Thread: The Hate-Tinged Sniping - RED vs BLUE

Carl Cannon, blog, PoliticsDaily.com:

"(Nancy) Pelosi, along with Steny Hoyer ... penned an op-ed article (in USA TODAY) decrying those who disrupt debate at town hall meetings, saying that such behavior is 'un-American.' Three years ago, however, when her party was in the minority, Pelosi told a group of anti-war protesters: 'I'm a fan of disruptors. There's nothing more articulate, more eloquent for a member of Congress than the voice of constituents.' The juxtaposition of these two statements begins to reveal the problem. The trouble is a partisanship so entrenched that it's reflexive, and unreasoning.

The hate-tinged sniping at 'blue America' by 'red America' and vice versa more resembles the turf wars of the L.A.-based street gangs the Crips (blue bandanas) and the Bloods (red bandanas) than any kind of deeply principled philosophical difference of opinion. Anything bad said about my homeys is a blood libel. Anything bad said about the other guy is obvious truth, or free speech or, you know, just satire. Lighten up, dude."

Posted at 12:20 AM/ET, August 19, 2009 in USA TODAY editorial

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/index.html

The hate-tinged sniping at 'red America' by 'blue America' and vice versa more resembles the turf wars of the L.A.-based street gangs the Crips (blue bandanas) and the Bloods (red bandanas) than any kind of deeply principled philosophical difference of opinion. Anything bad said about my homeys is a blood libel. Anything bad said about the other guy is obvious truth, or free speech or, you know, just satire. Lighten up, dude."

This needs to be on every site on the internet.

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