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	Name:	copperline -
	Subject:	Newt to OWS crowd
	Date:	11/22/2011 9:00:02 AM

For the record: I am not using any alias here, and my posts are my own. Indeed, Canada is a beautiful country. Viet Nam was a long time ago. The GOP Presidential candidates are doing a great job of promoting the re-election of Barak Obama. Right wing hostility matches up well with extreme left-wing views... both are paranoid, myopic and pretty weird. Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party appear to be expressions of many of the same grievances (but both would be horrified to admit their kinship).... and the most troubling aspect of all is how this left/right rancor has completely paralyzed our political system by pulling us into polarized camps. We are suffering terrible economic conditions as a result, and risking a far worse scenario in the future. Without consensus, we won't find a way out of this mess.....

And the long-standing problem with this forum is the level of shrill insults and aggression directed toward anyone who isn't a hard-core Right Winger.

Tallulah Hound is right, our anonymity is allowing everyone to say what we think without self-censoring.... making it more likely we will slam & degrade each other because we won't have to answer for it.