http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/03/anger-hate-demonization-villains-and-politics/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/03/anger-hate-demonization-villains-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-17770 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=3917#comment-17770 I agree with a lot of this, but I think that both Democrats and Republicans use specific villains as well as more vague, general boogymen. Democrats and the left vilified Bush and Cheney more than any individual I’ve seen in my years following politics. And the Tea Party is now vilified roundly…cue Jimmy Hoffa Jr’s “Let’s Take these son-of-a-bitches out” comment. In general the left fears/hates the rich, Wall St., corporations, ect. The Republicans, meanwhile, vilify Obama on the short term, much as they did Clinton before. On a broader scale, they still insist socialists are out to destroy American. I don’t really see much difference, at least at the vanguard of each party. I have seen some difference in the politicians themselves. Notably, the President seems to have at least attempted to be more bi-partisan. This has been to his own detriment, however. A heath care plan that angered both sides, and constant appeasement to the right on several issues has angered his base. Yet it seems to have only emboldened his opposition. While ideally compromise and common sense SHOULD prevail in American politics, it instead earns you the label of “weak.” This is just one of several reasons I don’t identify with either side, and just shake my head, and observe from afar.

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