Right-Wing "humor" reposted from Facebook.

DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN

The above is the name of a Facebook fanpage that finds humor in imploring the Almighty to snuff out the President of the United States. It speaks to a certain depravity in the Right Wing mind, I think, and it is a window into the soul of a truly hateful group of people.

How do I know they think it’s funny? Simple, the comedian who created it wrote the following:
"haha i'm up to 30,000 fans it's kinda hard to believe. I just wanted to let some people who were wondering know that we are not really praying for the death of obama it is just some humor to show our disapproval of our current president"

Well, in that case what am I bitchin’ about? I mean, I was just “wondering” about you wishing my president dead. There’s nothing more hilarious than saying, “Hey, God. Over here. I don’t like that guy. Kill him!” Pardon me while I try not to create any typos, my fingers are kind of weak from the wild guffaws of laughter.

So, what’s my bone of contention with this kind of heedless idiocy? I have a few. Number one, although I’m by no means a fan of Western religion, even I am given pause when someone asks God to murder someone because they don’t like them or what they do. Even in jest, it seems to me that these people that claim to follow God are woefully full of shit. Second, these would be the same people screaming “Traitor” if anyone on the Left made the same unfunny comment about one of their sacred cows. And third, the idea that it’s amusing to throw the nation into utter chaos with the death of a president you don’t like is the best example of political ignorance this side of the Teabagger movement.

I am all for freedom of expression and I would never try to stop someone from making a stupid comment, especially when that comment can help my side win. But the pathetic attempt at humor that is a death threat can only be the product of a twisted mind consumed with hate. So much for compassionate conservatism.