On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not one of those links refers, in any way, to the statements I made. Nice > red herring. > America is scared of Democrats<http://thehill.com/house-polls/thehill-poll-week-2/124177-the-hill-poll-swing-district-voters-more-likely-to-see-dems-as-dominated-by-extremists->and sick of their whining. 44% of likely voters <http://gawker.com/tag/likelyvoters/> say the Democratic Party is "more dominated by its extreme elements," versus 37% for the GOP. Addresses your comment: I also do not feel that a majority of Republicans (elected and part of constituency) do an adequate job of shutting down the (very) vocal minority that are. By not standing up to the nut jobs and remaining silent, it give the perception of approval. > Did you miss the part where I agreed that I don't think the majority of > republicans are anti-science, etc. (evidence suggests you did)? We agree > there. > > But you implied the approved it when you said: "By not standing up to the nut jobs and remaining silent, it give the perception of approval." > Where we apparently disagree is how the extremely vocal minority is treated > by the rest of the party. To me, the silence by other members of the party > when dealing with these 'nut jobs' is perceived as 'approval' for their > actions, words, etc.. Putting someone who is ignorant of even basic > scientific principals on a congressional science committee only helps to > further that perception. > The silence only exists because you get your news from extreme left-wing sources. > Did you miss the part where I admitted that, to some degree, the same thing > happens in the Democratic party (evidence suggest you did)? > I definitely missed that one. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365641 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
