"if you say something or take a position that someone disgrees with you can't just be wrong, you must be vilified."
"some on the right start to salivate..ietake a double shot of testosterone, thump their chests and stomping around waving their arms, and in general making fools of themselves."
I guess the right needs to get used to being vilified. ;)
Some Mullah with 75 followers (or even 750,000 followers) says something about killing the infidels and and we get our panties in a bunch. We're like Pavlov's Dogs.
It's just something that occured to me a while ago. (As I recall) some Immam in Saudi Arabia said something about killing the "Zionists & the Crusaders, and the thread got 100's of views and replys..most of which involved chest thumping.
Most posters and readers here on FR are on the right or a bit right of center. We enjoy open debate on just about any topic.
Most of the Christian right have the same take on open discussion. Only by examining beliefs or positions can you hammer out the truth. The Bible is God's truth as heard by those who were chosen holy men at those times, but the Bible has many passages from many different times that say seemingly contradictory things. Only active learning and thought can find the way to truth and only an open mind can discern truth.