Reply #5: Hoist by my own petard [View All]

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I know that post sounded arrogant, but I really do tend to accept people as they are. What concerns me is what seems like a trend toward mob rule. The media and politicans of a certain stripe are reaching toward the lowest common denominator, and that is avery low place indeed. Science is being devalued, religious and patriotic myth is displacing history, our courts dole out revenge rather than justice and killing a car prowler makes one an instant hero. The country is being run on the basis of fear and greed, not really the models for a civil society. I understand that the teabaggers are upset, but I don't think they really understand what's being done to them or by whom. They are stupid and proud of it and they're being encouraged in their folly by people who patently do not have their best interests, or those of the country, at heart. If you want to defend the right to willful ignorance, go for it. I'll be happy to hold your coat.