Without any quantifiable data, I would say that, overall, both the extreme left and extreme right are equally hypocritical. Sorry, but when you get close to teh extremes on either side common sense just gest tossd out the window and they are so blinded y their own beliefs they cannot see the hypocrisy.
That being said, I carefully chose the words I used. I consider myself a 'centrist' - some might say more libertarian. Some views I have lean the conservative way, some the liberal way. I do not thnk all Democrats are the tree hugging nut jobs, nor do I think all Republicans are Bible-thumping nut jobs. I have NEVER voted down party lines - I do not think the Democrat will always be the best person for the job nor do I think the Republican will always be the best person for the job. My point with all this drivel is that when you sit closer to the middle, you can see how evenly the hypocrisy is distributed from the far sides. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did read what you said, which is why I responded the way I did. You > seemed to be saying, "well the left is hypocritical too". And I agree, > it can be. But my point was that there are instances of a behavior on > each side does not mean that the total or even preponderance of the > behavior is equal on both sides. That's the false equivocation which > is what I was describing. > > Saying, "doesn't hold a monopoly" is an easy way to make people think > "oh, they both do it so they must be equally guilty" which I think is > patently false. > > And as for the targeting of "liberal" groups, that wasn't what the > 2001 report was about. That was about the ALF and ELF and they > definitely deserve to be watched. They threaten and carry out violent > acts. Mostly property crimes but they certainly threaten people as > well. I heartily endorse the monitoring of left-wing hate groups just > like I do right-wing ones. > > Violent, extremist groups should be paid attention to regardless of > political leanings. > > Judah > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its kind of funny that you and Larry are rushing to defend the 'left' > from > > what I said. Re-read what I wrote. > > Larry made a generalized comment about extreme right wing hypocrisy. I > was > > merely pointing out that the extreme left can be equally as hypocritical. > I > > never stated that it was the case in this particular issue - just in > general > > neither is innocnet nor holds a monoploy on being hypocritical. > > . > > That being said, why was it a bad thing to target liberal groups this > way, > > but when the same methods target conservative groups its 'ok' or they are > > 'getting what they deserve'? All I have seen from our liberal friends on > > this list is how the 'right wing' groups are getting what they asked for. > If > > it was wrong for liberal groups to be targeted this way, it is wrong for > > conservative (or any other type of) groups to be targeted this way as > well. > > > > Let's be consistent in our outrage and not our hypocrisy. > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Stroz > > --------------- > > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > > willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson > > > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295138 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
