Civil liberties disappear in the 2012 Democratic platform.

[MadHound]

129. Thank you for demonstrating my point so succinctly,

Long on insults and ad hominems, short on facts and substantial rebuttals.

I post on many, many issues besides what this administration is or is not doing. Yet you only interact with me on the political posts, and when you do, it is to insult and demean, just as you are doing here.

It is obvious to me that you are a party first person, to the point where you are hypocritical. Many liberals and Democrats protested the shredding of the Constitution and our civil liberties under Bush, that is easy. But when a Democratic administration continues to shred our civil liberties, people like you come into any thread discussing these issues and attack. Hypocrisy much? Because frankly, it doesn't matter the letter behind the name, whether it is a D or an R, it simply matters what that administration is doing.

Let me give you a hypothetical. Would you sit back complacently if the Obama administration was attacking a woman's right to choose simply because he is a Democrat? No, I doubt that you would. Well our civil liberties, the ongoing wars, and other issues I am equally as passionate about, and I don't care who is putting these issues under attack, I will criticize them anyway. To give an administration a pass simply because it is Democratic is the height of hypocrisy. This isn't "dishonest BS", this is being morally consistent, something that you and others seem to have trouble with.

You seem to view this moral consistency as some sort of threat, why? Because it could hurt the party somehow? Well, frankly, if our only hope is a party that is becoming ever more authoritarian, then that party isn't worth saving. Parties, people need to stand for something, to have some moral guidance. If not, then they aren't worth bothering with. I believe in moral consistency, what do you believe in?