Obama VS Bush: HATRED on ATS, page 2

reply to post by CreeWolf

I don't think the Obama bashing is out of hand (although you may want to actually have a valid coherent point and not just "bash") it was much more intense during the campaign.

Most of the well prepared and presented critiques of the president are spot on yet in the minority. The majority are just trying to make some obscure tie-in to some sort of NWO-apocalyptic-Revelations-Muslim plot which on the surface seems a bit nutty but also pushes fear in a dangerous way.

Obama is secretly Osama Bin Laden video proof!
Obama is a Muslim terrorist!
Obama will send troops to defend Iran!
Obama is antichrist!

Real topics.
Or whatever variation on those themes.

One member even stated the possibility of a "brave patriot" assassinating Obama to test if he is God. Murderous terrorist acts against the Government is "patriotic"? I guess as long as you aren't a former Weatherman it's cool.

Most of that is the stuff of unsubstantiated paranoid fantasy and not really worth commenting on since the majority is simply opinion based speculation or outright fear mongering bigotry. It doesn't bother me really although I sometimes am inclined to try and bring my own perspective in, that I hope has some semblance of rationality but mostly it seems pointless.

That isn't the issue as I see it.

I think a lot of the OTHER topics that seem geared at slamming "liberal/cool-aid drinkers" are what is becoming annoying. It even seems that whatever current event is legitimately brought here to discuss openly, somehow ends up manipulated by the OP or the usual suspects into an evil liberal agenda. At the very least they may simply attempt to get some sort of "democrat dig" in there.

Most of the time it is unwarranted and not even relevant to the topic.

Isn't there something else to add to ATS other than how much you hate the opposite political party or their affiliates?

I never "hated" Bush.
I didn't like his policies.

I didn't vote for Obama.
I don't think he is change.

It's all just a game, really.

I just see that a lot of people are doing more irrational whining than making any relevant points. I've been PM'd by a few others that feel the same, even before I mentioned it. It's this silly partisan back and forth, when both sides are practically playing the same game to keep us at our throats while they gut us for everything we have.

During the campaign there was a large influx of conservative "freeperish" new members that came in to put up a lot of rumor and fear threads. Those types of political influxes/tactics are seasonally common. Especially to a popular website, so I am not surprised. I suppose it still has a lingering effect.

I may just stay out of those political bash-threads (or those that turn into them) all together and just let the people vent and freak themselves out over nonsensical connections because that is ultimately what I see usually happening.

- Lee