a thought

I was sitting in a drive-thru lane today, and two cars ahead at the window, the customer there seemed to be taking a ridiculous amount of time getting their food. Usually, this indicates a person making unreasonable demands or sending something back or ordering something complex at the window or some other obnoxious behavior. The car had a big American Flag decal, and I thought to myself "fucking self-righteous Republican trouble-maker".

Here's the thing, though: I blamed the Republican, when the truth is, that person was merely an asshole. Assholes come in all stripes, all creeds, all colors, all socio-economic levels. Certainly, some are allowed to get away with more assholish behavior at certain times than others (right now, for instance, Republicans and African-Americans are ascendant; in the future we can expect extra-allowed asshole-ishness from Stay-at-home mothers and science types), but really, it's not fair to condemn a group (racial, religious or political) for ordinary asshole behavior.

Especially since there are so many other group-specific examples of bad behavior to hold against them.