Good evening again, Douglas!
Douglas Friedman wrote in response to Frank Reichert...
I previously wrote:
Do you remember the hostility generated in the Goldwater campaign in the
mid-1960s? I would suggest much civility was involved on the
socialist side
against Goldwater, although I would suggest that the Goldwater
campaign was
far more civil than Johnson's was at the time.
To which, you replied:
I do not recall a time when the left was civil. Certainly when I was in
college - early 1980s - the liberals' idea of a debate was to call
anyone who disagreed with them "racist, sexist, homophobe." Usually all
three at once, regardless of the topic. And when a conservative or even
moderate speaker came in (e.g. then-Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an
old-fashioned liberal Democrat), their tactic was to shout down the
speaker or threaten violence to get the speaker to cancel (e.g. the
South African ambassador) and to call that "free speech."
I screwed up, Doug. What I meant at the time to write was that
much 'discivilty' was involved'... I often type faster than I
write or think. I made a huge bluder with that one last night.
I still am a rather fast typist, but sometimes, my mind doesn't
catch up anymore or see the error as quickly as it once did.
Perhaps, but I think you do your argument a disservice by engaging in
the same label slinging of fascist. That is an attempt to silence
discussion, not promote it. I do not agree with all or even most of
Bush's policies, but to call him fascist is more than a bit overboard.
Here I must tonight honestly disagree with you. I honestly do
not have any way to describe this (not MY government, or perhaps
yours either) government today except as entirely bent upon a
fascist expediency to truncate for its own ends, and at the
expense of everyone. The phrase that should ring home right now:
"You either support us, or you support the terrorists..." ought
to ring home somehow as justification for almost every
conceivable objection to the horror we face today in America. The
good news is, that most Americans today are distancing themselves
from this Regime, and big time (at least by the latest polls)!
As for a President Kerry, I think we can safely say that our taxes would
be higher and business regulations even worse. We might well have
withdrawn from Iraq, with the probable result being a resurgence of
al-Qaeda and another attack on U.S. soil.
I question both assumptions, and can't find way to honestly agree
with you on the above. Iraq will ultimately be a huge disaster,
and will find a way to bite us in the ass for years to come,
after we have lost in disgrace! And we will. This is a huge and
costly blunder that we will reap for who knows how long?
Kindest regards,
Frank
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