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[MannyGoldstein]

For the record, I'm very happy that ACA remained fundamentally intact today. ACA is terribly weak tea, but it's not water.

I just popped on to DU and I see a bevy of threads savaging folks who wanted to see ACA taken out. I saw a thread insinuating that if anyone is disappointed by today's ruling, they are likely a lunatic Republican.

Look, I disagree with Democrats who wanted ACA struck down. I understand their profound disappointment. But they are not Republicans any more than dog lovers are Nazis. Democrats are disappointed because they wanted strong tea. Republicans wanted water. Big, big difference.

It has of late become fashionable and acceptable on DU to call people trolls, Republicans, liars, and worse, simply because we disagree with them. That's crap. It should stop.

It's fine to disagree. Even to strongly disagree. And to be blunt about a disagreement. But name calling is simply the refuge of a person who can't defend their ideas. This isn't grade school - either win the argument on the merits, or rethink your argument.