tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033022542317025050.post1012642153847679071..comments2023-05-11T10:45:18.147-04:00Comments on The Second Citizen: Talking About ItN.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15361089681328564565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033022542317025050.post-9621204608772559672009-08-09T00:21:26.239-04:002009-08-09T00:21:26.239-04:00As I wrote in response to some of these idiots cal...As I wrote in response to some of these idiots calling flag@whitehouse.gov "a measure designed by Soviet apparatchiks" - Really? Where was this righteous indignation for the eight years before Obama was elected? And even if they were collecting information on political dissidents, what are they going to do - spam their inboxes with Harry & Louise hardcore porn and offers for free trial memberships to senior euthanasia programs? Give me a break.<br /><br />The real encroachment on democracy is the disturbing trend towards mob rule that's being showcased at town hall meetings across the country. One GOP congressman (wish I could remember who) spoke to a group of his loyal supporters about lynching someone in effigy - and was greeted by a roar of collective laughter. The GOP is backed into a corner, has no substantive countersolutions to ANY of the issues it is opposing, and instead, its only reaction is a nasty misinformation campaign consisting of scare tactics and viral rumors. Eventually, that kind of behavior is going to leave the party politically bankrupt, and that point doesn't seem so far away. I shudder to think of what might happen next, but the best that liberals can do is to act with discipline and levelheadedness, without engaging Republicans in the plane of mostly fantasy where their ill-termed "platform" currently operates.Alexander Haddadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14785197608676547783noreply@blogger.com