Unemployment, and so on

[kandrathe]

... Other day I over heard some guy at Starbucks saying ...

There is your problem... you let one ignorant guy spouting off at a Starbucks establish your opinion. From what you write, you draw broad conclusions on people based on anecdotes, and your own prejudices.

Is that judgmental? No, it sounds like a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own.

To me, it's not such a far step from X are " the worst scum of this earth, and shouldn't be allowed 1st, or 2nd, Amendment Rights IMO" to rounding them up, and then eliminating the scum problem. Why stop at two amendments? Why not just remove all their rights?

You've got your X, and other people have theirs. What's the difference?

There are many people who say hurtful and hateful things, but that doesn't make them irredeemable. I was watching Oprah with my wife the other day, and she had on a reformed Nazi skinhead who she'd interviewed on her show like 20 years ago. The guy did time for assault, and ended up on an all black chain gang, with a black man as trustee of the group. There was no hiding his tattoos, or where he stood... They accepted him as just another man on the chain gang. Over time, he saw how wrong he was, and he changed his heart. So, it's possible, some people might turn away from their ignorance.

Instead of castigate, why not educate?

"..you don't hear that type of crap coming from Socialists, only from reactionaries."

I don't hear that type of crap coming from Democrats or Republicans either. Maybe I hang out with less ignorant people.