Yesterday, one of my co-workers asked me if I was going to a tea party on April 15. Of course, he said this over the cube panel and not to my face. If he did, he would have seen the look of astonishment on my face. I shouldn't have been surprised. He's a Republican, like the half of our staff - there are only eight of us. Although, I'm not 100% sure if we actually have a fourth liberal in our midst. Anyway, my tea-throwing co-worker has never been a fan of Barack Obama and usually insists on trying to drag me into a political discussion. I refuse to succumb to his challenges. I'm a firm believer that politics should not be a dominant part of the workplace. It's a touchy subject, just like religion. Most people are passionate about both subjects, so I really really try to avoid them. I admit that I have talked about religion at work. No one is perfect.
So, back to the question at hand: tyranny or democracy? I really think that Jon Stewart expresses it best in the following clip. Do we really live in a society where if you degree with the person in power that you go the the extreme of calling him/her a creating a Fascist world or for being tyrannical? That's how I see the talking heads on Fox News - extremists. The part that scares me is that people watch that drivel and believe it and feed on the rage and unpleasantness.
