The stereotype of Democrats as lazy freeloading parasites who want the government to pay their bills, must be broken.
When we're not portrayed as unemployed persons who smoke pot all day long, we're suddenly slammed as elitist, fancy pants wannabes who eat brie and drink wine (is that a crime?) and are out of touch with real America.
We carry America. We are the doctors, lawyers, software engineers, lab technicians and mechanical engineers. We are the one who innovate, work extra hours, weekends and study to better ourselves. We pay to put ourselves through business school, medical school, get certified as project managers, advertising copy writers or digital image editors.
We drive the economy - it isn't the laid off auto workers or the steel workers, it's the brave and innovative middle class people who retrain when they see the need, who apply for student grants to learn new skills, who belong to our communities and actively work to improve our surroundings.
The Angry Left? I don't think so. The angry right spends enormous energy on generating resentment and xenophobia. Against illegal immigrants, muslims, gays, all people of color, and members of any and all fringe communities including artists, musicians, renewable energy pioneers, organic farm coops and many more.
Enough! These people ARE the American Dream. These are the ones who invented trends and movements copied and followed the world over. Organic farming was born in America and is a several hundred billion dollar industry worldwide. The stop smoking movement has caught on across Europe, as has the health awareness trend and the weight control and anti-obesity initiatives.
The bitter-sounding right wing chatter that condemns creativity, originality and liberalism is sapping the very lifeblood out of America. The underlying message in this dour and oppressive doctrine is that we all should shut up, stop dreaming up great new things, and stick with the old fashioned ways we know and love.
That isn't American. It isn't American to sit quietly and stop inventing.
We won't stop creating newer and better ways of living. We won't stop pursuing technology and scientific discovery to make our healthcare, education and transportation systems ever better.
We are great BECAUSE we buck the status quo. Because we always want to do better.
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