"...Actually, the opposite is true. People turn out "for" things. Hate/anger yields hopelessness, lack of faith in the system, feelings that it won't make a difference..."
Precisely the feelings of impotence that affect people who believe in hope, who have faith, and who can feel a sense of impotence when faced with undertaking the salient issue of our time, which is taking back our country from the leftward lurching fifth column amongst us that conspire to whittle away at our strengths in conjunction with the terrorist assault from without. Generally, my experience in dealing with the great majority of leftists (I live in CT, work in NYC area - I'm surrounded by them) continually reiterates the following 2 empirical truths: (1) they are "LEFTISTS", not Liberals - we are the modern day liberals; and (2) the qualities you subscribe, which I quote above, are generally held by conservative folks.
You may be right - and a part of me hopes so - but I believe there are enough people in this country who hate this country enough to see it crippled, if not destroyed. Have you visited the democratic underground website lately? How about the datalounge website, which was running a thread where posters were boasting of being make-believe freepers to "insinuate" themselves into our confidence while sowing seeds of doubt regarding the homosexual agenda? (
http://www.datalounge.com/datalounge/forums/index.html?thread=2924542&stack=2%2C1%2C1%3Athread&continuebutton=Not+Now ) click "not now" to see the thread.
There's plenty of modern-day Tories in our country, ace... I am aware of the historical significance of that pejorative, and use it deliberately.
CGVet58