Me too! During that time frame I felt like someone living in an occupied country. Bought my first gun and mused about joining a militia. So perceived powerlessness does seem to lead to paranoia.
Exactly. If you want to see something else, go on over to DU and look at the kind of rhetoric they sling at President Bush. It's pretty repulsive, but I can remember how we talked about Clinton in pretty much the same tone.
I got a useless degree in Political Science which never earned me a penny, but sometimes it comes in handy when looking at the issues. One thing I remember distinctly is that a sense of powerlessness leads to political alienation. Let's keep the Democrats feeling left out, it's funny!
In fact, let's give them a taste of their own medicine and adapt the language that they used on us when Slick was in power; let's start referring to them as "anti-government left-wing extremists"! Let's start referring to the Democrats as the party of the "Godless Left", to mirror their comments about the "Religious Right." Let's counter their hysteria by dismissing them as "Conspiracy Nuts". Remember when they compared conservatives to Neo-Nazis? Let's see how they like being described as "Neo-Commies". Cripes, let's unleash Ashcroft on some New-Age lefties with stories about child abuse and cults. Maybe he'll surround their Ashram and burn it down, and we can make fun of anybody who objects.
Let's make them squirm a little, it's entertaining.