BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - OT : Another poll to break Harry's (if he has one) heart

On 09 Jan 2004 16:39:34 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

So it's your assertion then that people who agree with a certain
position, are somehow "hateful"?

Dave

You already know the answer, Dave.

I do, but I'm wondering if you REALLY do.....

It depends on the position.

Among other things.

Agreeing with: "I think the war in Iraq makes good strategic sense for the
United States because it will allow us to establish a base in the mid east and
improve the reliability of our oil supply" is conservative, but not hateful.

Ok.....

Agreeing with: "The liberals in this country wake up every morning hoping that
thousands of innocent Americans will be killed in a terrorist strike just to
make the Bush administration look bad" is hateful and divisive.

Why is that hateful? Especially if there is some truth in it. The left
have been going non-stop looking for any little tidbit of bad news to
exploit to make the Bush administration look bad. That some of those
same people would secretly hope for a huge downturn in the economy or
a huge uprising in Iraq, simply to gain political advantage is not
such a hard thing to believe.

Hateful is when you make personal attacks against someone for no other
reason than who they are.

Dave

Surely you can see the difference. Can't you?