TahitiNut
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Fri Feb-08-08 11:41 AM
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65. And what about the times that "progressive ideals" are CONTRARY to the "Democratic candidates"?? |
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This perverted "love it or leave it" attitude is completely contrary to any notion of self-improvement and grass roots democracy, imho.
I've seen DOZENS of threads started with the "bold" proclamation that "I'll support the Democratic nominee, NO MATTER WHO it is!" I doubt I've seen even one-fourth of such threads, since I regard them as childish, self-serving, intellectually superficial, and authoritarian. So I avoid them.
When allegiance to a party overwhelms allegiance to values and principles (e.g. "progressive ideals") then partisanship becomes an evil of its own. That's EXACTLY what the GOP has become. It's at the very root of the "Gingrich Revolution." Traveling down the same pathway is the journey of a fool!
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