In the comments to my post on the Count Me Blue bracelets David in AK asked the following

On the other hand, wearing a “count me red” bracelet is a fine upstanding patriotic adult thing to do.

The short answer David, is NO.

The longer answer is that the red bracelet displays exactly the same level of maturity as the blue one. It's as if both groups read the cover of the book Everything I Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten and decided that was true so they never even bothered to read to book. At best the bracelets represent playground behavior at a third grade level.

There is one very large difference between the two however. I doubt that you will find anyone wearing a red bracelet running around telling the press they are ashamed of being an American. One of the greatest aspects of American freedom is that every four years under a set of prescribed rules (and I'm not going to get into how badly screwed up those rules are at the moment) the American people choose the person who will hold the most powerful office in the world.

In every election there is a winner and a loser. Sometimes your candidate wins sometimes your candidate loses. If you cannot accept either outcome with a shred of dignity, then perhaps you should go back to kindergarten and start over.

If however you insist on wearing a bracelet for a cause, try one that matters.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:23 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment