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Originally posted by Hwed
A serious question. Every thread I read here smacks of eager anticipation for failure, disaster, and a gleeful counting of US deaths in Iraq. I realize there is a lot of hatred toward George Bush, but these events are bigger than the president, and your anger toward him is recklessly endangering the lives of our servicemen while undermining our chances of success.
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and this:
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
In any event, those who did not respond to the significant topic and instead, decided to turn this thread into another opportunity to bash the President, only reveal their inability to come to terms with the topic's pointed question.
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just sadden and demoralize me. I read a fair amount of Politics here, and I see very little that "smacks of eager anticipation for failure". I see little "gleeful counting of US deaths".
The fact that some see this as a "significant topic" is silly. It's the worst possible spin on a lot of well meaning tfpers posting good questions. It's the evening news version of reality:
"what's the most sensationalistic way we could spin this story, forget about balance". It is all about ratings after all, isn't it?
I see a striking resemblance to threads on the Politics Board at the start of the war. There were some tfpers questioning the existence of WMD, many asking questions about the aftermath of war, and many expressing displeasure about the process. Those posters (including me) were shouted down as unpatriotic and not supporting the troops.
Having largely been ignored, and proven right in the last 6 months, the 'unpatriotic' issue is still on the table. Only now it's:
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your anger toward him is recklessly endangering the lives of our servicemen while undermining our chances of success.
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I see no difference between then and now in the rhetoric. Wish I had a solution...
And yes, there is some trolling on this board. But the tone of the original post isn't picking on the minority of trolls. The word "every" is my tip off about that...