Bi-Polar Bear wrote:paranoia is an unfounded and unreasonable fear...not the case with the direction our country is moving in IMO....as far as hate goes I think I made myself clear there.....but the clear inference of the usual suspects on these boards is that I (and others who share my opinions) are just hateful people period........absolutely unfounded and stated to be inflammatory....period.
Well, I'm not sure if hatefulness is the root cause of the accusations of paranoia. A quick look at the year immediately before this year's Presidential election, one can see (if they can in fact
see) the degree to which paranoia was not only
encouraged by the current administration, but also fed through.
Terror alerts rising and falling based on silly, and as far as I'm concerned, manufactured, arbitrary and unsubstantiated "reliable information", subtle accusations that a vote for Kerry would initiate further attacks on the homeland by terrorists...and on and on.
As far as I'm concerned, Americans, especially swing voters, were coerced to vote for Bush out of fear due to a brilliantly orchestrated fear campaign by his administration.
Core issues, other than the war were seldom Bush's forte, and "the war" became his raison d'etre as President. If the people of America no longer feared "the terrorists", like some Christians fear God, Bush would have lost all but his most devout followers, because let's face it, Bush is one of the lowest functioning Presidents in American history.
Just so I'm clear here... you're making a case for not hating and not being paranoid here, right?
never mind......
