Comments on: Our toxic culture wars

By: Thomas_James

Thomas_James — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:39:23 +0000

I disagree when you only identify hateful behavior on the other side and refuse to acknowledge your own faults in a meaningful manner you are nowhere near being objective.

So if you want a really an objective “productive” analysis, examine the faults on both sides and propose a solution. When you only examine one side it looks like a smear job.

By: Quill

Quill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:31:10 +0000

Seems to me we've all devolved into playing guests on the Jerry Springer show. I often wonder if it will take national therapy for everyone to learn how to engage again.

By: Thomas_James

Thomas_James — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:39:23 +0000

I disagree when you only identify hateful behavior on the other side and refuse to acknowledge your own faults in a meaningful manner you are nowhere near being objective.

So if you want a really an objective “productive” analysis, examine the faults on both sides and propose a solution. When you only examine one side it looks like a smear job.

By: Quill

Quill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:31:10 +0000

Seems to me we've all devolved into playing guests on the Jerry Springer show. I often wonder if it will take national therapy for everyone to learn how to engage again.

By: Thomas_James

Thomas_James — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:39:23 +0000

I disagree when you only identify hateful behavior on the other side and refuse to acknowledge your own faults in a meaningful manner you are nowhere near being objective.

So if you want a really an objective “productive” analysis, examine the faults on both sides and propose a solution. When you only examine one side it looks like a smear job.

By: Quill

Quill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:31:10 +0000

Seems to me we've all devolved into playing guests on the Jerry Springer show. I often wonder if it will take national therapy for everyone to learn how to engage again.

By: Thomas_James

Thomas_James — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:39:23 +0000

I disagree when you only identify hateful behavior on the other side and refuse to acknowledge your own faults in a meaningful manner you are nowhere near being objective.

So if you want a really an objective “productive” analysis, examine the faults on both sides and propose a solution. When you only examine one side it looks like a smear job.

By: Quill

Quill — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:31:10 +0000

Seems to me we've all devolved into playing guests on the Jerry Springer show. I often wonder if it will take national therapy for everyone to learn how to engage again.

By: Immanentize

Immanentize — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:36:30 +0000

If identifying hateful behavior is conflated with behaving hatefully, then hatefulness can never be objectively discussed. Very clever tactic.

Pointing out double standards, straw man tactics, and inaccuracies is not hateful. It is, at worst, disagreement, and at best, analysis.

By: Thomas_James

Thomas_James — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:29:33 +0000

First of Scarantino is that public of a figure.

Second of I have read all of his thoughts on the matter. They were well thought out and commentary based upon history and what he saw. I don't think he is motivated by hate. His point that he is concerned with the cult of personality that has developed around Obama is founded on facts and events observed by all of us.

Third you were responding to an article of VB Price, who from my experience and reading is writing things much more divisive and partisan. You were commending his article. My point is that those that live in a glass house seeking to repair relations should not start by throwing rocks!