Ashamed to Be an American

Yeah. I fucking wrote it. So what. When things like this are still going on:

A spokeswoman for Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said a protester spit on Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., who is also black.

"I heard people saying things today that I have not heard since March 15, 1960, when I was marching to try to get off the back of the bus," Clyburn told reporters.

Freedom of speech is awesome. Without it, I wouldn't be able to write most of the stuff I send out into the world and I definitely wouldn't be able to say most of the things I say. But I hang my head in shame knowing that as an American I am part of this unfounded ignorance and bigotry. That people live and breathe this kind of hatred every day like nothing is wrong with it. Simply despicable.