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I think this is an interesting question.
I can hardly read the news & politics forum anymore because of how ridiculously partisan it is. There's no point in debate because it's just one pro-Bush fan posting something bad about Kerry, some Kerry fan posting something else negative about Bush, and they go from there. There's no discussion . . .
I've found that the more I educate myself, I simultaneously become less partisan and MORE liberal. That may sound strange at first, but . . . I feel that I become less partisan because I realize how both parties engage in the same tactics and that whining about how "Bush lied during the debate/Kerry lied during the debate" is really not all that effective or meaningful. Like you said, as soon as you're defending your party for doing one thing and insulting the opposite party for doing the same thing -- well, you've reached a new level of ridiculous. Even if your political opinions are valid, your pettiness outweighs the validity.
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