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jovial6 months, 1 week ago

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I found this article interesting, because it applies to so many issues we are dealing with today. It doesn't matter whether you are liberal, conservative, populist, or libertarian. This applies in many political situations.

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  Endoscopy6 months, 1 week ago
  
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  It applies a lot to the left in recent years. The rhetoric from the left demonizes the right wing. There are stories on the site now doing just that. Have a liberal talk about Palin and watch the hate rhetoric flow. When I was younger in the 60's 70's and 80's there was not such hate rhetoric. Then all of a sudden it started and has been doing a crescendo since then. I have observed the left seems to be blind about the hatred they spout. They use very loaded words and seem to think that is just the plain truth not the hate rhetoric it is. I do not understand that blindness.
  
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    smithichie6 months, 1 week ago
    
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    Palin has been demonized by many on the left, I agree Endo, however, it's nothing compared to the attacks Hillary Clinton has taken. Chelsea was the butt of many jokes during the 90s that Cons today have seem to have forgotten.
    
    Who can forget that one lady standing up and asking then candidate McCain,
    
    "How do we stop THE B...."?
    
    He never said that word was too much...
    
    Now that's not saying that jokes about Chelsea excuse jokes about Bristol, I am just saying it's not anything new and it's not as onesided as you pretend.
    
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      cherev6 months, 1 week ago
      
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      "it's nothing compared to the attacks Hillary Clinton has taken"
      
      Only from that "vast right-wing conspiracy" that was out to get her husband. Making that kind of accusation on national TV was bad enough. And there are still those today who defend her assessment. Not getting called on it by our media certainly set the stage for things to come. I recall an editorial by my local leftist newspaper that deemed her "credible" after that remark. I wrote them a letter suggesting that they put their crack investigative "journalism" staff on it, and try to uncover this "vast right-wing conspiracy". They never did, of course, and declined to print my letter.
      
      It's certainly not be one-sided, and both sides can accuse the other of starting it. But that would be unproductive. At this point, I doubt that there's any way of putting out the fire even if the overwhelming majority wanted to.
      
      Have a nice day.
      
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        smithichie6 months, 1 week ago
        
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        Only from that "vast right-wing conspiracy" that was out to get her husband.
        
        Which is no different than the complaints Palin and her supporters have had. You don't have to listen to a pundit who supports Palin for very long to hear them note how the left is "out to destroy this woman".
        
        We agree that it's not one-sided and while I agree that majority of folks SAY they want such attacks to end, I question the sincerity. I always hear how most folks can't stand negative political ads and they would like to see them go away, but at the same time, we see more and more of them and they keep working. How can they work if they're so hated? Maybe it's our logical side that hates them but our emotional sides can't ignore them. Generally speaking of course.
        
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    jovial6 months, 1 week ago
    
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    And vica-versa. Read any of Alphagnosis's or PC25's submissions. It seems there's enough blame to go around.
    
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    cherev6 months, 1 week ago
    
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    "When I was younger in the 60's 70's and 80's there was not such hate rhetoric. "
    
    I recall that Police (in general), our troops in Viet Nam (in general), and the Nixon Administration were demonized regularly during the late 60's and 70's. In the 80's, there were some pretty mean-spirited comments about the Reagans.
    
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