Agreed. After seeing the constant barage of hate on here it's made me more aware of my own occasional extremism. Gives me some perspective. WhileI ddon't discount everyone's opinion just because they seem extreme I do look a bit harder at what they say.
And that's the freakin' beauty of the freakin' First freakin' Amendment.
Let the crazies say what they're thinking, loud and clear. I want to know what they're thinking and who agrees with them. And I'm going to trust that the more clear-thinking among us will recognize that the crazies are, uh, crazy.
Ultimately, the crazies will end up where they belong, marginalized.
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Ya know s9metimes even the crazies get it right. On several occasions I have thanked a known wacko poster for their contribution onlt to be roundly mocked as a crazy simply because I thanked them. Or I get negged for being rational.
This has been my first experience with "social media" and it's been an eye opener. To be honest it will probably be my last. This shit just isn't my thing. Im here cause I got to know a lot of you and I enjoy the interaction. Wont do it again though.
Yes, even a blind hog occasionally finds an acorn and, because of that, every statement should be examined, researched and refuted when it's called for.
The problem for the Nutter right is that even when their lies are revealed, they just go right on spreading hate and discontent as if the truth didn't exist. We've seen it happen on the boards hundreds of times and it's still happening right now.
We just don't see that much in extreme leftist threads. In fact, there really aren't that many left leaning threads which could be defined as extremist. The left simply doesn't have the organized propaganda machine that the right does, so the extremist lies don't spread as quickly or as far.
For instance, do a Google search of any claim made about the President (such as he's a closet Muslim) and you'll usually find 15 or 16 pages of websites regurgitating the same story, often word for word. Do the same for any extremist claim by the left and you might not find one full page.
Once upon a time, back in the 60's and 70's, the left was as radically extreme as the right is today, but they didn't have the internet to spread their lies. So the rhetoric was pretty much limited to those involved in the underground revolutionary movement. It did not enter the mainstream. That's why back then revolution was in the air, but never developed.
That might not be the case today because the extremist rhetoric of the modern-day right has not only entered the mainstream, but has been adopted by what appears to be a majority of Republican voters.