Good in the midst of evil - My first F911 encounter [View All]

[NightOwwl]

Here’s a little background. My hairdresser Jeffrey is a white male in his mid-30’s. Married but no kids however he does have a 16 year-old nephew. Drives a huge SVU.

So anyway, I was getting my hair cut this morning and doing the usual small talk. I asked if he’d seen Spiderman 2 and he said no, but he did see F911. I told him I’d seen it also and his voice got low and he asked me what I thought of it. I hesitated a bit, because he has always come across as conservative, and I was not in the mood for a confrontation. After my initial hesitation I said, “I loved it.”

That’s when the dam broke. He told me how much he hated what Bush was doing to the country and not only did he see it once; he took his nephew to see it also. Turns out his nephew is thinking about joining the army and Jeffrey forced him to watch it so he could see what war truly is. He wants F911 to be required viewing for anyone thinking about joining the military.

I wish I could convey his sense of outrage; it was so intense I could almost feel his anger. As we continued talking, I found out he is an Independent who has not voted in 8 years with one exception. He voted to recall Davis and replace him with Schwarzenegger. He’s never paid that much attention to politics but he is so enraged now he there is no way he’ll be sitting this one out.

He knew absolutely nothing about the Bush administration, but after seeing the movie he is totally convinced they lied to get us to go to war in Iraq for their own personal gain. He was stunned by the Bush/Saudi connection and incensed that the Bin Laden family was flown out of the country without being interviewed. He commented, “If only 25% of the movie is true it’s still enough to prove to me that Bush lied about the war.”

As I left the salon his mother-in-law came in. He told her we had been talking F911 and the first thing she said was “How can so many people still support him with all the terrible things he has done?”

I feel a change in the air. As the truth comes out, the blinders come off.

Finally.