How timely.
Even though I'm trying not to post anymore this weekend (cuz life's too short) I came here to post about the fact that ELF knocked down two radio towers in Washington state. The following opinion is a reaction to the AP item.
To ELF: Unacceptable. While violence or vandalism against an oppressive government may be acceptable, that is not the case here, not even close. Furthermore, your vandalism causes those opposed to you to harden their positions and, worse, causes those who have been sympathetic to your cause to be less so. Please, knock it off.
Now, back to kandrathe. I am not familiar with MIAC, but here's what I'm feeling:
-There are large numbers of conservatives "worked up" right now;
-Some of the reasons they are worked up is pure stupidity, theirs and those that are stoking them (examples: birth certificate, secret muslims, death panels, indoctrination)
-They won't believe the "left" that these are stupid things
-Unfortunately, the more intelligent conservatives are not speaking up to say "knock it off" (some GOP finally addressed birthers, but it took a while; McCain did stop the "Arab" comment during the campaign)
-Glenn Beck has taken misinformation and outrage to a dangerous level
-The right wing nutjobs tend to be more heavily armed than left (after, say, the early 70's)
So it is scary times, but mostly because some people think it is scary times. If only the GOP had a strong leader to say "knock it off". (Yeah, I know, I know, you have a list in your hand of the things a strong leader on the left should condemn as well.)
You live in a mostly Democrat state (except that crazy lady's district I suppose) and I live in a mostly GOP state. In my state, when I was an undergrad, a student group formed that monitored the non-conservative things professors would say. (This was during the Reagan years.) I guess the poor things couldn't handle hearing things they disagreed with. They must have written letters to the president to ask how they could help him. okay, i'm rambling, time to stop, and go back outside, it really is beautiful... B)
-V
(edit: two typos)
Even though I'm trying not to post anymore this weekend (cuz life's too short) I came here to post about the fact that ELF knocked down two radio towers in Washington state. The following opinion is a reaction to the AP item.
To ELF: Unacceptable. While violence or vandalism against an oppressive government may be acceptable, that is not the case here, not even close. Furthermore, your vandalism causes those opposed to you to harden their positions and, worse, causes those who have been sympathetic to your cause to be less so. Please, knock it off.
Now, back to kandrathe. I am not familiar with MIAC, but here's what I'm feeling:
-There are large numbers of conservatives "worked up" right now;
-Some of the reasons they are worked up is pure stupidity, theirs and those that are stoking them (examples: birth certificate, secret muslims, death panels, indoctrination)
-They won't believe the "left" that these are stupid things
-Unfortunately, the more intelligent conservatives are not speaking up to say "knock it off" (some GOP finally addressed birthers, but it took a while; McCain did stop the "Arab" comment during the campaign)
-Glenn Beck has taken misinformation and outrage to a dangerous level
-The right wing nutjobs tend to be more heavily armed than left (after, say, the early 70's)
So it is scary times, but mostly because some people think it is scary times. If only the GOP had a strong leader to say "knock it off". (Yeah, I know, I know, you have a list in your hand of the things a strong leader on the left should condemn as well.)
You live in a mostly Democrat state (except that crazy lady's district I suppose) and I live in a mostly GOP state. In my state, when I was an undergrad, a student group formed that monitored the non-conservative things professors would say. (This was during the Reagan years.) I guess the poor things couldn't handle hearing things they disagreed with. They must have written letters to the president to ask how they could help him. okay, i'm rambling, time to stop, and go back outside, it really is beautiful... B)
-V
(edit: two typos)