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In reply to the discussion: Time to cut the crap. Obama Derangement Syndrome doesn't really exist. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)rhetoric we've been subjected to over the past several decades and are now moving away from contributing to it anymore, as to be honest, I personally did at one time.
But then I looked around in RL and realized that many good people I know who were Republicans were just as angry at THEIR party as we were. To demonize half the country, which is what extremists do on both sides, isn't making much sense anymore.
IF Democrats had used their enormous poitical capital starting in Jan. 2009, this would be a different country today. But instead we watched as the old Bush policies we voted against, remained in place. If the Dem Party doesn't take the disillusionment of millions of Democrats seriously, I don't know what the result will be over the next decade. But one thing is certain, things WILL change because for far too many people around the world, the status quo just isn't working.