Don’t get me wrong, the United States is no Utopia. We have lots of problems, but here’s the great thing– we actually debate the issues and attempt to form consensus. We don’t have repressive regimes that mandate a state religion, subjugate women, and makes homosexuality a crime punishable by death. I would have thought that a true liberal would speak out on such things.

But, instead, it simply becomes an attack on how stupid Bush is, how he stole the election, how Cheney wants to kill everyone, and how anything any Republican/conservative says is silly/evil/callous.

I get really tired of this name-calling from both sides of the political chamber, and I would love to hear a more constructive dialogue from everyone. Posts like this only serve to perpetuate this childish “I’ll show them” mentality.

If you disagree with the current approach, great. What exactly is wrong with it? How would you improve it? What is valid/not valid about the assumptions being made by the current administration, in your opinion? These sarcastic attacks on our current government leaders don’t really accomplish anything.

And, by the way, I am a “brown” person myself (although I don’t actually use that term), as well as a Christian. And, as such, I don’t consider anyone in the Middle East any less of a person than anyone from a Western European background… just like I would hope people wouldn’t consider me any less of a person because I happen to claim Latin American ancestry.

But again, you simply are resorting to your default tactics to impugn my character without knowing anything about me.

Let’s raise the level of debate both on this blog and nationally by debating actual ideas instead of merely trading insults.

-J.

You are SO right “J.”. I mean, it’s not like they’re really PEOPLE or anything. Sure they sorta look like regular people (except for those towels on their heads, amirite?), but appearances are deceiving, especially when dealing with brown people… [/snark]

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So “J.”, you got all pissy on the “Probloganda” thread - where’s your deep insight now? Do you have anything useful to say, or are you just trolling another thread?…

Let’s not fall into the trap of thinking that there’s something natural and inevitable about violence in the Middle East.

The violence is happening for specific reasons, and if conditions actually do change, the violence will end.

And let’s not also forget that we here in the good ol’ USA are not immune from things like assassination, death squads or suicide bombings. If conditions change, it could happen here.

Seriously, you actually are attempting to compare what happens in the US with what happens in the Middle East?

The violence is happening for specific reasons, and if conditions actually do change, the violence will end.

And let’s not also forget that we here in the good ol’ USA are not immune from things like assassination, death squads or suicide bombings. If conditions change, it could happen here.