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In reply to the discussion: NOBODY HERE HATES OBAMA [View all]Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)disagree with Obama all the time. And they speak out as to what they disagree with, and why.
There is a world of difference between THAT and calling Obama names (lying jackass, Manchurian Candidate, blood-thirsty warmonger, water-carrier for the 1%, etc.)
I am an Obama-supporter and, as such, I have been called a mindless cheerleader, an idol worshipper, a crazed man-fan, an ignorant idiot who can't see through a phony, and worse.
So you will pardon my lack of sympathy for people who have called myself, and others, all kinds of nasty, derogatory things, and are now squealing like stuck pigs because 'they' are now being labelled as haters.
The problem here is that the RW trolls who have infested this site, and who actually ARE Obama-haters, have their posts high-fived and rec'd by the anti-Obamans - and, well, you know the old adage about lying down with dogs, fleas, and so on.
Yes, every message board has its trolls. But on THIS message board, those trolls are serving on juries and, as such, are controlling much of what is allowed be be posted here.
In the past week or so, I have seen "news stories" from The Daily Caller and The Blaze (Tucker Carlson's and Glenn Beck's rags, respectively) posted - and REC'd. I would definitely classify that as spewing RW talking points - along with the many attempts to validate them as acceptable sources.
BTW: "Opposing war is not a RW talking point." Where did I say it was?