[baltodog]

There came a point in this particular election process when I simply shut the left's opinion out...

Several weeks ago, I posted about how I found it enjoyable to debate politics with an intelligent liberal. An intelligent liberal really feels from his/her heart and has valid, debatable points.

These debates never came down to name-calling and insults.

This mostly happened on a political website from my old hometown.

Then I began getting insulting emails and pictures from my left-wing in-laws. They would not entertain debate at all. They were the epitome of the irrational..."The Earth is doomed"..."Bush is Hitler"...""If we get attacked, it's the right's fault"...etc, etc, etc.

Scary.

[Yaco]

There came a point in this particular election process when I simply shut the left's opinion out...

Apparently, you were joined by several millions.....who also had the same in-laws.

[Gorzaloon]

Then I began getting insulting emails and pictures from my left-wing in-laws. They would not entertain debate at all. They were the epitome of the irrational..."The Earth is doomed"..."Bush is Hitler"...""If we get attacked, it's the right's fault"...etc, etc, etc.

To me, the most fascinating aspect of these hateful people is the betrayal of their own best interest. My brother's father in law is a retired surgeon,and a professor emeritus at a university. We had what was probably our very last conversation with him before the election. He was an ABB drone.

I asked him, "How could a physician support a consortium of malpractice lawyers?" No real response.

After a futile hour, I closed by saying, "I am not in academia, nor do I belong to the AMA, so I am therefore free to arrive at my own opinions, without fear of losing tenure, or otherwise being strongarmed by the Secret Police, or by being told what to think by the New York Times."