Democrats are viewed by a majority of the populace as wussies. Why?

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nobodyknows

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I read about how Cheney needed Rep Murtha's help when the military didn't want to listen to him. Cheney is a draft dodger after all, pretty pathetic.

I was told by a Vietnam veteran about how anti-war protesters spit on them when they got home. That's what me and many of my fellow Americans (I dare to say a majority of us) associate liberalism with.

OMG not with the spitting myths. Does anybody here really know someone who that happened to? I know it never happened around here, they would have gotten the crap beat out of them for doing something like that.
 

CallMeJoe

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OMG not with the spitting myths. Does anybody here really know someone who that happened to? I know it never happened around here, they would have gotten the crap beat out of them for doing something like that.
You don't remember those big bad-ass macho hippie boys who used to push around and humiliate the weak wimpy jar-head war veterans?
 

Ozoned

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Democrats are viewed by a majority of the populace as wussies. Why?

Maybe because of a certain voting block that they gave a voice to in exchange for their votes.

Despite the thread title, I think most people see it for what it really is....
 

Modelworks

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Most politicians are weak. Anyone that is willing to compromise their values to get what they want is weak.
 

cwjerome

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Conservatives are generally seen as hard-asses (tough on crime, blow countries up, etc) and this stereotype his broadcast by the Right AND the Left.

But I believe that the fundamental causes of this phenomena is a more subtle, psychological response. For modern Liberals negativity is chic. For political reasons, they will often downplay good news and spotlight bad news. Everyday Liberal "conversations" have a negative tone because they are largely talking about grievances. Their worldview tends to be more pessimistic, defeatist, and cynical.

That doesn't always jive well with the basic notions many hold about the USA and life in general. Many people still hold onto the ideals of American exceptionalism and long for positive, optimistic messages. Reagan understood this and it's a reason some people warmed to Obama's Hope Train. Kennedy didn't talk about how crappy this country -and the people- were, he talked about how great this nation is... he understood that to make something better you build it up, not tear it down.

A lot of people intuitively realize that pessimism undermines our ability to solve important problems. Anger and despair drain people of life... and it drains a country of life. People want a strong America represented by people who talk with national self-esteem. Modern Liberal thinking, rife with pessimism, defeatism, and cynicism, saps our strength and determination, impairs our national health and weakens our ability. This is the root why the Left is often seen as weak.
 

Moonbeam

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Conservatives are generally seen as hard-asses (tough on crime, blow countries up, etc) and this stereotype his broadcast by the Right AND the Left.

But I believe that the fundamental causes of this phenomena is a more subtle, psychological response. For modern Liberals negativity is chic. For political reasons, they will often downplay good news and spotlight bad news. Everyday Liberal "conversations" have a negative tone because they are largely talking about grievances. Their worldview tends to be more pessimistic, defeatist, and cynical.

That doesn't always jive well with the basic notions many hold about the USA and life in general. Many people still hold onto the ideals of American exceptionalism and long for positive, optimistic messages. Reagan understood this and it's a reason some people warmed to Obama's Hope Train. Kennedy didn't talk about how crappy this country -and the people- were, he talked about how great this nation is... he understood that to make something better you build it up, not tear it down.

A lot of people intuitively realize that pessimism undermines our ability to solve important problems. Anger and despair drain people of life... and it drains a country of life. People want a strong America represented by people who talk with national self-esteem. Modern Liberal thinking, rife with pessimism, defeatism, and cynicism, saps our strength and determination, impairs our national health and weakens our ability. This is the root why the Left is often seen as weak.

On the contrary it is you blithering shallow idiots on the right who have no insight into yourselves, that do not see the maggoty center of your souls that is filled with rotten self hate that you mask and cover over with positive horse shit you feed yourselves.

You have no idea that the way to the positive is a road that leads down into hell.

You fuckers play at the positive and reek and leak the negative all over everybody in your lives.
 

blazewit

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the repulicans have nothing to do with the dems not getting anything done! it is internal democrat infighting that is stopping obama's bills the republicans are not even an issue. its such a crock to say that they are "running interference" cause they have absolutely nothing to do with policy making right now. you have half the dems fighting for what they believe in spite of the people's will, and the other half that want to get re-elected, that is all.
 

Moonbeam

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On the contrary it is you blithering shallow idiots on the right who have no insight into yourselves, that do not see the maggoty center of your souls that is filled with rotten self hate that you mask and cover over with positive horse shit you feed yourselves.

You have no idea that the way to the positive is a road that leads down into hell.

You fuckers play at the positive and reek and leak the negative all over everybody in your lives.

My dear Moonbeam, you do realize, I hope, that if what you say is true, that the 'positive thinking pushers' are truly shallow fools who lack self reflection and are thus unaware of the putridness within them their positivity is designed to mask, and that their negativity reeks and leaks out of them regardless of what they pretend, then when they hear these word of yours they will surely attack?

I can just predict something like this coming your way:

"I'd guess every day is a bad day for him. How could it not?

