Tebow and the Tea Party

I am becoming more and more convinced that those who feel such a need to discredit Tim Tebow and cast appalling aspersions on any chance that he will succeed in the NFL and those who are compelled to castigate and disparage everything that the Tea Party claims to represent and toward anyone who stands up for the rights of individuals to express themselves, have a lot in common.
Exactly what is this common thread? Unfortunately, there are people in the country who just can’t stand to see anyone who is happy, faith based, successful, loves others, defends the principles that made this country great, works hard, believes that you should reap the benefits of your own labors and is opposed to getting something for nothing. No matter how positive the effort or message, the naysayers just go crazy and feel it is their sworn duty to vilify these people.
Anyone who is not speaking the party line, is not politically correct, and has the unmitigated gall to actually disagree with the current administration must be a far right religious nut…and therefore called every name except human.
Psychologists must be having a field day figuring all of this out. Actually, it doesn’t seem quite that difficult. I am just afraid that there is a minority of self-loathing and hateful people who feel that only by minimizing those who disagree with them can they justify their position. They actually believe that anyone who doesn’t think the way they do must be some kind of “phobe.” They just can’t accept the fact that those who think differently than they do…are only doing that…having a different opinion. They don’t hate you, or want to discredit you, they just have a different opinion. And, the last time I checked the Constitution still gave everyone the right to speak up and speak out.
The Founding Fathers had it right. This is a Republic and is to be governed by the people with as small a government as possible to establish domestic tranquility.
Now, you may be saying that is a real stretch to put rabid football fans in the same category as far left loons. I am not trying to do that. I just see too many “conclusions jumped too” and too many half truths expressed in both issues.
Will Tim Tebow make it as a professional football player? I have no earthly idea. However, I hope so and will certainly give him the benefit of encouragement….just as I encourage everyone else who wishes to express an opinion on the political direction of this country to do so…on both sides. Just be civil and stop with the vitriolic, self-defeating rhetoric and stick to the facts.