(1/6) One of the reasons why I have such contempt for the phrase "respect the office of the President" is that, in practice, it means just do everything they want you to do no matter how you feel. SO when the President invites you for a visit, people assume respecting...
(2/6) the office means going even if you don't want to go or don't like the person. That, my friends and enemies, is ridiculous. It's a comical standard. So when someone says "no, I'm good", stuffy folks lose it as the individual doesn't respect the office. Huh?!
(3/6) It is much more disrespectful to everyone involved if you show up to a place you don't want to go because you really don't like or respect the person occupying the place and either quietly take up space or try to remain aloof to the entire process. How is that respectful?
(4/6) It's not like a player stomped in mud, then walked right into the office and tracked mud all over the carpet. That would be disrespectful. But not going to an event that is contrived from jump ("we won the championship, this person will give a speech, here is a jersey")...
(5/6) isn't a disrespectful thing. It's having preferences and acting on them. And its nothing short of absurd that we kowtow to the "Office of the President" in this way. This small thing leads to "well if he wasn't POTUS, he would charged for Obstruction of justice." DO better
(6/6) President is just a person who does a job in a public manner. Sometimes a good job, sometimes an awful job. The person isnt a monarch and we aren't in a monarchy. Not going to a thing isn't disrespectful. Grow up and pick another cloud to yell at. #RedSox
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