Gritting my teeth. Again.
Jun. 29th, 2006 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelleWhy does it feel like whenever I come up against NeoCon arguments, they're all the same damned arguments? I can almost tick them off on a list:
Global warming is a natural occurence: there's no proof we're causing it.
Evolution is a theory, not a fact!
If we want to keep marriage sacred, it has to be between a man and a woman only!
I don't get it. It's not bad enough that the entire Republican party has to march in blind lockstep with the President, but everyone down to the peon voters has to, as well? Is it now treasonous to THINK differently from the Party?
Someone-- probably a Republican-- said that the Democrats can't even figure out what they think. While yeah, I'm waiting impatiently for my Party to get its collective head out of its ass and step up to the plate, I have to admit I feel MUCH better knowing we're not running a Blue Shadow Theocracy. A few weeks ago, both Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were at a Dem event, and spoke of their different stances on the war. I believe it was Hillary who was jeered at for her views. While I really don't approve of that kind of behaviour-- she has an opinion, at least be civil if you don't agree-- I don't mind that it was an open showing of different plans. At least we HAVE different plans. I wonder if the single-braying-voice of the Republican party has unfortunately worn off on us? Have we come to think that many voices are not a strength, but a weakness? I surely hope not.
Global warming is a natural occurence: there's no proof we're causing it.
Evolution is a theory, not a fact!
If we want to keep marriage sacred, it has to be between a man and a woman only!
I don't get it. It's not bad enough that the entire Republican party has to march in blind lockstep with the President, but everyone down to the peon voters has to, as well? Is it now treasonous to THINK differently from the Party?
Someone-- probably a Republican-- said that the Democrats can't even figure out what they think. While yeah, I'm waiting impatiently for my Party to get its collective head out of its ass and step up to the plate, I have to admit I feel MUCH better knowing we're not running a Blue Shadow Theocracy. A few weeks ago, both Hillary Clinton and John Kerry were at a Dem event, and spoke of their different stances on the war. I believe it was Hillary who was jeered at for her views. While I really don't approve of that kind of behaviour-- she has an opinion, at least be civil if you don't agree-- I don't mind that it was an open showing of different plans. At least we HAVE different plans. I wonder if the single-braying-voice of the Republican party has unfortunately worn off on us? Have we come to think that many voices are not a strength, but a weakness? I surely hope not.