Who's mean spirited?
Posted By: Zauber on 2005-10-11
In Reply to: This is a perfect example of what I would point out as a stereotypical, mean-spirited - Alicia
Why don't you drop your arrogant attitude for a moment and stop passing out your hate cards at every corner? I don't hate anyone at all. In fact like many progressives my ire and occasional sharp tongue get going because of the willful refusal to face the truth that so many Cons display - and more importantly, what it's doing to destroy our nation. These are important issues, Alicia, if you care to notice. I'm human and I get angry over the destruction and defense of destruction going on around us, and at the people who seem to enjoy it so. But I don't enjoy it and I don't mind saying so, and I'm not going to curb criticism as long as I truly believe in what I'm saying - who should?
So what is your purpose in being here on this board, really? Go ahead and demonstrate what you think is the right way to address an issue, if that is what you are here to do.
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See? It's just that kind of mean-spirited attitude
the republican party. Look at the difference in the crowds at the post-election speeches: One that was all-inclusive, and one that was obviously quite exclusive. One in which the candidate and the people who voted for him were willing to reach their hands out to the defeated party and say, "C'mon we're all in this thing together", and one in which the candidate's party booed the winner.
It's not 'just words', as you put it... it's the beginning of a dialogue, something that's been missing not only within the US, but also between the US and the rest of the world.
McCain is not mean-spirited. He was a good candidate, ran a good race, and would most likely have been a good president. But the party he represents has been consumed in recent years by greed and short-sightedness. And that seems to have gone a long way towards cultivating the mean-spiritedness that's been the hallmark of that party for the last couple of decades.
I think the best thing the Republican Party can do for itself and for future elections is to learn from the mistakes of the last 20 years, and start making changes, and conducting themselves like this is the 21st century, not the 16th century. This country was long overdue for a change for the better, and to embrace the 21st century, not fear it.
There was plenty of mean spirited on the O side too
The last three days of his campaign reeked of mean-spirited.
This is a perfect example of what I would point out as a stereotypical, mean-spirited
post, full of generalizations and just plain hatefulness. Yet above posting scripture. I am not sure how one reconciles that. Don't bother answering. I won't be around ot see it. I feel sorry for you.
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