Quote from Pondracer:
Its hard to take you serious when you prattle on with the "Hussein" moniker. You want to invest a serious amount of your posting to this, which marks you as a certain type of individual.
You are not conservative. And while you may vote Republican its doubtful that you have much understanding of the platform.
What you are is very similar to the Taliban. I find an amazing and somewhat scary resemblance between you and your type and Muslim extremists. There is the preaching of hate, of course, but also many of the ugly subtleties that the Taliban, Al Quaida and the rest embrace.
I have friends who are real Republicans, who understand conservative principals. I have respect for them, though we do not agree on policy. Real discussions of values, differences and choices are really only satisfying - and more importantly productive - when both sides are able to effectively engage in intelligent conversations.
Your're just another guy in a long beard and a turban who is only capable of yelling nonsense in a "insert religious building here". I was always unable to understand how these types took over Afghanistan, Pakistan and the other dirt holes. I blamed it on poverty and the ignorance of the population.
But really its just intellectual laziness. Its easier to spew crap then to have to think. Thats why this country is where it is today. Real, effective policy requires thought. The current leadership finds it much easier to be lazy. And they can look out into the crowd and see people like you, and they are quite comfortable with being lazy, because they know you are not smart enough to call them on it.
Once I used to listen to people like you and wonder how you could be comfortable with yourself, knowing you were not only full of crap, but that you were teaching your kids to be full of crap. But it doesn't bother the Talibanis, so why should it bother you?
