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So it should be accepted as truth? Even if it's philosophical premise is faulty?What IS the point of the OP then? I obviously missed it unless it's sarcasm.
fear is anti-american.
it's a simple declarative sentence.
perhaps it's above your intellectual paygrade?
I see. That makes total sense...
If you are a leftist I guess.
Fear is neither American or Anti-American. It is a universal emotional fact of the human condition. Fear is.So it should be accepted as truth? Even if it's philosophical premise is faulty?fear is anti-american.
it's a simple declarative sentence.
perhaps it's above your intellectual paygrade?
I see. That makes total sense...
If you are a leftist I guess.
oooh, the l word.
is your premise then that fear is pro-american?
There is nothing Christian about the policies and practices now proposed by Conservative Christians.
There's some truth to some Democrats fear mongering, but fear mongering is not endemic to the Democratic Party Platform.
Yeah, that's why they put out commercials about pushing old ladies in wheelchairs over cliffs...that's why they race bait, encourage class warfare, and cook up a new phoney 'War on (x)' every few days
Polly want a cracker?
Visual says it all.
mmmmmyep. But Hugo Weaving it ain't is my guess. Nor V.
Visual says it all.
Love it.. is that a Guy Fawkes mask in the lower left?
Fear is neither American or Anti-American. It is a universal emotional fact of the human condition. Fear is.So it should be accepted as truth? Even if it's philosophical premise is faulty?
I see. That makes total sense...
If you are a leftist I guess.
oooh, the l word.
is your premise then that fear is pro-american?
So is love
hate
desire
worry
jealousy
sympathy...
The premise is flawed because fear has no political affiliation. It may be used as an emotional tool for all sorts of things from politics to religion to relationships.
The reason I bring up the "L" word is because it seems to be a proponderance of leftists who cannot separate anything in life from the political. A great failingin their part. They need to realize that Freud was right when he said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
I await your further attempts to frame a false premise dichotomy of politics on this.
Well thanks for passing your decree on me. I didn't realize my obvious inferiority till then, oh emperor of the USMB.
Do I bother with trying to engage more after my dismissal from Del's presence or just ignore his quip? Ohh decisions decisions.
What IS the point of the OP then? I obviously missed it unless it's sarcasm."You disagree with me, therefore you are afraid." Got it. Moronic gibberish. I am not surprised.
Pompous declarations of superiority that utterly miss the point of the OP? Similarly, I am not suprised.
you say Blacks are out of control,well I have to believe you.Cause Philly's teens are really out of control beating up bus drivers,both Black and white drivers. Their parents now should see the futility of not laying fire to that ass when they were small.
Fear is neither American or Anti-American. It is a universal emotional fact of the human condition. Fear is.
So is love
hate
desire
worry
jealousy
sympathy...
The premise is flawed because fear has no political affiliation. It may be used as an emotional tool for all sorts of things from politics to religion to relationships.
The reason I bring up the "L" word is because it seems to be a proponderance of leftists who cannot separate anything in life from the political. A great failingin their part. They need to realize that Freud was right when he said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
I await your further attempts to frame a false premise dichotomy of politics on this.
Do you not see that both parties are framing their appeals on the basis of fear?
But to flatly state that Fear is "Anti-American" is ludicrous. Fear is a human condition. There hasn't been a political race in history that did not utilize fear on both or either side since the dawn of politics and government.Fear is neither American or Anti-American. It is a universal emotional fact of the human condition. Fear is.
So is love
hate
desire
worry
jealousy
sympathy...
The premise is flawed because fear has no political affiliation. It may be used as an emotional tool for all sorts of things from politics to religion to relationships.
The reason I bring up the "L" word is because it seems to be a proponderance of leftists who cannot separate anything in life from the political. A great failingin their part. They need to realize that Freud was right when he said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
I await your further attempts to frame a false premise dichotomy of politics on this.
Do you not see that both parties are framing their appeals on the basis of fear?
The Democratic party thrives by appealing to the fear that some constituency groups have of other Americans: black folks fear white racism. Gay folks fear Christian bigotry. Women fear losing the right to control their own bodies. The poor fear being victimized by the rich. The environmentalists fear corporations destroying the environment for profit. The pacifists fear that we will lose another 10-50k troops in a fruitless war. People with jobs fear losing their jobs.
The Republican party thrives by appealing to the fear of middle class voters that they will lose more of their income supporting dead wood, the fear of Christianist voters that gays/lesbians and atheists are destroying America and that their right to practice their faith is being undermined, the fear of white suburbanites that they will be victimized by black criminals, the fear of white men that they'll face racial or gender discrimination, the fear of rich people that they'll have to pay more taxes, and the fear of the corporations that the American taxpayers will stop subsidizing them with corporate welfare. Then they appeal to the fear that most Americans have, post-911, of another Islamic attack. So, here goes Romney, making the case for aggression against Iran, with no real game plan or exit strategy.
It's ALL fear. The threads about the Republican/Democrat war on women? Fear. The threads about black criminals? Fear. The threads about the Republicans undermining domestic violence protections? fear. The threads on either side about job loss and the tanking economy? Fear. The threads about Obama-care (both pro and con)? Fear. It's fear, fear, fear, fear, fear.
There is nothing positive, from either side. There are no creative solutions being offered. There are no bright ideas about how we're going to get out from under our staggering debt load. There are no courageous politicians willing to risk offending people by cutting budgetary items that need to be cut for our relative survival. There is nothing but fear. The only person I've seen who appears to rise above the fear-drum beating is Ron Paul. And, he doesn't have much support within Republican circles...he's too different an animal for the party to really support.
The Republican candidates who did have something positive to say, and rose above the muck have mostly dropped out (to my sorrow). John Huntsman, for instance.
And, as someone who doesn't drink either the red koolaid or the blue, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the politicans and political columnists that have convinced Americans that the enemy is ... other Americans.
It needs to stop.
There's some truth to some Democrats fear mongering, but fear mongering is not endemic to the Democratic Party Platform.
No Democrat (that I know of) has signed a pledge put forth by an unelected private citizens to never raise taxes or do anything which seems to sorta kinda be a tax raise. Republican Members of Congress are scared shitless of Grover Norquist.
No Democrat that I know of has ever invented a word to create hate & fear of others (Islamo-Fascist) and not since LBJ has any Democrat raised the specter of the mushroom cloud for political advantage as did Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, et al in the run up to the invasion of Iraq.
Few Democrats raise the cry of fear that Fascism has come to America, how many raise the fear that President Obama is a Communist, Socialist, Marxist, Muslim and not an American? Is that not fear mongering?
But to flatly state that Fear is "Anti-American" is ludicrous. Fear is a human condition. There hasn't been a political race in history that did not utilize fear on both or either side since the dawn of politics and government.
oooh, the l word.
is your premise then that fear is pro-american?
Love it.. is that a Guy Fawkes mask in the lower left?
