Mr. Perlstein,
Having been confronted by an Kerry supporter on my way to get in line for a Bush rally, and leaving him crying- yes, crying- after cordially debating with him and presenting facts, and shaking hands as we departed, I've realized that until there can be a detachment between emotions and reason, civilized debate can never take place. I, therefore, appreciate your invitation, but nonetheless decline.
Sincerely,
Republican Warrior Princess
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Warrior princess, you shouldn't waste your time with punks! Seriously, check out my other debate threads on FR if you don't think this can be done with civility.
But slowly! I realize I'm already 150 posts behind.
Yeah, this thread is going to hit 1000 by the end of the day if you keep going. You'll easily break the record for posts by a "troll". =^)
(Interesting that the term fits this thread so well, although you are trolling for debate, and not simply knee-jerk reactionism that the less-mature variety seeks.)
My question for you is, does the phrase "never again" only apply to the Jewish folk or should it also apply to Cambodians, Laotians, Rwandans, Kosovites, Shia and Kurds alike?
Should America not act when and where it can to prevent genocide or is the moral high ground occupies by the bearded guy on the corner holding the sign that says "War Never Solves Anything"?
I say this because I am an American conservative informed by my religious faith. I understand that America can not do everything but when our interests are coincident with the removal of genocidal lunatics, to do nothing is not only immoral but stupid.
The Middle East is a tough nut. It wasn't so tough when Jimmy Carter midwifed jihadism into existence. It would be much tougher, if we had not lanced the boil and given 50 million souls a chance at the brass ring of freedom,20 years hence.
I would be happy to argue the practical causes of deposing the Ba'athists if you'd prefer to avoid arguing the case for genocidal lunatics though. :-}
That does it! I was wading through this exercise in futility, feeling like the odd animal in the zoo being stared at by the "humans" through the bars. All I could think was, "this guy is a true liberal. He is arrogant, condescending, hypocritical and oh so "correct" as he "gently" points out how misguided are we conservatives. Makes me want to throw up. So I get to this point in the posts and see this kind of advice to Warrior princess. The kid on the street is a "punk", one of the "little" people no doubt. Not educated you know, or he could not be persuaded by conservative ideas. Condescention. Disgusting. Enough already. I quit on this one.
These punks are shaping the democrat party, they are your 'mainstream' voters. Look at Michael Moore et al with their pure lies and propagandga. Have you read this? Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 9/11. Do you condone throwing marbles under the police force's horses in NYC during the Republican National Convention, this is just one example? This is the face of the new democrats. You're party is so far left and out their, you are losing mainstream America. Until you clean up the losers, you will lose more and more support. 1994 was just the beginning. Be prepared for a fatal lose this November. Regular folks, democrats or republicans, do not take to such pure evil hatred.