Divisive Democrats, United by Hate
There isn't much room in today's Democratic Party for independent thought or moderate positions. Whether it's about the right of a fetus to live versus the right of a woman to choose, the inherent rights of American citizens versus the perceived rights of illegal aliens, or religious freedom and traditional values versus another new category of people seeking special protection, Democrats are of one mind. They all stand together on the far left, a place where dissent is never tolerated. Like clichéd characters in a science fiction movie, they appear to be individual organisms, but their minds seem to be linked to some enormous, pulsating brain deep within the bowels of the Democratic National Committee.
Nothing unites Democrats more than their loathing of one man and their disdain for the American voters who elected him. Donald Trump has succeeded in undoing much of the legacy left us by his leftist predecessor. And he's not done undoing. So it's easy to understand how the Democrats' boundless love for Barack Obama would translate into mindless hatred for Donald Trump.
They call it "political opposition," but the nonstop venom spewing from liberal politicians and the media, Hollywood, and academia represents something much more dangerous to our republic than healthy political opposition.
One of the more recent examples came from Barry Bluestone, a Northeastern University professor, who said of Trump during a public lecture, "Sometimes, I want to just see him impeached. Other times, quite honestly ... I wouldn't mind seeing him dead."
After his remarks made national news, he apologized, while explaining that "This president has created such deep division in the country."
Blinded by their own hatred, liberals can't see that they, not Donald Trump, are responsible for the deep division in the country. Whatever Trump's flaws, those things that he stands for were never considered divisive in the past. Republicans and Democrats alike once stood together for personal responsibility, religious freedom, national pride, border security, and prosperity for all. And they all stood for the National Anthem.
The emotional divide in this country – the polarization of America – long predates Trump and was seriously aggravated during Obama's administration, something that, many would argue, was deliberate and calculated for political reasons. After all, the writings of another leftist community organizer, Saul Alinsky, were well known to Barack Obama. The 13th of Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is "Pick the target. Freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
Even those who dismiss the Obama-Alinsky connection instinctively know that America's divide expanded dramatically during the Obama administration. A Gallup Poll conducted at the end of Obama's term confirms that fact, showing that a record-high 77 percent of Americans that year viewed the country as divided. That growing divide during the Obama years is graphically depicted in a chart published by Gallup in November 2016.
Immediately after Trump's election, apoplectic Obama loyalists embarked on an odyssey of opposition, a pilgrimage of protest, and they still haven't come back. They fully understand that if this president fails, the country fails, but that doesn't seem to bother them. They are determined to oversee his downfall.
Their dour demeanor and deadpan expressions throughout Trump's State of the Union address last month showed that their contempt today is just as intense as it was during his inauguration. When Trump referenced the more than two million new jobs created and rising wages, he drew not a hint of approval from Democrats. When he addressed our national security and the threat from North Korea, Democrats showed no signs of support then, nor when he talked about restoring the bonds of trust between our citizens and their government. Even when he took a moment to recognize those American victims of illegal alien gangs and talked about pride in our national anthem, the catatonic response from Democrats showed that their hatred of the president is more intense than any affinity they might have had for those values that made American great.
It also offered a glimpse into their plans for the future – blind opposition to the president and continued division for the country. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/02/divisive_democrats_united_by_hate.html
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You know what I hate? Assholes who were smart enough to not vote for Donald Trump even though they would never in a million years vote for Hillary Clinton, but then go on to be Trump's biggest cheerleader, as he continues the same characteristics that led the asshole to not vote for him in the first place.
I voted for him and still support him, because the alternative of having Hildabeast in the WH would have been HORRIBLE!!! He's doing a good job considering all the resistance he's had to endure.
Exposure would be more appropriate, you can't make soup from a rock and that asshat is ladling out a mighty thick broth and adds meat every day.
Yes you can.
It's called rock soup and when the rock is removed it is called slightly dirty water, but I guess if you are hungry enough it might have a bit of warm and fuzzy.
So the rock keeps it clean, as long as it "REMAINS" ?
When will you get the fact that a woman's rights will always trump those of a fetus. You will NOT make women hostages to a fetus. You will NOT force women to birth because you don't want abortions to exist. And if you think conservative women will agree with giving a fetus rights you are sadly mistaken.
Responsible and intelligent women wouldn't allow themselves to get in a situation where they would even need to consider having an abortion.
young girls though do foolish things
You can't be serious. Women of all ages/married/unmarried within child bearing years have "mistakes" happen and not all give birth.
