Spinoff: Iran Envy?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by jennyj87

I'm going to have to call the challenge flag on that one. Although only 13, I did pay very much attention to that election, as well as the one in 2004, where again I wasn't able to vote. My classmates and I DID do stuff, even though we weren't able to vote, like helping those who were register. When the election results came in, we DID protest on things other than the internet.

You and your classmates were the minority. So, my generalization stands.

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You and your classmates were the minority. So, my generalization stands.

I'm sorry but isn't this what every generation has said about the newest? The generation of my grandparents call my mothers generation the hippies who don't do action. My mothers generation is calling us lazy who only care about fashion and celebritys.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by jennyj87

[FONT=Verdana]Another thing I would like to point out, and I may be opening a can of worms here, is all of those who are complaining about the most recent election. When we (democrats) put the "January 20, 2009, Bush's last day" stickers on our cars we were called out for being unpatriotic.

Please -- not that I heard anyone say those bumperstickers were "unpatriotic," but lots of "us" (Democrats) did not put those on our cars.

Originally Posted by jennyj87

Ohh rude people never seem to amaze me, even on the internet.

Who's being rude?

[UGAalum94]

On a scale of one to ten, what would be the normal range for the intensity of one's ( likely emotional) reaction to the comparison of the 2000 US election and the situation today in Iran?

I'm wondering if my this-is-too-absurd-to-do-more-than-snort is normal.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

On a scale of one to ten, what would be the normal range for the intensity of one's ( likely emotional) reaction to the comparison of the 2000 US election and the situation today in Iran?

I'm wondering if my this-is-too-absurd-to-do-more-than-snort is normal.

Quite normal, I think. As a yellow-dog (okay, a green dog) Democrat, it never occurred to me to compare the two events until someone mentioned it here.

Of course, while I might be a Democrat, I always thought the "Bush stole the election" claim was . . . irrational? . . . at best.

Originally Posted by jennyj87

Ksig is being rude.

Huh? How?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Quite normal, I think. As a yellow-dog (okay, a green dog) Democrat, it never occurred to me to compare the two events until someone mentioned it here.

Of course, while I might be a Democrat, I always thought the "Bush stole the election" claim was . . . irrational? . . . at best.

Well, there's a certain amount of that for me although I can understand being frustrated with the whole Florida mess, particularly if you were a Gore fan. It wasn't an especially desirable way to resolve a US election, and it was going to seem sketchy no matter how the vote was resolved, sort of like the Coleman-Franken recount seemed to GOPers last fall.

But more than anything in regard to Senusret's OP, it's the failure to appreciate the differences in the whole process in both countries that kind of makes me dismissive of anyone who could seriously make that kind of claim.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Well, there's a certain amount of that for me although I can understand being frustrated with the whole Florida mess, particularly if you were a Gore fan. It wasn't an especially desirable way to resolve a US election, and it was going to seem sketchy no matter how the vote was resolved, sort of like the Coleman-Franken recount seemed to GOPers last fall.

But more than anything in regard to Senusret's OP, it's the failure to appreciate the differences in the whole process in both countries that kind of makes me dismissive of anyone who could seriously make that kind of claim.

Exactly. Frustration with the disaster that was Florida in 2000 (or the mess that Minnesota is now) is one thing. Conspiracy theories of stolen elections is another altogether. And as you say, we're talking about two very different processes/systems.

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Please -- not that I heard anyone say those bumperstickers were "unpatriotic," but lots of "us" (Democrats) did not put those on our cars.

Whose being rude?

Sorry I had to specify when I said us. I did not put one on my car, but a lot of my friends did, and got called unpatriotic for not supporting their president, the war, etc.

Ksig is being rude.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by jennyj87

I'm sorry but isn't this what every generation has said about the newest? The generation of my grandparents call my mothers generation the hippies who don't do action. My mothers generation is calling us lazy who only care about fashion and celebritys.

No.