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June 3rd 05, 12:15 PM

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:33:14 -0400, (I
AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:

Disagreeing viewpoints aren't a problem for the majority..it's people
like you that mistakenly feel those who hold views contrary to your own
are somehow of the minority.

The last election pretty much confirms this.

It's people like you that are unable to
come to terms with the fact that those large number of people who
disagree with you need not conform to what you feel is appropriate.

It is you who are in the minority, but somehow think you are in the
majority despite evidence, such as the last couple of elections, which
show exactly the opposite. Democrats are still losing seats in
congress, despite the unpopular war in Iraq. The desperation of these
same democrats who just can't understand why they are losing, has
become so obvious, that they don't even try to hide their crass,
shrill, and unprofessional attacks against Republicans. That only
makes the people rebel against them even more.

At least one democrat understands this. It's interesting to watch
Hillary Clinton try to reinvent herself as a "moderate", and to
distance herself from some of her more vocal compadres. I guess she
figures that we'll all forget her former leftist politics, and that
farce that was supposed to be universal heathcare.

The majority makes the rules. It's fine that the
rights of the minority are considered but it
makes no logical sense that the needs of that
minority outweighs the needs of the majority.

It doesn't matter which group. When rights are being taken away or
infringed upon, the needs you speak of far outweigh any perceived
majority. You come across as "majority is always right" when it has been
illustrated and accepted the majority has been wrong, especially with
this administration.

What is considered right and wrong is usually relative and depends
upon the perspective of the majority. And, like it or not, from the
time we are little kids in school, we learned that life is not always
fair, and that those in the majority set the fads, trends, and rules
whether the rest of us agree or not.

Take slavery for example. At one time the majority of society thought
that this practice was "right". Today, the majority of society
believes that it is wrong. The only thing that has changed is value
perspective. If the left is somehow successful in bending the moral
compass, and becomes the majority ideology, then it can set the rules.
Until then, continue to sit on the side of the road with nonsensical
protest signs and let the rest of us earn our keep. And stop whining
about how unfair life is.

As another example, I personally think the TV show, "American Idol"
(and most "reality" shows for that matter) is a complete waste of time
and a total example of vapid vicarious superficiality, and voyeurism.
However, a great majority of Americans would disagree with me. So I'm
sure that my wish that shows like that would disappear is not likely
going to happen as long as they continue to pull the ratings that they
do.

That's fair as long as the majority is not
expected to abandon its core ideological
values.

It goes both ways. You illustrate perfectly the current political
majority is not only rabid, but has zero tolerance toward any view other
than their own.

It's not the "right" who has zero tolerance, it is the hypocritical
left, who talk the ideals of tolerance, yet they are extremely
selective of their "tolerance" and tend to be intolerant to anyone who
challenges their views. The left tolerates diverse cultural and sexual
perversions, yet has a problem with religious groups. The left speaks
of the 1st amendment unless, of course, the person (or group) using
it, speaks out against their ideological viewpoint. Vilifying or
demonizing ideological opposition by using words which end in "-ist"
is little more than an weak attempt at silencing the other side's
opinions when they can't argue the points based on their merits alone.
The whole "politically correct" speech movement is another example.
And what could be more hypocritical than opposing the death penalty
for convicted criminals, while allowing (and in some ways encouraging)
the killing of innocent unborn children (and without parental
notification in the case of minor girls)?

The left epitomizes, and is the pure embodiment of hypocrisy

Like the Bush admin prostitutes religion, you do the
same thing with morals, invoking -your- values as the litmus test and
justification to sit in judgement of others.

And aren't you doing the same, only using a different litmus test?

Dave
"Sandbagger"