Great post Don, well stated.
On Mar 23, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote:
This thread reminds me of those days in grade school when we'd stand
on the playground and taunt each other over which side of town was
better. You'll never get agreement or change each others' mind, so
it's kind of amusing to me.
I wish we could all agree that there are good people AND bad people
in every group. If I want to demonize your group I'll point to the
worst person I can find in that group and generalize the rest of you.
Any Republican that would resort to racial slurs and bigotry is an
idiot, just as any Democrat that resorts to racial slurs and hatred
is an idiot. The knee-jerk hatred and name-calling both sides
invest in only serves to further polarize the groups and spiral
relations downward.
If I followed you around for 24 hours recording everything you did
and said I could edit together a five-minute segment to make you
look like either the nicest person on the planet or the biggest
jerk. My point is that facts can be twisted, depending on how
they're presented.
Several years ago I registered as an Independent; not because I
don't have opinions, but rather I didn't want to be associated with
either party. As someone who tries to look at both [or multiple]
sides of issues, rather than automatically accepting my party's view
on it, I find it disheartening that so many people fall in lockstep
with what they're told.
The health-care bill, like anything else man-made, surely has its
flaws. I'm sure it also has its good points. Have any of you
actually read all 2,500 [or so] pages of this bill? I know I
haven't. People with a (D) behind their name seem to think it's the
greatest thing ever written, while those with an (R) say it's the
end of the world as we know it. It's neither of those. We should
form an opinion based on the best information we can find and then
act accordingly. But, listening to only 'your' side of the debate,
and shouting down those 'evil other-siders,' will get you only what
you want to hear.
Let's try to speak to each other rather than at each other. We're
all in this together.
Don.
From: Dan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 2:00:32 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Obama's New Health Care Plan
I was disgusted and saddened by the hatefulness and bigotry that the
Republicans exhibited in this debate. When protesters (with the
approval of the Republican leaders) say things like: ni**a lover,
fa**ot, and other disgusting comments it shows how low they will go
to try and regain the White House. The constant hate talk on
Conservative talk shows turns my stomach. If the Republicans would
have civil and constructive debates instead of just constantly
saying: 'No - we're right and you're wrong because you are blankity
blank blank.' I would have more respect for them.
Dan
At 01:45 PM 3/23/2010, bob quinn said:
At 01:16 PM 3/23/2010, Lori Michaelson wrote:
The decision was made by Obama and, by damn, according to him it
was going to happen. No ifs, ands or buts.
Yea, finally! I only wish he had stopped asking "The Party of No"
for input last summer, instead of waiting till now. Then we might
have got what the rest of the modern world has, a public option or
single-payer system.
As long as for-profit health insurance companies rule, we're doomed.
