Reply #3: Sure be upset and get active [View All]

[Az]

Demand they drop their shields. That is reasonable digging for evidence.

I fully understand where these notions come from. I am not denying that they occur to people. I also am aware of how compelling they can be to those that come to these ideas. And that is where we have to rise above the right. They give into such histaria. How do you think Rush Limbaugh operates? The religious right lives in such thinking. We have no universal health care because the right can so easily whip up a frenzy with no real evidence backing it up. This is not who we are.

If we are going to embrace the idea that a Government can be a productive and progressive part of building our society then we have to embrace techniques of discerning the best path for it to operate. Giving in to our emotional fears leads to destruction. Fear is what people like Bush control people with. That is not our way. It cannot be our way.