Then reality rears its head and we find that sexuality is coded in our instruction set, people don't always use the best judgment and options exist. Not your body, not your business. Small government means get the hell out of peoples private and personal decisions except that the small government means you get to dictate what others can do does that fit?
Yet young men are always responsible and make good decisions./s
there is a reason I have no unplanned for kids...
I do not always give a girl an orgasm, but when I do? I aim for her face.
it is kinda hard to get pregnant wearing a pearl necklace
seriously... oral sex is natures birth control
Cheers
Now THAT.... ... I can't exactly argue with lol.
Lol, I love pointless posts like this. You can literally swap out Democrat with Republican, and conservative with liberal and the entire thing is just as valid. It really is amusing to see just how truly simple some people are. How black and white the world is, and how incapable they are of seeing the numerous shades of gray.
Yes....with liberals it's their way or the highway. They feel there is no other way to view things than through progressive lenses.
Really, you might want to start paying attention to your team as they have great experience in foisting their beliefs and opinions as forcibly as they can. Not interfering in someone's decisions is fundamentally different than telling them what they may or may not do and which team does what?
Lol, oh god, that was great. Make sure you put the satire tag in there, I know you were not seriously stupid enough to respond to my post with that and completely prove my point.
not in a million years.
however, the liberal problem is conservatives fault. that is a fact.
this is one issue you can blame bush for and no one will argue.
no child left behind act (look it up) = lowering the educational bar does not produce smarter kids /go figure.
we told them this would happen before they passed it.
honestly, I think hillary losing was the first time the NCLB kids ever lost in their life.
perhaps we should give them participation ribbons?
any person educated under the no child left behind act should sue for failure to provide service as promised.
life in general for the NCLB kids is going to be much harder on them then it is on previous generations by far
the NCLB act is like some weird social experiment gone haywire. we should repeal that law asap
Uh, yeah. It is incredibly easy to use generalizations to paint an entire group with a broad brush based on a select few cherry picked examples and have it seem, on the surface and to morons, to be a legitimate critique. Of course any argument using generalizations has to be simplistic in nature, just like this seed, because it is impossible to try to make the case while actually going into any real detail (it always fails immediately). Seeds like this are little more than purely partisan blathering, using stock phrases and sayings which can be easily adapted to whatever group you are trying to blast while changing very little. See, watch:
"Immediately after Trump's election, apoplectic Obama loyalists embarked on an odyssey of opposition, a pilgrimage of protest, and they still haven't come back. They fully understand that if this president fails, the country fails, but that doesn't seem to bother them. They are determined to oversee his downfall."
And then.....
Immediately after Obama's election, apoplectic Republican loyalists embarked on an odyssey of opposition, a pilgrimage of protest, and they still haven't come back. They fully understand that if this president fails, the country fails, but that doesn't seem to bother them. They are determined to oversee his downfall.
See how easy that was? All I did was change 2 words and viola, the new sentence contains the exact same amount of truth and validity as the old one. You can do that with literally every single part of this seed, a few select changes and you have a virtually identical seed bashing the right and conservatives with the exact same arguments.
I hope the comb over isn't big enough to cover the exit wound.
Kathy....is that you ?
Now now I despise him as well but lets go with legal incarceration for him and his minions, I hear Leavenworth really sucks.
What is the Democrat platform these days?
Besides DACA and Trump is ugly.
Try to keep up.
then nothing...gotch ya
Some things are pointless and that was one of those.
lol....your clueless huh?
LOL
you do not know the democrats platform because they still have not figured out how to recover from the most epic butt whooping in history. the DNC has not figured out their platform yet, much less had time to inform you.
trump is doing everything they said was impossible. exposing the lefts bs for what it is... bs
obamas "new normal" set the bar so low trump just stepped right over it.
if the dems are honest... the first 5 planks would look like this
Usually radiators radiate heat, but I've found far right "News" sources, to be
the largest radiators of hate.
Well, since February 14, they started obsessing again about gun control. In a couple of weeks they'll forget about it and go back to obsessing about Russia, collusion, obstruction all over again.
That is their problem, it is as comprehensive as the GOP platform, tax cuts. Neither party has a coherent platform regarding virtually any of the serious issue the country faces. they both have their pet issues, and on everything else they just step on their dicks over and over.
that's funny... try again?
these are the things trump ran on, which technically are no longer a platform but an agenda in progress
I know what the left hates, but seriously can anyone tell me what the left is for? what will the left do better than trump in regards to those issues above?
