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Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

vey9 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:49:37 -0000

"the speculation of other news outlets."

Correction: one news outlet. That one news outlet being Fox News. Singular, not plural.
Would you hang your reputation on a single news outlet like Fox? An editor of TMV did.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

Jim_Satterfield — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:36 -0000

Pushed it as a terrorism story? I think someone missed something. The post&#39s title was "Possible Terrorist Attack at Ft. Hood". It was posted just as the story was breaking and that was the speculation of other news outlets.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

ThurmanHart — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:41 -0000

Yes...the site that pushed the story as a terrorism story and tagged it as being "war" now decries politicization of the news cycle.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

mlhradio — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:36 -0000

Some people will stop at *nothing* to try and play politics with something as devastating as this. I flip on over to Memeorandum, and the top story of the moment is how some republicans are trying their hardest to bash Obama over the tragedy (http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/A-Disco...).

Srlsy? At this time of national tragedy, instead of supporting our troops the republicans decide to weakly score political points? At the expense of many mourning military families? I am *disgusted* that some republicans would stoop so low. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

Rambie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:08:42 -0000

"Always have been nuts, always will be nuts. Even if there were a strong majority committed to moderation, centristm, and civil discourse, there would still be a nut fringe (on both ends of the spectrum)."

Well said Adesnik

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

adesnik — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:54 -0000

Always have been nuts, always will be nuts. Even if there were a strong majority committed to moderation, centristm, and civil discourse, there would still be a nut fringe (on both ends of the spectrum).

In some strange way, centrists are attracted to nuts because they provide us with a target we&#39re comfortable attacking. So it&#39s important for centrists not to get too caught up in worrying about the extremes.

IMHO, the real challenge for making politics better is challenging the cheap talking points and bad policies offered by certifiably non-crazy people on both sides of the aisle. Of course, that is much, much harder, since intelligent people will constantly disagree about which talking points are cheap and which policies are bad.

For that reason, moderation and centrism cannot be political philosophies. They are dispositions that contribute to better politics.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

vey9 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:37 -0000

"the speculation of other news outlets."

Correction: one news outlet. That one news outlet being Fox News. Singular, not plural.
Would you hang your reputation on a single news outlet like Fox? An editor of TMV did.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

Jim_Satterfield — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:20:36 -0000

Pushed it as a terrorism story? I think someone missed something. The post's title was "Possible Terrorist Attack at Ft. Hood". It was posted just as the story was breaking and that was the speculation of other news outlets.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

dduck12 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:45 -0000

There are a lot of squirrels out there but they missed this nut.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

ThurmanHart — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:41 -0000

Yes...the site that pushed the story as a terrorism story and tagged it as being "war" now decries politicization of the news cycle.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

mlhradio — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:36 -0000

Srlsy? At this time of national tragedy, instead of supporting our troops the republicans decide to weakly score political points? At the expense of many mourning military families? I am *disgusted* that some republicans would stoop so low. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

Rambie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:42 -0000

Well said Adesnik

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

adesnik — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:54 -0000

In some strange way, centrists are attracted to nuts because they provide us with a target we're comfortable attacking. So it's important for centrists not to get too caught up in worrying about the extremes.

IMHO, the real challenge for making politics better is challenging the cheap talking points and bad policies offered by certifiably non-crazy people on both sides of the aisle. Of course, that is much, much harder, since intelligent people will constantly disagree about which talking points are cheap and which policies are bad.

For that reason, moderation and centrism cannot be political philosophies. They are dispositions that contribute to better politics.

Re: Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America

dduck12 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:45 -0000

There are a lot of squirrels out there but they missed this nut.