Adolescent Effusive

A Clarification

I feel the need to illuminate the dark passages of reasoning to some of you. Okay, probably not YOU, because none of my friends that read this would say anything like this.
Ahem.
We did a lot of discussing in APUS today. About the election. I've already gone into why I would never vote for Kerry. So, I was talking to one of my friends (I forget who) and I said, "Well, I could never vote for Kerry because he supports abortion, which I think is totally wrong. *insert small list of medical facts here*" And someone, who shall remain nameless, has the balls to laugh at me and say, "Well, you're open-minded, Mary Kate."
Will someone please tell me what she meant? There is a distinct difference between having convictions and standing by them because you've thoroughly thought every aspect of something through and come to an intelligent and informed decision and being "closed-minded." The fact that I have answered all of the questions I've had about abortion via hours of research and talking to tens of people about it doesn't make me less tolerant of other people.
Yea, if someone agrees with the concept of abortion, I disagree with them on that one matter. However, I do not pass a be all end all judgement on them. As a general rule, I assume other people are responsible about what they say about important social and political issues and have good reasons to feel the way they feel. Whether it be from life experiences or some other factor. If I were "closed-minded" I'd call everyone who disagrees with me an idiot and not listen to anything they have to say.
The fact of the matter is, it's not my fault I have hard medical facts or solid logic to refute any arguements people have against my beliefs. It's THEIR fault for not coming into a discussion prepared to defend their position. It doesn't make me a bitch, it makes me a good debater.
Yea, I'm fiery. I thought you all were used to this after what...nearly 7 years with me? I think being fiery and having convictions is way better than being a wishy-washy "everything's just fine...don't rock the boat", ignorant teenager who starts most of her opinion statements with, "My mom says..."
Grow up. Just because I believe killing babies is wrong doesn't mean you have to look at me like I have cream cheese coming out of my ears and say, "Wait...YOU'RE CONSERVATIVE?"
Fuck yea, I'm conservative in some respects. Just because I live in a highly democratic state doesn't mean I'm alone in what I believe. There are plenty of people in this nation who agree with me.
Everyone here assumes everyone else hates absolutely everything Bush stands for. If we all agreed on everything, why would we bother with democracy? Why wouldn't we just have one absolute ruler who just assumes everything?
And another thing, just to make you "liberals" feel more cozy about your stance on the election, I did a survey today at presidentmatch.com today and the majority of my answers complied with Kerry. However, I'm willing to sacrifice less meaningful factors in my life to prevent the slaughter of helpless Americans.
One of my friends is strongly for Kerry for the simple fact that he's for gay marraige. In her mind, that's more important than abortion(which she is also opposed to). And I know why she feels that way because I know her well, and I understand. I don't think any less of her. She is doing the same thing I'm doing. She's taking the issue that is most important to her and chosing her cantidate that way. She's doing the exact same thing I as I am. She's chosing to elect the person who goes against one of her strong beliefs, but is in favor of her strongest. Her belief is just more popular than mine.
Stop antagonizing me!

posted by M.Jazz @ 5:16 PM