Let's see here... In the past, I've attacked Sharon's policies and been labeled an antisemitic on FR for it. I've advocated a more libertarian approach to treatment of homosexual Americans and been called a Stockholm Syndrome case (and worse) for it. I brought cold hard facts to the Schiavo case, debunking the myths her parent's built, and been attacked for it. I've warned against allowing any particular faith to have undo influence when adverse to the public good and civil virtue. I'm sure there are other cases but NEVER have my posts been removed for content (except by my request when I accidentally do a double-post, for example). I criticize Bush on his open border policies, on his amnesty scheme, on embracing pork and overspending, on not waging an effective campaign at home in support of the Iraq War.
I try to argue from a place of conviction (and hopefully facts), not Republican or Democrat talking points. I'm not a litmus test kook. FR offers many informed opinions, discussion, activism and outright debate. There *is* diversity of thought here. We just look down upon the delusions espoused by Leftist activists who pursue an undeniable anti-American agenda and the Mainstream Press who act as their transcription services.
It's evident from the DU posts you sampled, and my own rare forays into their lair, they have uncontrollable hatred from Republicans, for Bush and do not examine their dogmatic positions. "Multiculturalism" being one example. There's a world of difference between "bigotry" and a heartfelt concern for the safety, security and prosperity of *both* immigrants and natives. If you care about immigrants you *want* them to assimilate and embrace American values rather than continue their old culture's often women-demeaning values.
We became great as a MELTING POT, not a confederation of self-segregating interest groups. The BIG LIE from the Left is their slippery rhetorical games equating the two radically different immigration patterns. Right now, the RINO economic Republicans love illegal immigration for use as defacto slave labor and the racist left loves illegal immigration for raw political power and a sledgehammer to use to misinform public opinion and indoctrinate the next generation.
As for the DU, if the Barking Moon Bat's wings fit...