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StrangerThan -> RE: What Are the Conservatives So Mad At? (9/15/2009 4:44:39 AM)
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I'll take a wild stab, even though I know you're not really asking the questions, just providing fodder for unfortunates to feed upon whilst you sit on the perimeter taking pot shots.
Conservatives are angry for lots of reasons. The left loves to promote tolerance, diversity and freedom of speech. You, yourself often whittle on that free speech stick, quite often actually. Unfortunately it's mostly just lip service. They are accepting of that which they have deemed is acceptable. Free speech mostly stops right about there. For every gun-slinger group the right has that goes out hunting crap to whine, cry, protest, and threaten, the left has a mirror image, but they seem to cry louder. Both sides promote the "out-of-touch" scenario when talking about the others. Town hall meetings for example, being overwhelmed by angry teabaggers who are not the majority and out of touch. Seems to miss the significant point that if half the country is out of touch, then so is the other half. The schism between the two is such that there is no longer common ground. In looking at both sides, honestly, I think the right is more accepting than the left. At least they don't cry as loud or as often or as voiciferously. They tend to pick bigger targets and hang on to them like pit bulls.
I don't see the tactics that have been adopted much differently than those used by the left for years. There's such a dedicated, nbc, cbs and liberal out cry over liar being screamed in congress. It is bad behavior, but then again, I watched lots of bad behavior on the left for years, including booing, turning of backs, mountains of shaking heads and rolling eyes. The only difference between wilson and much of the previous behavior is that he actually voiced the term. Shrug.
But, but, but, go ahead, say it, he screamed liar at the president. I'll agree, the president wasn't technically lying and the legislation does say that illegal types can't use government services. Sort of anti-climatic if you make them all legal though, isn't it?
Both parties are willing to sell their collective souls for votes. One of the more sickening statements I've heard a politician make came from Arlen Specter, who, in defense of voting for something conservatives didn't like - maybe the last amnesty attempt for "undocumented" (what a frigging typical word twisting to posit one thing as something else to make it more palatable) alien bill. He said, I wish someone else could vote for me. He made the statement in reference to the fact that he didn't really support the bill, but was doing it to keep his office because "angry" liberals were calling him.
Imagine the eye-roll.
Another quote on the sickening list came over Sotomeyer, when dems warned republicans they'd lose the "hispanic" vote if they stood against her.
I got politicians in washington afraid to make choices, afraid to do what they think is right, pandering to specific voting blocks just for the votes. I watched successful democratic players in the first 4-6 years of this century mimic their republican counterparts. I believe they're now called blue dog democrats. Now I'm watching some republicans try and squirm around being more liberal.
And probably the biggest grin maker is that both side seem to consider a win as a mandate, when what it most is, in reality, is hatred of the one who occupied the office last.
I honestly, dislike both. The only party I ever associated with was the Democratic party. I liken that association with the fact that I used to hunt.
Then I grew up.
Parties don't give a shit about the country. I don't care which side it is. What they care about is staying in power and villifying the other. That's about it.
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