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Originally Posted by ijusluvit
"Why I am starting to seriously dislike liberals?"
Yoda, take a minute to reconsider your statement. Please don't let your long time disagreement with "liberals" positions lead to disliking them. "Dislike" is a single polite word for: "I don't accept anything you say because of how negatively I feel about you. That's the bias that, more than any other, blocks a nation or civilization from bonding and progressing.
IMO The "loyal opposition" cannot include "dislike". And, unfortunately, the political thread here has degenerated to a regular distressing pattern; a provocative statement about what a person (eg. the President), is advocating or doing, followed by a series of personal attacks by the same half-dozen dislikers.
As long as we are polarized by dislike, incapable of compromise with those we distrust or hate, the longer it will take to do a really good job legislating for our diverse nation.
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While I could go back and give you many quotes from Democrats from 2000 till last November that expressed outright...well, lets say distaste for any Republican idea or plan or politician, instead this particular part of the post bothers me....
"And, unfortunately, the political thread here has degenerated to a regular distressing pattern; a provocative statement about what a person (eg. the President), is advocating or doing, followed by a series of personal attacks by the same half-dozen dislikers."
This is supposed to be a
DISCUSSION board. The fact that those who support what congress and the WH are doing remain silent should not be a condemnation of those who do not.
Those who have differing opinions have the same right to post as others....they
CHOOSE not to have their voice heard. The words we hear is about "personal attacks"...that is patently absurd and without keeping score I believe the "attacks" are shared evenly. Having said that....
I am not sure of the word to use to describe anyone who would come on here and LECTURE those who post their feelings......if you dont agree, make your point post it and see what develops, but coming here criticizing someone because of how they feel and then taking down anyone who posts here is somehow very wrong !