Still Hating America.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Is my hyperbole at all exotic or holding any shock value among a board of people echoing their political views back and forth and jumping en masse on anyone who suggests their "we know better than you and the govt is benevolent" politics are flawed?

I've taken it as a rule in life that the more vehemently people argue for something and freak out at even the smallest attack on their beliefs, the less validity the thing they advocate holds. I see the Right do it every day on so many issues example aren't necessary. But I also see the Left do it - and quite rabidly - here, on progressive taxation, global warming, wealth disparity, universal health insurance and just about every other totem or strawman connected to the Democrat party's platform.

Every time Slave, Spanky or Hank even suggests skepticism,of a Democrat ideal, you race in to attack in a group, reinforcing a soft infallibility and echoing each other in condemning any criticism as ignorant or opportunistic. I'm a fucking Libertarian who agrees with your social agenda and you still go into a fucking froth when I make fun of your rank and file or rip into the Democrat Party's economic policies.

You're all damn quick to insult the religious, but I don't see much difference betwen the mobthink on these boards and the way the religious lockstep behind their beliefs. You all are Never, ever wrong about anything, and you'll argue to the death the weakest planks of your party's platforms. I'd say some of you are just being lawyers. I do that myself at times. But what I'm beginning to recognize is not lawyer behavior, but the desperate need to protect at all cost a political view you all treat with an almost religious fervor.

Rabid partisans are fools, and both parties worth nothing but loathing. Keep that in mind as a baseline. Forget it... Believe in either party, and you're a fool.

Dude, I said that I totally agreed with your observation. Why are you on attack mode?