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Skriven 2006-06-10 14:16:00 av Robert E Starr JR (2750.babylon5)
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:18:12 +0000 (UTC), Methuselah Jones
<methuselah@altgeek.org> wrote:

>Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
>Vorlonagent of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain: 
>
>> Lacking such proof, equating Fox News to al-jazeera is an ad-hominum
>> at best, further serving as a nice example of the politics of personal
>> destruction practiced by the Left these days.
>> 
>> Can you think of even one institution associated with the Right or the
>> Republican Party these days that hasn't been demonized on the Left?  I
>> can't.
>
>As I mentioned in another thread, it ain't just a "Left" thang. This 
>country has rarely been so divisive. Both "sides" and everyone all around 
>are adding plenty of fuel to the "us-and-them" fire.

But I think the right has been much, much worse. As a columnist
pointed out the other day, imagine the furor if a Democratic
politician did the equivalent of the Republicans who regularly refer
to Democrats as liberal latte-sipping left-wing elitists, referring to
them as naive, Bible-thumping hayseeds, say.

And check out this conservative newspaper cartoon:

http://www.gocomics.com/glennmccoy/2006/06/07/

Note that the liberal is a pot smoking tie-dyed hippie with a lava
lamp and love beads, and that he's laughing with glee at the news that
marines killed civilians. Again, imagine what would happen if a
mainstream liberal cartoonist did the same.

This is pure poison, and yet it's become an integral part of the
conservatives' message.

-- 
Josh

"I'm not going to play like I've been a person who's spent hours involved with
foreign policy.
I am who I am." - George W. Bush
             
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