Please ping me the next time the mafia commits mass murder, levels three square blocks of downtown Manhattan, ruins the national economy, and creates nightmares in the minds of millions of children.
Not parroting anyone. Came to my own conclusions. IAE, if the DNC said the sky is blue (as they likely would, if asked), does that make the sky red? Truth is truth, whatever the source.
Please ping me the next time the mafia commits mass murder, levels three square blocks of downtown Manhattan, ruins the national economy, and creates nightmares in the minds of millions of children.
The magnitude of 9/11 is, I think, one reason for confusion among the populace. Yet the magnitude of an event does not change its character. Timothy McVeigh leveled a building and killed over 100, yet that did not make it "war."
If the IRA levels a building in London, would that properly allow Britain to bomb New York and Boston (cities that include IRA donors)? Of course not.
Yet many "conservatives" post-9/11 have come to resemble liberals, in that they're highly emotional. It takes a cool, rational mind to analyze 9/11 properly, and many "conservatives" have lost their cool. The event is Big, the feelings are Big, so nothing short of bombing a few countries (some country, any country) would suffice to make them feel better. It just doesn't "feel right" that so many deaths should only result in a few executions, even if that is the proper response.
Truly, conservatives have become liberals. Both highly emotional, both quick to slander their opponents ("America hater" is to conservatives what "racist" is to liberals), neither thoughtful and calm. I listen to Laura Ingrahm and Jeanene Garafalo and they sound identical to me, just plug in a few different names in their diatribes.
I'm glad I'm a Libertarian.