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Re: Which Is More Important? The Right to Discriminate, or Freedom from Discriminati
If you'd paid attention to the OTHER side of the story, you'd have found a lot of times when liberals and progressives like myself strongly criticized Obama for what he did or didn't do (like I did in this article). In fact, if you'd search around, you'd find a few times where we liberals and progressives were complimentary towards Dubya, particularly in his efforts to curb AIDS in Africa.
Here's a short list:
The Atlantic
Washington Post
Liberals praise Bush appointee
Dennis Kucinich praises Bush
Breitbart acknowledges a progressive praised Bush for immigration reform efforts
On the flip side of the coin, can you find instances of where conservatives were complimentary towards Obama? I think you know the answer to that one, don't you? In fact, that's what a scientific study found - that conservatives are MUCH less likely to write something complimentary about Obama than liberals are to write something complimentary about Bush.
But here's the problem - you won't believe me. Not for a moment will you believe me. Why? Because you've convinced yourself (despite all the evidence to the contrary) that we liberals and progressives are "hive-mind", and that if we on the Left were really objective people, we'd be calling for Obama's head. It is simply too much for you to believe that liberals might be every bit as objective as conservatives.
Have you missed the last 6 years of defend Obama no matter what? Perhaps you aren't paying attention.
If you'd paid attention to the OTHER side of the story, you'd have found a lot of times when liberals and progressives like myself strongly criticized Obama for what he did or didn't do (like I did in this article). In fact, if you'd search around, you'd find a few times where we liberals and progressives were complimentary towards Dubya, particularly in his efforts to curb AIDS in Africa.
Here's a short list:
The Atlantic
Washington Post
Liberals praise Bush appointee
Dennis Kucinich praises Bush
Breitbart acknowledges a progressive praised Bush for immigration reform efforts
On the flip side of the coin, can you find instances of where conservatives were complimentary towards Obama? I think you know the answer to that one, don't you? In fact, that's what a scientific study found - that conservatives are MUCH less likely to write something complimentary about Obama than liberals are to write something complimentary about Bush.
But here's the problem - you won't believe me. Not for a moment will you believe me. Why? Because you've convinced yourself (despite all the evidence to the contrary) that we liberals and progressives are "hive-mind", and that if we on the Left were really objective people, we'd be calling for Obama's head. It is simply too much for you to believe that liberals might be every bit as objective as conservatives.