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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Since I disagree with just about everything you said, there's obviously no dialogue here. But pleeaaaaaaaaseeeeeeee don't drag out a Hitler analogy. It's just so telling of your mindset. And why, just because President Obama has an 80 percent approval rating, does that mean it's a "drone-like" mentality? That statement is insulting to the American people.
So, if that's what makes you comfortable, just hang on to the old policies of the last eight years that got us where we are today. It's a new world out there and it's arriving at everyone's front door. Good Luck with that.  |
President Obama has an approval rating today that is normal for an incoming President who hasn't done anything yet. Time will wear that down.
And yes, the blind adoration of a charismatic has a lot of historical precedents, and so far this time matches many of similar situations. Blind adoration and following is symptomatic of cult-like behavior.
There is no "holding on" of the last eight years, but rather most of the last 220 in trying to keep the US from emulating the USSR. If someday you get beyond your hatred of Pres. Bush, you may see that.
And whether you want to accept it or not, it is not a "new world out there," but the same dangerous one that has had most of this planet involved in some kind of warfare since homo sapiens threw his first rock. The flower-child mentality hasn't changed that. Somehow, I just don't see Mr. Putin, Mr. bin Laden, Mr. Ahmadinejad and others like them accepting a posey from someone and smiling happily into consolation.
If there is no dialogue, it is because of a lack of believe that one could be wrong. I accept the fact that I could be wrong, and want to learn as much as I can about why and how people believe what they do, in the hope of becoming less wrong about things. I actually hope to be proven wrong on how I see things, as I have been taught that education requires a willingness to accept
facts not before known to modify an opinion, and humility starts with accepting that one does not always possess all of the facts. Arrogance is simply intellectual bullying or nastiness when facts become impediments to one's position.
When you open the front door to view that "new world," here's hoping it still allows free thought...