CAN WE TALK FEELINGS ABOUT RACISM? AND PATRIOTISM?

So I was in the parking lot of a local diner and a truck was parked right in the middle of the lot. It had a big American flag on it, and the big bold scary words "LOVE IT OR GET THE HELL OUT".

I am realizing that when people are congested and clogged emotionally, information isn't really going to mean much. I have also been shocked, even unexpectedly, by the meanness of so many comments in my neck of the woods, which is not really known to be redneck perse'.

It's a no-brainer, requiring little thought and little or no reservation of people blurting out statements like, "Obama, don't you think he'll cause a revolution in Africa?", "He's a Hussein!", "He told 39 lies!" Really? Amazing this stuff, and for me, what is coming through is also that as a Jew I am particularly mortified by the lack of concern on the part of so many of the book banning and scornful attitude of Madame Pailin (sorry, Dudette Pailin) about the obvious silliness of cleaning up our environment and such.

Foaming at the mouth won't help, or will it? Better that we start talking on emotional levels about why we think or hate or fear the way we do. Emotional honesty might be a start here.