A Liberal View of a Conservative Town

Ah, College Station, the location of Texas A&M University, the home of the Fightin Texas Aggies, and one of the most frustrating places to live as a person with liberal political views and ideas. The people here are mostly Bush loving conservatives who don't give a crap about anyone but themselves, and what they call America. But they are definitely not referring to America as a whole nation, they refer to just the miniscule population of rich consumerists who buy their way into a safe, sheltered environment so that they can be oblivious to the fact that thousands of people are dying daily because of starvation, disease, genocide, religion, and poor or lack of access to healthcare. Most of these things could be changed if these conservative christian people started acting like what they call themselves. In being a christian we are called to try and love like Jesus loved, which is whole hearted, forgiving, everlasting love. No matter what people do, how they spend their money, or what they think about others, we are called to love them. This includes trying our best to provide them with healthcare, helping them put a meal on the table for their family, providing treatment for disease, and trying to stop or at least praying for terrible acts of genocide like the crisis in Darfur. An argument with a couple of Aggie girls last weekend sort of set me off. I had asked one of them who she was voting for, and the reply I got was exactly what I expected, Hilary... because she is a women! After an exchanged laugh I asked if she knew any of her policies or opinion on major issues, the answer was no. This alone disappointed me, because it just proves that more and more teenagers are growing ignorant and apathetic to foreign affairs and politics. I used to think that it did not concern us at such a young age, but in our earlier years it concerns us teens more than ever because we are indirectly putting legislation and ideas through our government that absolutely will affect our future life as adults and as we raise our family's, and then as our children go on to raise family's. But anyways, these girls had no idea about really any of the candidates and what they stand for. They had no idea what Universal Healthcare was, and after I explained it to them they told me that they did not want to sacrifice their perfect insurance plans and expensive U.S. healthcare plans for someone who "spends all their money on drugs". They said that those people did not deserve the healthcare. This part about our debate troubled me the most. What about Jesus? What about love? Would He not sacrifice a few extra dollars for these people? Of course He would, He sacrificed his stinkin life for these people. Anyways lately I have been really trying to love like Jesus, and its very discouraging to see Christians who are so greedy and unloving... Republican or Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, us Christians must try and love like Jesus loved.