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Thx for responding to what i said... I feel no need to "tear it up," as it pertains to our argument, infact i appreciate the fact that you responded to a thread that was a clear loser for a left winger. it just pisses me of where this country is going, i dont get why there isnt more logical people out there.
I have a feeling i will be joining you in Canada very soon since Harper got elected.
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Fear is running high. People are rallying around their worldviews, and they're ready to do harm to "others" to defend those views. (Terror management theory is an excellent theoretical approach to this, imho.) And that rallying, it's also polarization. But not merely two poles, look at this board: we have the leftists, the rightists, the libertarians, and the conspiracists! When I consider the history I've read, it seems to me that this is what's "normal" for the world. Not everywhere always, but definitely somewhere always. Recall Socrates's complaint about the youth of his day. I think the world is always going to hell in a handbasket, or rather, it always seems to be.
