Conservative Kristallnacht

[CommonMan]

badgenome said:

famousringo said:

It's an extra slice of stupid to threaten the losing side. The Democrats have just demonstrated that they don't need Republican support to pass legislation, so why bother threatening Republicans?

The rise in violence is largely symptomatic of the downturn, I think. Lots of people who are idle, hungry, and angry, looking for somebody to lash out at no matter how stupid the cause. A desperate attempt to feel that one has some control over the world one lives in is a big motivator for a lot of crime.

1. Because fanatics are illogical.

2. Possibly, but I think it's more probably indicative of a country that's coming apart at the seams. Such a large and diverse country could get along a lot better if power weren't so centralized in D.C. But it is, and whichever bunch of assholes happens to be wielding it at the moment, they both seem only too happy to use it to tell everyone else how to live. The downturn only aggravates this situation.

I think we get the best (for what it's worth) governing from DC when the presidency and congress are split, republicans have one and democrats have the other. I hope this happens in the mid-term elections personally. I hope we can balance it before we do actually come apart at the scenes.