The worst thing I see here on NT are those who endlessly post seeds dedicated to hate. Most everyone of their seeds deals with hate. I do not believe for one moment that all Democrats or all Republicans feel HATE in their hearts towards the other side of the political spectrum. They may strongly disagree and are interested only in voicing their own political VIEWS, OPINIONS and POV's, not HATE. There are those who promote nothing but hate in nearly every seed they post here on NT.
I am not affiliated with any political party, even though I am accused of taking sides by those who do not know me at all, and I see the contests between the two sides clearly. It has gotten to the point where neither side can discuss their own ideals, views or beliefs with each other in a respectful manner. That is totally NOT necessary. No one has to be in lock step with another to deserve respectful discourse.
NT is NOT a hate site that promotes hate among the Members. Why not leave hate out of the discussion and concentrate on how to discuss your differences in an adult and respectful manner.
Just my own opinion.
You sound like one of the rare people in search of an honest discussion. Hope to see you around.
Thank you, Thrawn. Yes, I truly enjoy having civil and respectful dialog with those who know how to communicate with others. Unfortunately, there seems to be less of those kinds of discussions these days. Most comments involve nothing but snarky, profane and insulting political pejoratives intended to do nothing but attack others who are not in lock step with their own views, beliefs or opinions. There is nothing of value that can be learned from that kind of behavior other than how much they obviously devalue themselves.
It is my thoughts that not everyone has the exact same views on a subject, even if they are of the same party or affiliation. What I can learn from, and am most interested in, is why they feel the way the do about a subject. Knowing why they think as they do gives me a better understanding of their views, and can often open my mind to things that I may not have considered before.
What is more important to me in any discussion, is what I can take away from it that will help me be more understanding and tolerant of others. But, it seems many here only want to get their jollies and stoke their own egos by trashing those who don't agree with them, and the more hateful and vile the better. Nothing of value to be learned by that kind of interaction, other than how little they value themselves.
Just my opinion.
I would ask what you think of the seed, but it really is nothing more than an attempt to rile up anger, thus there is little point in trying to have a serious discussion about it. Perhaps on another seed we can do so.
I truly look forward to it. (smile)
How can or better yet why should anyone believe you say that with even one scintilla of sincerity?
Thank You. Like Groundhog Day every single day one of the headlines we all wake up to is another version of "Liberals Are Stinky" from either The American Thinker or The Daily Caller or Weaselzippers or some other right wing sweatshop that churn this shit out. I oft mused they were probably produced in a sweatshop on Bangalor but it turns out most of it actually came from a highly guarded compound just outside Moscow. In any case and for years now. "Like Groundhog Day and Deja Vu All Over Again" it is the same olde thang every single day...
I despair to imagine this will ever change until somebody exercises some editorial control over content.
"The one thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the goddamn vampires!"
Adequate editorial control over content is the hallmark of all truly reputable and more importantly highly profitable publications. Do you think either Fox News or NBC or The New York Times would let just anything be published on their platform? Hell No They Won't! If we wanted to read lame opinion pieces like you publish from The Daily Caller and The American Thinker we would go to those sites to read that crap. You bring it into our living-room. And no, before you even say so, there is no equivalent on the left to the barrage of hate we see daily from the right and no you are not the only one seeding it. Nobody should be telling the other half of their fellow Americans that they are all no good dirty stinking rats who do not deserve to be happy or be treated equally...
I believe you are right Kathleen. Most of what I say online I do say in all good will but it is hard...
Perrie asked me to, "Be the change I desire", around here and I have tried but as everyone knows real news does not get the attention it deserves and too many People spend too much time just being pests. There was no reason other than to be obnoxious that we were all treated to a display of gun porn yesterday and today. On Valentine's Day seventeen students and teachers murdered in cold blood. Was it too soon? Hell yeah it was. Nobody cares. The prevailing attitude is "Fuck You". We know we should avoid the tripe, ignore the trolls and discuss the real issues o our day like adults butt it is a whole lot more fun to spend out time swatting at internet gnats intent on chaos...
We can have fun. We can give each other a hard time. We can do that while remaining open to at least listen. Even when there is a positive story about Trump it is always presented in an in your face, "Ha Ha Ha", manner usually accompanied by what is plainly derision others. Call me partisan, but it is a long time since I heard a positive conservative message. It all boils down to hate...