All Will be Well?

I just watched "Woodstock: Then and Now," a documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of that amazing festival. It was decent enough of a documentary, with only a few sour notes, one of them being the ending where columnist Gail Collins of the N.Y. Times tries to suggest that the only thing today that can compare with Woodstock is the inauguration of Barack Obama, the film then cutting to video of the massive crowds that came out to witness that event. That's a stretch, at best.

I said as much in passing to someone who had just emailed me and asked how I was doing. Then I apologized for offending her on the off chance that she was one of "them"...Barackophiles. Apparently she is. Here was her reply:

Choose love instead of fear or other petty emotions, and all will be well.

A rebuke of sorts, I sense. But what exactly does she mean? I want to ask her,
What does love have to do with politics? If I disagree with an elected official, or if I question his motives, or doubt that he has my best interests in mind, or believe somehow that he is beholden to groups or organizations that do not represent my views....I will say so. Also, her use of the word petty, which means, "Marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies," is telling. This is the latest trend, I'm noticing. To disagree with Barack Obama is to be petty (at best...when that doesn't work, try calling dissenters racist. Shuts 'em up every time.) And her implication that by refraining from disagreement with this administration "all will be well" is unsettling. It makes me wonder what, exactly, Obama supporters want their new and revised America to look like? Does anyone remember Stepford?