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Originally Posted by livius drusus
Excuse me, but my dad is a Bush-voting Republican. He's neither armed nor crazy. I don't like this demonization of political opponents one damn bit. I think it's creepy, paranoid, polarizing and ultimately self-defeating.
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Thank you, Liv, for adding a voice of reason here. I agree completely. I don't like demonizing political opponents either. I find the Nazi name calling which occurs far too often and with far too little thought to be particularly egregious. Those calling Republicans, law enforcement, or anyone else Nazis (except for actual neo-Nazis themselves), or those explicitly or tacitly endorsing such name calling, should be ashamed of themselves.
It has occurred right here in this thread already, as short as it is at this point. I'll leave the reader to find it, but I was disgusted to see it used so uncritically and foolishly.
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Warren,
Come on now, do you really fear there will be widespread rioting and organized violence on the part of Republicans if Kerry is elected? Where does this unfounded fear come from? There is no historical basis for it in modern America. The Presidency has teetered back and forth between Democrats and Republicans several times in the last 100 years. When was there ever any widescale rioting or uprising resulting from the outcome of a Presidential election? Where are the threats of such a thing going on right now?
I don't care for scare mongering like this. It is groundless in fact, and serves no purpose other than to create and foster divisiveness. Encouraging "us vs. them" paranoia is simply not productive.
Cool Hand