I came to DailyKos for one reason. As a liberal and a foreigner in Texas, I did not have the chance to discuss my thoughts with most people. I'd either be asked to "go home" if I hated America so much, or "to suck up" since it is not my country anyway. Here, I just wanted to share thoughts, discuss my perspective on things, find out yours. Basically, just feel free to talk.
Apparently, defensiveness, and a `holier than thou' attitude is not exclusively a Republican trait. I have no idea how my ideas have been misconstrued to indicate `concern trolling' (have you even read my other entries?), or my use of the word "Democrat party" is a giveaway- and of what? As a foreigner, I am not always going to use the precise word that you want. That does not make me a closet Republican!
The reason why I wrote my previous entry was thus. I have struggled with it in my own country. Where in the 1990's Hindus who were an ethnic and religious majority (80%) started believing that they were being persecuted. The riots that followed, the suspicion it bred, and the new breed of radical Hindus that felt entitled and feared that if they didn't do something about it, they would wither into osbcurity was the primary reason I left my country.
I did not like what it was becoming. And I felt helpless to change it, when most of my friends, who had access to biased propoganda started changing. I had heard the "It is time to stop taking Hindus for granted" and the "If you cannot accept Hindu law, go back to Pakistan." argument too many times.
Then, I came here. My son who is American is due for pre-school and a good 75% of pre-schools in my area emphasize a bible education. Out of the 25 who don't, there is still the pledge of allegience said in each one of them. I actually got a pamplet that said "Arm your child with faith today so that he may resist the Godless tomorrow". There are no Harry Potter books in my public library but there are 286 books on Christianity. Of course I am concerned. But does that make me a troll?
Of course I am concerned that Texas wants to make 100% of abortions illegal. I am very concerned about gay people not getting the right to adopt here. And I am extremely concerned that I don't know, in my vast list of colleagues, friends, acquaintances, neighbors, one single Democrat.
Not one. Even the company I work for- owned by Asians by the way- backed Bush, backs republican candidates.
Do you understand, that unless I talk about these concerns, I will never know how someone else dealt with similar ones, on their own?
Or are these Blogs only to shout from a soap box about these solutions? I admit, I don't know how some of these things can be solved. My solution has always been to leave to some place that will hopefully be more supportive of my beliefs. I do not have the authority to fight this. I am not a citizen and there will always be my fear- that as someone who is not a citizen, I do not have the `right' to criticize too blatantly. That my only right is to voice concerns. But guess what? Anyone who commented on the previous diary entry has not indicated otherwise.
So if that is all you want to do, then spare me your self -righteousness. I deal with enough of that in my day to day life.