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Originally Posted by powerclown
At times, I wonder what some people on the left are thinking when they express their thoughts on the matter...the ideas seem so foreign and out there that I wonder to myself what has happened in this person's life to plant the seeds of such anger, frustration, rebellion, alienation, etc...
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I can't speak for the other 'liberals' on the board (I don't know what I am anymore; liberal, conservative, libertarian, green, socialist...so many damned labels, each a semantics thread unto themselves), but I have had a lot happen to me that made me change from a fun loving Bush supporter to die hard anti-Bush person.
1) Bush stole the election. Durring the 200 election, I was back and fourth between Gore and Bush (I was a much more simple political animal 6 years ago). I had been raised republican, but I was pissed about the Clinton sex scandal being blown out of proportion...so I was a Republicrat. I was content to stay this way until the 200 election was dependant on a state who happened to be governed by George W. Bush's brother, Jeb Bush. I knew that Florida was a swing state, due to the fact that the news networks had beaten into my brain for 2 months, but I figured it would simpy go Gore (due to popular vote). Then that mess abou the chads and the recount happened. I took it unpon myself to look into it. I satisfied myself that the election was obviously stolen. I lost my trust in Bush, the office of the president for the next 4 years, and the process by which we vote.
2) 9/11 Go check out the stuff I posted in Paranoia if you want to know about this. Bottom line, bad stuff happened, and my trust in the MSM and government are gone.
3) The war on terror. I've posted this to death, but the gist is this war disgusts me and has convinced me that there is an empire in the womb of this democracy, and we're starting to have contractions.
4) A bunch of other crap I don't feel like listing.
I don't have a seed of anger. I have dissapointment. I have the wool pulled from my eyes. I have a need to try and fix a problem. I would like to share my understandings with others.