dave

No. Because the fact that they likely vote Republican has nothing to do with it. What matters is that they are unable to control their distaste and/or want to make the Dixie Chicks scared/think before they speak.

That kind of thinking is the same kind that breeds <b>racism</b>. "A nigger stole my bike." No, a <b>thief</b> stole your bike, the fact that he's "a nigger" has nothing to do with it.

Furthermore, your "God King" moniker for President Bush is ridiculous. But I'll get to that later.

That's exactly the opposite of how it works. When you call someone here a name, it's directed at them personally. When you call a group of people a name, based on some silly notion that you have which may or may not be accurate with regards to some of them... well yes, that's just <b>so much better</b>. Again, if you call a black person an "asshole", you're just calling him an asshole. If you label all black people "assholes", you're clearly a racist. Somehow it's different with political party members, I guess.

No, I was being very serious. Allow me to clarify: <b>I think you are a fucking idiot.</b> Why? Because I don't need to know all about your motivations and your reasoning, because <b>I've seen it hundreds of times before</b>. People on the right, people on the left, muslims, christians, athiests... there are assholes of every kind, and when you boil down their arguments, they're all the same. One of the characteristics of said people is an automatic discrediting of a thought based not upon what a person says but an affiliation or lack thereof. I am not a muslim, therefore I am an infidel that should be killed. I am not registered as a Republican, therefore I am a "bleeding heart liberal". I am not registered as a Democrat, therefore I am a member of the "religious right".

You probably don't realize it, but what you do when you speak like that is promote racism. What you are saying is "It's okay to judge groups of people based on a characteristic that has nothing to do with their commonality." All Republicans are thugs. All Mexicans are lazy. All blacks steal.

I have a sense of humor; a very strong one, as a matter of fact. And if you had made an obvious joke about a Republican (or a Democrat or a Christian or a Jew or an athiest or an agnostic or <b>whatever</b>), I probably would have laughed. I could say "heh, he's joking, he's probably a cool guy." But I've seen this before - even <b>right here on this online forum</b>. And when we boil it down, it's always some asshole who's so rabid with his views as to be unable to accept facts that are contrary to his opinion. Wow, what wonderful people to have around.

I probably wouldn't have said anything, but you've demonstrated it numerous times. "God King", "Rethugnicans" - ooh boy, what clever names have you got for other people you don't agree with? Your anti-ad-hominem preaching makes a lot of sense when you yourself must resort to calling names to discredit people.

So yes, I've got you pegged. You're the self-satisfied liberal that rages against "the right" without using your brain whatsoever. If George Bush said that he wanted to start spraying food plants with dihydrogen monoxide to increase their yield, you would probably be vehemently against it until you realized that it's just water. Yes, I think you are a <b>sheep</b>.