slavery. I wonder if these same people oppose celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Shouldn't we "get over it"? Do they oppose Civil War reenactments, Jefferson-Jackson Day, and Independence Day celebrations? Shouldn't we just "get over it"?
Exactly. Now, what ELSE should we "get over?" Hmmm...let's see, well, Moses lived thousands of years ago, shouldn't we just "get over" all this Ten Commandments stuff and, like, move on (or at least stop watching the Charlton Heston/Cecille B. DeMille version)?!? And Jesus (you know, the Jewish rabbi who Hargrove apparently believes the Jews crucified), that whole deal took place about 2,000 years ago - time to "get over it," no (sorry, Mel Gibson!)? Speaking of the Jews, should they "get over" the Holocaust? How about the Armenians, Cambodians, or the Rwandan Tutsis, should they "get over" their dark histories as well? What about the victims of Agusto Pinochet in Chile or the military junta in Argentina, many of whom are still seeking justice today? I guess Hargrove would say something like, "yeah, you were tortured and your family members murdered, but 'get over it' already guys!"
Well, you get the idea. So, any other thoughts on what else we should "get over" that we haven't "gotten over" yet? Maybe we should e-mail them to Frank Hargrove? Or should I "get over" this whole topic and move on? Ha.
I promise to "get over":
1. Self-righteous indignation everytime Ted Kennedy's name is mentioned.
2. my belief that the "liberal" media is biased, whenever they report unflattering stories about conservative politicians.
3. 9/11 somehow having a connection to illegal immigration from the Mexico border.
4. my belief that Evolution is simply a "highly controversial theory".
5. The fact that global warming is caused by human factors.
6. The fact that homosexuality is not a "life style" choice, but a product of human biology.
7. Flag burning.
8. Bill Clinton.
9. The Second Ammendment minus the "for the purpose of an organized militia" clause.
10. the fact that "Activist" Judges are destroying America.
11. my belief that tax cuts are a pancea for all the world's ills.
12. Jim Gilmore. (Actually this one can wait until after the 2008 presidential election).
13. the fact that Iraq's most pressing need is not market deregulation.
14. the fact that I swallowed G.W. Bush's misleading statements about WMDs, the self-financing reconstruction, and the claims about our troops being out of Iraq before 2004 (corrollary resolve to apologize and atone for voting for G.W. Bush at every available moment. And resolve never to trust a Republican who dresses like a Cowboy--especially one with a Andover/Yale education, a famous family name, and an affected Texas accent; or one who grew up in California, and later adopted an adolescent infatuation with the unreconstructed South and held his unreformed views into late adulthood).
15. My unquestioning, authority loving world-view.
The flippant way the term "get over it" is also sometimes used to minimize the horrors of the Holocaust is beyond disgusting. And it plays into the hands of revisionst denial mongers. We must all remember what really happened and to try, however vicariously for those of us who have never suffered similarly-- to understand how such statements more than hurt. They are downright dangerous and immoral.
Not 100% sure, but if I didn't break my foot today it sure feels like it. It didn't make me cry, but reading about Hargrove again did.