It’s a well-known fact (or it should be) that some people will complain simply for the sake of complaining – they’ll moan, carry-on, whimper and whine even when they know nobody is listening. Nothing I say here is going to change that, I realize, but I’d still like to take a moment to share my thoughts.

Then again, I’m probably going to be accused of hypocrisy just by writing this, considering I’m sitting here griping myself, aren’t I?

There’s a big difference though, at least in my mind. It’s not that I think I’m better than your typical naysayer, considering we all have a tendency to sound-off on whatever happens to be bothering us throughout the course of the day, week, month or year every once in a while. Sometimes, however, the never-ending lack of civility and intelligent discussion really gets me riled-up.

I’ve spent a significant amount of time during my tenure as an Evening Sun reporter defending our current president, not because I look at him as some kind of savior, the next coming or anything like that (had to make sure I covered my back on that one). I just have a hard time dealing with the continued ignorance and racism I was sure would accompany his first term as commander-in-chief (definitely one of those instances I wish I’d been wrong).