Reply #31: "Take the high road" again? No fucking thanks!

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He was a coke-sniffing inherited-wealth fratboy drunk whose rehab most certainly didn't work, but who was nonetheless put in the most powerful driver's seat in the world. While there, he destroyed one economy, bombed one nation to splinters, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of at least a million, and very likely permanently tarnished our national reputation on the world stage.

Moreover, he was a fucking bully whose "my way or the highway" attitude and genetically ingrained xenophobia filtered down to the rank-and-file of his entire political party, for which we will be paying the social price for at least a generation. In addition, he put into place policies putting limits on our freedoms that will probably never be rescinded short of a new American Revolution.

Defend his drink-addled ass if you like, but I for one am sick and fucking tired of "being better than them", "taking the high road", and "not stooping to their level". Ignoring bullies like Bush and his ilk will only make them come back over and over again, getting worse and worse each time, until finally someone or something snaps, at which point there will be hell to pay on both sides.

So, no, I will not refrain from using each and every last, least, littlest fault of Bush or any other Republican against them in the political arena, even if it means I have to make shit up, because that sort of treatment is the only thing bullies like them ever understand. As I said in another post, I want the entire Republican Party to be metaphorically clocked in the mouth so hard they come up spitting blood and teeth, and if they happen to fall over on their side, I most certainly want to be the first one in line to kick them while they're down.

They don't deserve any apology from us except "I'm sorry you're offended, but...", and anyone who doesn't think it's appropriate can sit down, shut up, and get the fuck out of the way. THAT'S how you deal with these creeps. You don't be nice. You don't take the high road. You don't try to be high-handed. You cut. You cut them, utterly. Cut them down with your words, your tactics, and yes, even your lies. Just cut them to pieces, using any and all means necessary. If you have regrets later, that's later, and nobody goes through life without a few of those.

If you think I'm wrong, I'm sorry for you, because they'll only be back again and again until we deal with them the way bullies deserve to be treated. And Mr. "Former" Coke Addict Drunkard Warmonger Walking Economic Disaster Authoritarian Constitution Ass-wiper Bush fucking deserves it.