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Notice that conservatives on this site have pretty much left the "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" thread alone, while liberals on this site have taken it upon themselves to counter most things posted in the "Top Ten Liberal Morons" thread.
I feel like this whole conservative vs. liberal thing on GC has turned into the same fiasco we have with the Britney-lovers vs. the Britney-haters: When one side posts a thread which is OBVIOUSLY going to be about why (for example) some group of posters LOVES Britney, the Britney-haters--for no reason other than sheer confrontational glee (it seems)--come into the thread to tell everyone how horrible Britney is.
Why is this necessary? Conservatives know that liberals don't agree with them, and vice versa. Same with the pro- and anti-Britney folks. If one side wants to start a thread in which they talk about why they perceive their side to be best, you KNOW you're going to disagree and start a fight for no good reason. Why do people just inherently enjoy in stirring up drama?
Now, don't get me wrong--I am all for public discourse and the free marketplace of ideas. But what's going on in this thread here is just a lot of liberals coming in to say "you're wrong, you nasty, one-sided conservatives," without any salient points, nor (more importantly) any interest in actually engaging in discourse. Instead you just seem to want to agitate because you can.
Here's the thing--we've heard all of your points before, and you aren't adding anything new to the discourse. Many conservatives do find fault with the 10 (or eleven, as the case may be) folks listed in this thread, and will continue to find fault with what they do....just as you will find fault with the people on your similar, but conservative-targeted list on GC.
I (as a conservative) understand why liberals don't like the people on your conservative idiots list. I don't agree with you, but I understand that from where you stand as liberals/democrats/leftists (whatever), those 10 people look pretty unappealing. I disagree with you, but I'm not going to waste my time coming into that thread to try to bash your viewpoint, or to change your mind--because you have the right to think the way you want to think, and to vote the way you want to vote.
I guess I just don't understand why (at least in this thread) that same courtesty or respect hasn't been extended. It's somewhat hypocritical, if you ask me.
There is nothing wrong with a difference of opinion. I'm just asking everyone to simmer down and RESPECT the beauty of a difference of opinion.
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