EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CRITIC

The members of Verily Prime have extolled the merits of those who are expressing their Constitutional rights to protest, but we would be hypocritical if we did not take issue with some of the tactics of those who are voicing their opinions in these town hall meetings against Obama’s health care reform. When advocates for the Armed Forces were trying to argue the merits of having the National Guard on our academic campuses, and were denied by opponents shouting the advocates down, we were outraged, even though then we were not authoring a blog. But we are equal opportunity critics…so that those who read this blog can say, even though I seldom agree with the members of Verily Prime, they make more than an effort to be even keeled. Now, to get back to the issue, we watched many of the politicians who were advocating President Obama’s health reform being shouted down-this is not civil behavior for addressing members in authority, no matter that you do not agree with their positions. It was wrong when the students of Columbia University here in New York acted in the most uncivilized of manner against the advocates for the Armed Forces or those who they disagreed with on other topical issues of the day, and it is wrong now for those who opposed the advocates for President Obama’s health care reform. The least we can do is listen…then vehemently disagree in our responses…But at least, we should give the opposing advocates, no matter their positions on any given issue, the courtesy to voice their opinions, especially when they are invited to the forum.

-Verily Prime