Once Upon A Time...People were Polite.

[Ripley]

Fuck that!

Sorry for that...it was rude, wasn't it?

I really do miss the days when discourse, especially politics on TV was more about fact-throwing instead of rumor-throwing and screaming.

I really despise Dumya for creating so many rifts in my family and friends' conversations and relationships.

I'm tired of "getting along" with folks who don't "get it."

I'm not being so polite anymore. And it pisses me off because I try to be a very polite person...well...outside boards anyway.

THANK YOU CHIMP FOR BEING A DIVIDER NOT A UNIFIER!

[RC]

1. The Hell you say?

[DenverDem]

2. raygun and gengrich started it

legitimization of bigotry, partisan animus and the politics of personal attack.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. The rudeness is bad

but what is worse is the plain,unadulterated hatred and bigotry that seems to be the hallmark of the freeper. I stay polite, but there are times I feel sick when I read posts by bigots. I take comfort in the fact that, if we actually met face to face, most of these bozos would be afraid to be as nasty in person as they are online. My concern is for the few who, I believe, literally would murder me and think they have done a good deed for 'Merika because they got rid of one of them 'evil' Muslims.

[Ripley]

5. Yeah we can all be callous on the internet...

but I'm talking about Real Life.

People are very mean these days. Including me. I feel such hatred some times towards people, and stop myself and think: What are you doing?

Hate is not a good thing.

[NMDemDist2]

10. re: freepers in real life, I have met some nasty characters

who were verbally abusive as a matter of course.

I have also met Republicans who were generally nice people, just misinformed :)

[mellowinman]

4. Fuck politeness.

I am polite to those who deserve it.

Everyone else can kiss my ass.

[IronLionZion]

6. shrubster has united US (left and DU)

to an almost fascistic form of lock-step unity. Kerry Heil!

/sarcasm obviously

[Ripley]

9. I HATE to agree with you...

But I do. Sort of.

Almost. ;)

[Wind Dancer]

7. We can thank Rush,

Hannity, Coulter and the like for causing this type of hatred. They attack nonstop, it's a different world now. Oh, I forgot to include the entire administration and the RW fanatics, but I could go on an on and on.

[Robbien]

8. The sad thing is this bad attitude will not go away

even when the Democrats take back the WH in November.

The RW has their whole media attack machine which will keep spewing out the hatred to the BushBrain dead masses.