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remarkably, i agree with the troll moondog Send a noteboard - 02/10/2009 06:27:40 AM
Sure there were always demagogues and extremists, but the '60s seem to be the era more than any other when BOTH sides claimed the moral highground and began dismissing their opposition as not only wrong on policy, but humanity. The leftwing extremists painted the right as blood thirsty, cynical greed mongers and the rightwing extremists painted the left as godless, cowardly sex and drug crazed hedonists. We often forget (and I'm definitely part of THIS "we" ) that very people truly want to see their country fail, and almost no one self-identifies with evil. As cynical and murderous as they were, I bet even Mao, Stalin and Hitler genuinely believed they were doing the right thing, which, if nothing else, should be an object lesson in why we shouldn't lend extremists are ears.


partisanship has always been around. remember the midnight judges? and that's just in our own history, i'm sure there are plenty of other examples of extremists in other countries throughout history. *cough*guy fawkes*cough* having a 24/7 news cycle in which every little minutiae the president says (like calling kanye west a jackass off the record) gets broadcast within seconds and everybody and their mom has an opinion about what he said, whether they know what they're talking about or not.
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She's a good example of two wrongs don't make a right. nossy - 01/10/2009 11:31:29 PM 364 Views
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really which elected leaders on the right talked about death panels? random thoughts - 02/10/2009 06:41:05 PM 370 Views
Dumb column from Friedman.....read a history book..... trzaska2000 - 01/10/2009 11:15:46 PM 386 Views
politcas has always been a full contact sport random thoughts - 01/10/2009 11:40:19 PM 358 Views
I disagree, obviously. Legolas - 02/10/2009 12:11:48 AM 455 Views
No, it hasn't always been like this; I think Watergate changed it, and maybe Vietnam. Joel - 02/10/2009 02:13:07 AM 448 Views
remarkably, i agree with the troll moondog - 02/10/2009 06:27:40 AM 385 Views
Partisanship, yes, but this is more than that. Joel - 02/10/2009 06:57:14 AM 450 Views
i see things at a different level than you do moondog - 02/10/2009 07:31:24 AM 373 Views
Personally, I think you're seeing the cart rather than the horse, but that's just me. Joel - 02/10/2009 08:14:46 AM 479 Views
Not true Roland00 - 02/10/2009 12:32:58 AM 378 Views
why did we fight the Spanish American War and the War of 1812 again? random thoughts - 02/10/2009 04:18:56 AM 335 Views
You just completely undermined your point Roland00 - 02/10/2009 06:22:54 AM 389 Views
No you simply missed the point random thoughts - 02/10/2009 02:40:30 PM 378 Views
don't forget imlad - 02/10/2009 06:50:17 PM 349 Views
I didn't forget it, it was in my first line for part A Roland00 - 03/10/2009 12:53:18 AM 364 Views
honest??? imlad - 02/10/2009 06:46:30 PM 341 Views
all things are relative random thoughts - 02/10/2009 10:11:27 PM 344 Views
maybe we should go back to the good old days of Aaron Burr imlad - 02/10/2009 06:25:37 PM 380 Views
I think the role of cable news is over played random thoughts - 01/10/2009 11:29:26 PM 374 Views
Possibly. Legolas - 02/10/2009 12:02:05 AM 383 Views
To many people distrust the media for it to be just the right who distrust them random thoughts - 02/10/2009 04:15:50 AM 436 Views
Why thoughts on British politics TheCrownless - 02/10/2009 01:55:59 AM 384 Views
i agree that the fringe has way more power than it should, but... moondog - 02/10/2009 06:38:41 AM 375 Views
I think Friedman puts it very well when he says... Legolas - 02/10/2009 11:24:02 AM 359 Views
did I read this correctly? random thoughts - 02/10/2009 03:00:33 PM 377 Views
As I already told you, this is not about "the left" complaining. Legolas - 02/10/2009 03:38:15 PM 478 Views
it didn't become an issue until it started hurting the left random thoughts - 02/10/2009 04:44:29 PM 352 Views
Eh, many aspects of it have been criticized for a long time. Legolas - 02/10/2009 09:12:22 PM 418 Views
a few points random thoughts - 02/10/2009 11:23:12 PM 602 Views
Re: a few points Legolas - 03/10/2009 12:52:03 AM 513 Views
one final point random thoughts - 03/10/2009 06:48:09 AM 340 Views
also, about clinton, since you say you were too young to remember... moondog - 02/10/2009 06:47:45 AM 482 Views
really because my memory goes back further then that and things were nasty then to random thoughts - 02/10/2009 03:04:58 PM 339 Views
Is it that bad ? AgentOrange - 02/10/2009 06:06:34 PM 345 Views
No, where did common sense go? Vodalus - 02/10/2009 10:27:22 PM 369 Views
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