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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 03:13 PM
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101. the issue
Edited on Thu Feb-28-08 03:16 PM by Two Americas
Some here are aggressively and vehemently defending a giant corporation, and then viciously attacking all who fail in even the slightest way to join in the praise and admiration for the corporation.

THAT is the problem, and can never be part of any solution. The knee-jerk response to give those with presumed status and power - the "winners" - every possible break and benefit of the doubt, while indulging in hateful attacks on our fellow citizens - presumed to be "losers" - in the cause of defending the wealthy and powerful is itself the root cause of poverty and homelessness.

Politically, calling these vigorous defenses of the wealthy and powerful "liberal" sabotages liberalism and serves to weaken and cripple us, and is the root cause of the extreme right wing nightmare we have been enduring.
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