[blackbart.223]

"Because we’re tolerant there’s always some group of loudmouths coming along that we have to beat down every so often."

Here is the problem as I see it. Some "leader" comes along and makes a promise he can never keep. A bunch of sheep buy the lie and at that point are willing to try to become wolves. The "leader" stirs the pot then sits at a safe distance and profits from the discord even though he has never produced anything useful.

[tumblindice]

I suppose. I was thinking more of foreign enemies in our history who mistook our tolerance for weakness. But with a question mark in the WH and an active Mexican Bund, backed by a group called “The Race” inciting revolution, and our own press calling concerned Americans racists, the term “foreign” isn’t what it used to mean.

[ApplegateRanch]

Some "leader" comes along and makes a promise he can never keep. A bunch of sheep buy the lie and at that point are willing to try to become wolves. The "leader" stirs the pot then sits at a safe distance and profits from the discord even though he has never produced anything useful.

While I agree with what you said, could you please explain what Al Gore & Earth First has to do with this? ;-')