Reading quarter 2 #1

Today I read this article in the paper about a girl at Augsberg college getting beat because she was wearing a McCain Palin button. On campus a group of girls walked up to her and called her racist for wearing the button and then beat her. The girl got a concussion from this beating. The main point I got out of this article is that you can't judge someone just by what they are wearing or showing. How could the girls think she was being racist just because she was wearing the button? She was just supporting a candidate, how in the world does that connect to racisim. This shows people are not exactly as free as we think. If we can't support something without being prosictued for another how are we free? And how can someone judge you like that whent they don't even know your views on why you support them. People need to take another look around and realize even if people don't believe in the same things as you, they still have a say and you can't judge a book by its cover.