Would You Believe???

[Diablo]

It is just a symptom of the 2 Americas that certain parts of the Conservative movement is trying to foster to scare people. It is just sad that people buy into this and even worse to take it out on children.

And even broader it is a symptom of the American philosophy that nothing is ever my fault it is always their fault. It is that mentality that some conservative groups are buying into to say that people who are against the war in Iraq are defeatist and want to see the troops come home in defeat. And when you see people talking about the real America.

The whole thing makes me sick and ashamed to be American when the ideals of this nation, what these troops are supposedly fighting for, when used are labeled as unAmerican. Welcome back Joe McCarthy next time never return.

[Ragoczy]

It is just a symptom of the 2 Americas that certain parts of the Conservative movement is trying to foster to scare people. It is just sad that people buy into this and even worse to take it out on children.

And even broader it is a symptom of the American philosophy that nothing is ever my fault it is always their fault. It is that mentality that some conservative groups are buying into to say that people who are against the war in Iraq are defeatist and want to see the troops come home in defeat. And when you see people talking about the real America.

The whole thing makes me sick and ashamed to be American when the ideals of this nation, what these troops are supposedly fighting for, when used are labeled as unAmerican. Welcome back Joe McCarthy next time never return.

This is not a "conservative" phenomena. Both sides have people who are unable to separate politics from personal -- who won't do business with someone who supports the "other side" or choose to engage children. Or worse, teach their children that the other party is some sort of enemy without also teaching them the difference between political disagreement and personal.

My daughter caught crap because we have a McCain sign in our yard. A friend had teenagers making insulting comments to her on Halloween because she has a McCain sign. A twelve-year old here in Florida got called a racist because she wore a McCain t-shirt.

It's not reasonable to put all of the divisiveness on conservatives, especially in the middle of an election where it's been said, repeatedly, that "only a racist will vote for McCain".

[leah06]

It's not reasonable to put all of the divisiveness on conservatives, especially in the middle of an election where it's been said, repeatedly, that "only a racist will vote for McCain".

I totally agree that there are assholes of all stripes out there and that politics seems to bring that out, so I'm also sure that this has been said as well, but I'm pretty sure it's not a mainstream comment.