Yeah, and the left label ALL conservatives as racists, Nazis and everything else they can think of.
I consider myself part of "the left" and you don't see me "labeling ALL conservatives as racists, Nazis", and so forth and I never have. There are people who may identify as conservatives and racist and/or Nazis, but certainly not all of them. I do find it rather ironic, however, that you have an issue when people on "the left" doing this (and rightfully so, as stereotyping is indeed a problem), yet you constantly label all liberals and people on the left as doing, being, or saying certain things.
Personally, I avoid rhetoric such as "liberals/leftists are this" and "conservatives/rightists do that." Do you know why? Because it creates and perpetuates an "us vs. them" mentality that ignores and takes away from the truth. Not all liberals are the same, and not all conservatives are the same. There are varying beliefs, values, and ideas among a group. Painting every member of a group with a broad brush ignores this and is not productive; it only makes things more toxic. There are people on all sides, right, left, and in between, however, that do this unfortunately.
Furthermore, different groups can share things in common. For instance, there are both people on the left and right that support selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, and there are people on both sides that oppose this. We may be on different sides, but the two of us both agree that sending weapons to Saudi Arabia is problematic.
There are people on both sides that support same-sex marriage, and there are people on both sides that don't. Both sides have people that commit acts of terrorism and both sides have people that act peacefully and respectfully. The main issue is not about which side is more violent, irrational, etc. but rather, the fact that people are being violent, irrational, etc, because both have been violet and it's a serious problem no matter who does it. When you make a statement about how liberal, moon-bats, conservatives, republicans, etc. say this, believe that, or do whatever, you imply that they are all members of that are the exact same as each other, and that is simply not true. This forum would be significantly more peaceful if we ALL made an effort to avoid stereotyping and labeling.
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We should be discussing issues here, not the mental capacity re lack thereof of the people espousing one view or another. Those who want to insult one group in general should take their posts to another forum ?Rants and Raves? or form their own forum. Let's clean up our act here.
Guidance and strong positive leadership from the moderator would be appreciated. ;D
