by k3nt » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:13 pm
Ant, the reason you come across as a hard-right apologist is that you make sweeping claims about "the left" and "the socialist left" and so on. And your comments simply do not relate to anything that Democrats and others who support Social Security (or whatever the topic) actually believe. Thus, it comes across that you seem to be getting your beliefs about what "the left" believes -- not from actual conversations with people to your left, but from hanging around too much with hard-right-wing crazy conspiracy types.
I support social security, and none of your sweeping attacks on "the left" do anything to address the reasons why I support it. None of your arguments do anything to touch what Nortonesque said above, either. You're arguing against straw men who were created by right-wing blowhards like Rush Limbaugh. Either you listen to Limbaugh and his ilk, or you get most of your political information from people who do ... at least, that's what comes across from your posts.
If you want to know what people to your left think about Social Security, why not ask us?
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Stony, I had not taken seriously Ice's provocations to you. Re-reading them, I understand how you got pissed off. I'm glad you agree with me that it's better to remain above the fray than descend into insults, when possible ... but it's not always possible.