"By no means do I think all McCain supporters do. I think a sizable portion of them do, and it's those supporters that I react with shock and horror to."
Good for you if you don't. I question how "sizable" though. It's a small minority, but a very noisey one. And, yeah, they are damned embarrassing.
No one here said anything about "all McCain supporters", and if you're mad at certain Obama supporters who have done unfair things to McCain supporters, like assaulting them, I have no objection to your anger -- I'd just prefer it not be directed at me or virginia_fell or anyone else to whom it does not apply.
Virginia has made posts like this one before, and for the most part, I let 'em slide without comment. A bit of hyperbole is to be expected during campaigns, and I certainly don't protest innocense there either. However, statements like this one: "...McCain-Palin's regular Two Minutes' Hate rallies." Referring to Sarah Palin's speeches as "two minutes' hate rallies" is going too far, and it's one of those "unfair things" that piss me off.
"I do question why you find attacks on these people offensive, or feel the need to defend them as though an attack on them slights you."
I don't find attacks on "these people" offensive, nor do I defend them. What I do find offensive is tarring every McCain supporter with the same brush. It's no different from my saying that because a few Obama supporters have misbehaved that all Obama supporters are violent and dangerous.
I'll disown the whackos on my side of the aisle if you disown the whackos on yours.
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Date: 2008-10-18 08:38 pm (UTC)From:Good for you if you don't. I question how "sizable" though. It's a small minority, but a very noisey one. And, yeah, they are damned embarrassing.
Virginia has made posts like this one before, and for the most part, I let 'em slide without comment. A bit of hyperbole is to be expected during campaigns, and I certainly don't protest innocense there either. However, statements like this one: "...McCain-Palin's regular Two Minutes' Hate rallies." Referring to Sarah Palin's speeches as "two minutes' hate rallies" is going too far, and it's one of those "unfair things" that piss me off.
"I do question why you find attacks on these people offensive, or feel the need to defend them as though an attack on them slights you."
I don't find attacks on "these people" offensive, nor do I defend them. What I do find offensive is tarring every McCain supporter with the same brush. It's no different from my saying that because a few Obama supporters have misbehaved that all Obama supporters are violent and dangerous.
I'll disown the whackos on my side of the aisle if you disown the whackos on yours.