And then, of course, Sheesh lives up to the stereotypes of liberals so well you have to wonder whether he is a sock puppet.
Sterotypes are what they are; nonsense — and yet folks in these kinds of anonymous venues seem to do their best to be more radical than their worst enemies make them out to be.
I have met folks who claimed themselves to be Christians whose kindness shone out like a light in the darkness; I have met self-proclaimed Christians whose evil was evident to most who met them… the Westboro Baptist Church folk who picket military funerals come to mind, just offhand. To lump all Christians together with them would be like lumping all Germans together with the SS or all Muslims together with the Al Qaeda fanatics. Personally, I don’t choose to judge people based on what religion the belong to, or if they are left/right/middle politically. I judge people on their actions, and on what they say — not their “leaders” or “spokesmen,” but them.
I see posts on this site and others that range from a reasoned discussion of issues to streams of invective that have nothing to do with anything but the poster’s own venom, to stream-of-consciousness stuff that seems a pretty clear indication of mental illness. I would not consider the latter to taint the former, but it makes it more likely that posters at any given site are pretty much “preaching to the choir.”
And folks like me who are basically moderates (not moderate Republicans or moderate Democrats, but moderate people)often get quickly driven away.