Moonbeam's well-worn brand of pathography on P&N is an outlet for resentment and ignorance, and a window into his soul."

But don't let it get you down, Moonbeam, my dear and lovely friend whom the world tried so hard to destroy and took from you all that can be taken. Be of good cheer and return to these self described optimistic and pretender-positive self haters the great and glorious news, that buried deep within them is the Kingdom of Heaven and if they want to find it they will have to puke all their naive dreams and positive self-representations about everything under the sun.
 

blazewit

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On the contrary it is you blithering shallow idiots on the right who have no insight into yourselves, that do not see the maggoty center of your souls that is filled with rotten self hate that you mask and cover over with positive horse shit you feed yourselves. You have no idea that the way to the positive is a road that leads down into hell. You fuckers play at the positive and reek and leak the negative all over everybody in your lives.
...and that just proved the point of cwjerome very nicely. that was one of the most pessimistic things ever. which is why the downer "america and its people are evil" left are seen as whiny little bitc*s. the funny thing about it is that most of these d-bags are spawned from some of the most affluent, well to do people and they themselves benefit tremendously from the same capitalist, democratic society that they revile. so not only are they pussy's, but major hypocrites as well
 

umbrella39

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The same thing I stuffed down your throat. And you can catch my seeds any day of the week so long as you lend me your wife again.

Why in the world would anyone lend you their wife? So you could ask them to bump doughnuts with you, you silly little eunuch? Sorry but my wife is disqualified in DariWorld seeing as that she has no knob for you to gobble on Sally. You'll find that straight women prefer a man's penis to that over sized clit of yours any day.
 

Craig234

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This thread is exposing many righties for what they are. They mistake taking responsibility and addressing problems as pessimistic.

They don't understand that they are wearing blinder, apologist, and the enemy of good in our nation while they narcissisticly insist it's always right and the best whatever the facts.

If we ad slavery again, they'd say the nation is right. If we had segregation again, they'd say the nation is right. If we invaded a peaceful nation and slaughtered people, they'd say we were right.

It doesn't matter what the nation does, they're going to say it's right if our nation did it. These are not good citizens. They are the enemies of good citizens. They attack good citizens.

They gloss over the truth, they bury the truth, they are the enemy of the truth. Liberals know the greatness of our nation. They do not. They merely indulge in narcissistic praise of it. Wave the flag is all they need.

Sing the national anthem, say the pledge of allegiance, over and over, and that's patriotism. Their country, right or wrong. Of course, any other nation who behaves this way is wrong.

Michael Parenti wrote a book called "Superpatriotism" about this phony patriotism and how it contrasts with the real thing. It can be googled for excerpts.

Our founding fathers weren't 'pessimistic' for recognizing problems and working to improve them. Teddy Roosevelt and FDR weren't pessimistic to criticize the problems and work to improve them.

Indeed, Teddy Roosevelt talked about people like these righties - and scorned them as not worthy of being citizens.
 

Moonbeam

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...and that just proved the point of cwjerome very nicely. that was one of the most pessimistic things ever. which is why the downer "america and its people are evil" left are seen as whiny little bitc*s. the funny thing about it is that most of these d-bags are spawned from some of the most affluent, well to do people and they themselves benefit tremendously from the same capitalist, democratic society that they revile. so not only are they pussy's, but major hypocrites as well

My Dear Sir, Please try to look beneath the surface. I merely stated the truth. What you see in truth, that it is positive or negative is purely added by you. If you saw my post as negative that negativity was nowhere other than in your own eye. All beauty and ugliness you see are a reflection of yourself.
 

Moonbeam

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Why in the world would anyone lend you their wife? So you could ask them to bump doughnuts with you, you silly little eunuch? Sorry but my wife is disqualified in DariWorld seeing as that she has no knob for you to gobble on Sally. You'll find that straight women prefer a man's penis to that over sized clit of yours any day.

So Dari's e-penis is inversely proportional to his p-enis?
 

Robor

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the repulicans have nothing to do with the dems not getting anything done! it is internal democrat infighting that is stopping obama's bills the republicans are not even an issue. its such a crock to say that they are "running interference" cause they have absolutely nothing to do with policy making right now. you have half the dems fighting for what they believe in spite of the people's will, and the other half that want to get re-elected, that is all.

Yes, it's all the (D)'s fault they can't get anything done in the Senate. It has *nothing* to do with record filibustering by the (R)'s. Nothing at all. :rolleyes:
 

Robor

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...and that just proved the point of cwjerome very nicely. that was one of the most pessimistic things ever. which is why the downer "america and its people are evil" left are seen as whiny little bitc*s. the funny thing about it is that most of these d-bags are spawned from some of the most affluent, well to do people and they themselves benefit tremendously from the same capitalist, democratic society that they revile. so not only are they pussy's, but major hypocrites as well

LOL... Affluent says the guy with a sig like that? How much did mommy and daddy pay for your gaming computer? FYI... Hang around a little longer and you might 'get' Moonie's posts - or at least appreciate them. :D