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Originally Posted by Cool Hand
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Originally Posted by Godless Dave
I can understand why you might be put off by vitriol. But I don't understand why you brought it up in this thread. The OP containted no vitriol, just an accurate portrayal of a known dumbass.
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You see no vitriol in the OP, Godless Dave? My, I think perhaps your bias has given you a blind spot.
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Karen Hughes is Bush's undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. She's also a nasty ol' Rebitchlifuck heffa and all-around pig-eyed sack of shit.
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(emphasis mine, just in case you couldn't see it)
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There are only two explanations for this lunacy, both of which are very bad for Hughes. First, she might simply be a bedwetting idiot who actually believes that "our Constitution cites 'one nation under God.'" In that event, she's too stupid and/or misinformed to hold public office and should resign forthwith.
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(emphasis mine again)
I'll be charitable and allow that many of the negative opinions and epithets expressed in the OP are simply of the common type to be found in op-ed political pieces. The parts in bold are not, nor do they reflect any critical thinking on the part of the speaker.
It's not that someone expresses those kinds of opinions here. That I don't have such a problem with. It's that nearly everyone at FF allows that kind of bullshit to pass without criticism or comment, except for an "attaboy" or an "attagirl" blackslap to the poster. I rarely look into the politics forum here much anymore, and I just happened upon this thread randomly. That's why I picked it. It's remarkable to me that such a random thread contains such knee-jerk nastiness in it.
That's one factor among others which contributes to an atmosphere that is unwelcoming to dissent. It is but one of the factors which keeps political commentary which strays very far from the accepted left-leaning mainstream here at FF from being expressed more frequently than it is. It's not the only factor, but it's one of them.
Please re-read the OP and tell me again that it doesn't have any vitriol in it.
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I see no vitriol
directed towards conservatives. I see insults directed towards one person who, by her actions over the years, has earned it in spades. Why do you care what anyone says about Karen Hughes? It's like getting upset at people who criticize Andrew Dice Clay.
I oppose vitriol being thrown around willy-nilly. But every single member of the Bush administration deserves vitriol for continuing to work for that scumbag.