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Haters gotta Hate

A few days ago, President Obama made a televised statement in the middle of the night declaring that the man behind the 9/11 attacks and sworn enemy of the United States, Osama Bin Laden had been found and killed. This man had been in hiding for 10 years, eluding our military in the search for justice. This man caused insurmountable tragedy here in the US killing thousands and affecting millions, so surely his death would be a welcomed announcement. Well, you would think so.

Unfortunately, this was not the case. There was immediate political response making claims about the President's timing and the questioning the legitimacy of the deed. Fear mongers immediately worried about potential backlash. Diplomats wanted to know about Pakistan's involvement. Conspirators want to see physical proof, not believing 'buried at sea', or the whole event for that matter. Peacelovers claimed murder is never the answer after hearing the President made the order to kill the guy. Even Native Americans got into the mix by being offended at the terrorist's code name of "Geronimo".

I understand having differing view points and sticking to your morals and ethics, but how is this event not a good thing for all Americans? Why must there be instantaneous pessimism and insolence? Sure the talking heads on TV need something to argue about, but if you scour the internet or newspaper, there are reactions all over the charts, bringing up other subjects and trying to relate them to this event and why they are allowed to hate. It's just sad.

The worst of all is the people who claim that Obama did nothing and should deserve no gratitude or respect. It doesn't matter if he sat in a recliner while the whole thing went down or if he was the one who actually pulled the trigger. He is the presiding President, the Commander in Chief and he was in office when this happened. It got done. Period. This condescending viewpoint is often linked to claims that former President Bush should be given more credit; him being the initial hunter of this terrorist, without whom the current President would not have succeeded. I find it depressing that people cannot just be happy that an evil person is now gone from this earth. People are not satisfied with being relieved of wondering if this man would strike again. Instead, the event gets twisted into some sort of political power play including new conspiracy theories to befuddle the interested.

The events following the announcement only solidify my opinion that no matter what good things may be done, there are enough people now that there will always be someone against it or finding fault with it. People are so different and so numerous that pleasing all of them is impossible, no matter the action. If you take this all in and think it matters that people get along, the only remedy for this realization is apathy and ignorance. The alternative is agitation, arguments, vitriol and hate. I will choose to knowingly ignore the hostility, reducing it to an easy cliche that I am comfortable lumping all of these people in: haters gotta hate.