I posted this on my lj

I had to calm down before I posted this. I think this post will show how TRULY ignorant people are. I come from a military family. Great-grandpas, uncles, aunts, biological father...MOTHER, cousins, friends! So, while I might not agree with the war I still respect our troops. So, why in the HELL would you hang a flag upside down and/or at high mast because your candidate didn't win? Seriously, are you that mental that you don't really how disrespectful that is, not only to American but to your candidate who was a POW?!I received several calls about this at work and it just pissed me off. And then when I hear jokes that border on racist about Obama it makes me realize that this country STILL has a long way to go. We may have a black man in the white house(who happens to be half white which people conveniently seem to forget) but we still have alot of 1800 mindsets. It makes me sick.Have you ever walked into a room and been the minority? Have you ever had someone call you outside your name because of the color of your skin? Have you ever heard the thinly veiled insults about your race being uneducated, on welfare, waiting for a governement hand out? God, it just makes me want to vomit and wonder, truly wonder, when this will all end.And it's just not blacks that are still hated on. Asians, hispanics, Indians....I've heard all the jokes and sometimes wonder why I'm not the only one laughing. I get it! It's a joke! Hahaha! But you don't make a joke on a person's trials. Unless you've had to face them yourself.So, for all you die hard 'Americans' out there who voted for McCain and are not disrespecting what he stood for, still STANDS for, I guess you're showing us how you really feel huh? You're taking your stance for your politician...not for your country.It hurts...but then I remember where I am. I might be near a military base but I'm still in the good ol' boy south.I just don't understand.And the number one thing that keeps popping up as to why people didn't vote for Obama? He's a Muslim! Uh...yeah! And? So, what you're saying is one religion is ALL WRONG because of some muslim radicals! Right, right! So, because his mom enrolled him in that school, because his father and stepfather were Muslim he's associated with that religion. Umm...how many of us were forced to go to a church?! I know I was. My family has dabbled in several religions. Trying to find the right fit. I have an uncle who is Muslim and he is as disgusted by all the radical muslims out there giving a religion a bad name. I've sat down and talked to him about it and it hurts him to be judged because of his religion instead of who he is...So, I'm guessing all Christians are bad too because of the slaughtering they did back in Bible times? When you have people outside your country wishing that one candidate will when and they can't even vote. When they're crying and sobbing because that candidate won...what's wrong with the mind set of Americans?I'm just feed up with all the bullshit.