FinalEvangelion on 22 September 2011
Runa216 said: I have a problem with Fox News and their militant anti-liberal agenda...apparently it's evil to care about the environment, care about one another, and look after one another. I have a problem with aggressive selfishness and ignorance. I have a problem with hardcore republicans who honestly follow the logic of "if you're not my friend, you are my enemy", as though there was no middleground. fox news makes enemies of everyone who is even remotely liberal, and I have a problem with that. Liberals can be ignorant too, but at least they generally care about one another. |
Totally agree here.
But, questioning the government during the Bush administration (Patriot Act, a war against a country that had nothing to do with 9/11) = you are anti-patriotic.
Questioning the government during the Obama administration = being a good citizen that likes small government excercising freedom of speech.
It seemed like before the Bush administration, Democrats and Republicans could be in the same room and be civil. It seems that's not the case anymore. Maybe it had something to do with "With us or against us" attitude that the Bush administration was pushing. Everyone who questioned the motives of the Iraq war after most people agreeing that we needed to go after Bin Laden were declared enemies of the state.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.