Why does everyone hate on republicans so much??

It's a shame because they're many conservatives out there with legitimate reasonings for their beliefs, but ultimately shadowed by Fox News.

Blue-Sky

Like what?

[QUOTE="AngelNeo00"]Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.BMD004

Thats what I hate. I never see clips of someone from MSNBC on youtube saying rude things towards republicans even though thats all MSNBC does is say rude things, but I constantly see clips of people from fox news on youtube and everyone is just blindly hating on them. MSNBC is the worst, but it seems acceptable for them to hate which is sad.

[QUOTE="BMD004"][QUOTE="AngelNeo00"]Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.joshrocks2245

Thats what I hate. I never see clips of someone from MSNBC on youtube saying rude things towards republicans, but I constantly see clips of people from fox news on youtube and everyone is just blindly hating on them. MSNBC is the worst, but it seems acceptable for them to hate which is sad.

[QUOTE="AngelNeo00"]Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.BMD004

How is accusing Obama of not being born in the US, attacking his choice of Church, and accusing him of being muslim a few times a week not personal attacks?

And Sarah Palin IS an idiot.

[QUOTE="BMD004"][QUOTE="AngelNeo00"]Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.xLFTMx

How is accusing Obama of not being born in the US, attacking his choice of Church, and accusing him of being muslim a few times a week not personal attacks?

And Sarah Palin IS an idiot.

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[QUOTE="BMD004"]The difference is this. Turn on Fox News, and people are mad at Obama for being "socialist", too "far left", etc. Turn it on MSNBC and people are busy calling Republicans "tea baggers", calling Palin stupid and an idiot, etc. I find that the left often attacks Republicans personally... and it's not nice. Attacking policy and political stances is fair game. BMD004

How is accusing Obama of not being born in the US, attacking his choice of Church, and accusing him of being muslim a few times a week not personal attacks?

And Sarah Palin IS an idiot.

[QUOTE="BMD004"][QUOTE="xLFTMx"]

How is accusing Obama of not being born in the US, attacking his choice of Church, and accusing him of being muslim a few times a week not personal attacks?

And Sarah Palin IS an idiot.

DroidPhysX

Democrats attack Republicans (just like Republicans attack Democrats) because they are in a huge competition to see who can be the most unprincipled party and still get the nomination. Unfortunately, both sides are winning.

Now, if you are talking Liberal vs Conservative then that is a different story. At least those words have some kind of meaning to them.

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="BMD004"]Questioning Obama's place of birth, although proven to be dumb, isn't a personal attack. Attacking his choice of church BECAUSE of who the pastor is and what that man says, is not a personal attack. I have never heard anybody at Fox claim that Obama is still a Muslim. When have you heard anybody at Fox call Obama stupid? That is what they do over on MSNBC. They will attack a policy... but then say the reason they believe that is because they are stupid. Example: Republicans believe in small government because they are stupid and think that works. They want small government because they are racist and don't want poor people to get benefits." If you attack the policy, like small government, then just attack the policy... don't use the reasoning that they are stupid and racist. And seriously, I can't believe the term "teabagger" is constantly used on MSNBC. And that is a credible news source?BMD004

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[QUOTE="BMD004"]The difference is this. Turn on Fox News, and people are mad at Obama for being "socialist", too "far left", etc. Turn it on MSNBC and people are busy calling Republicans "tea baggers", calling Palin stupid and an idiot, etc. I find that the left often attacks Republicans personally... and it's not nice. Attacking policy and political stances is fair game. BMD004

How is accusing Obama of not being born in the US, attacking his choice of Church, and accusing him of being muslim a few times a week not personal attacks?

And Sarah Palin IS an idiot.

I'm not defending MSNBC. I'm just saying that I seriously don't believe its any worse that FOX. I've heard clips of O'reilly and Beck accusing Obama of being Muslim in past clips.

Because they haven't caught on to the rather liberal climate of the current western world.

It is to some lesser extent like how some believe groups in Asia and Africa are holding outdated beliefs unfit for the current political climate.

This might explain it.

Democrats attack Republicans (just like Republicans attack Democrats) because they are in a huge competition to see who can be the most unprincipled party and still get the nomination. Unfortunately, both sides are winning.

Now, if you are talking Liberal vs Conservative then that is a different story. At least those words have some kind of meaning to them.

hoola

Those terms have...changed, over the years.

It is to some lesser extent like how some believe groups in Asia and Africa are holding outdated beliefs unfit for the current political climate.

one_plum

You saying there aren't?

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It is to some lesser extent like how some believe groups in Asia and Africa are holding outdated beliefs unfit for the current political climate.

Storm_Marine

You saying there aren't?

Dictatorship for one is not the zeitgeist of our period.

... by that I mean some only

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[QUOTE="one_plum"]

It is to some lesser extent like how some believe groups in Asia and Africa are holding outdated beliefs unfit for the current political climate.

one_plum

You saying there aren't?

Dictatorship for one is not the zeitgeist of our period.

... by that I mean some only

I'm confused.

Cause they broked the economies...

I hate both sides equally. Bipartisan politics doesn't really work very well... Washington was right.

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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Questioning a persons place pf birth is not a personal attack? Yeah, it's just a generalized attack that is thrown out routinely by presidential candidates over the years. DroidPhysX

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[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

You saying there aren't?

Storm_Marine

Dictatorship for one is not the zeitgeist of our period.

... by that I mean some only

I'm confused.

There are current perspectives that are more accepted right now such as democracy, etc...

Things change and there are some ideas that will not be as popular in our era. Namely, conservative viewpoints that may have been more popular in the last century; dictatorships that are increasingly intolerated as a method of government...

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[QUOTE="one_plum"]

Dictatorship for one is not the zeitgeist of our period.

... by that I mean some only

one_plum

I'm confused.

There are current perspectives that are more accepted right now such as democracy, etc...

Things change and there are some ideas that will not be as popular in our era. Namely, conservative viewpoints that may have been more popular in the last century; dictatorships that are increasingly intolerated as a method of government...

You're not a moral relativist are you?

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="BMD004"]How is it an attack? It's a question.BMD004

It's sickening. People constantly say bad things about every single one of them, I hear people bash Michele Bachmann like crazy, why is this?? It's like if your not a liberal and you don't like Obama, everyone views you as the enemy.

joshrocks2245

[QUOTE="AngelNeo00"]Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.joshrocks2245

I do watch Fox news but when I'm on the internet it's like it's the cool thing to do to hate on republicans.

You wanna know why we hate the Republicans!? Well ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR RICH FRIENDS and the top 2 percent of the entire freaking COUNTRY! And they wanna DEFAULT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY and put the blame on Obama! Those PRICKS needs to grow the hell up and start taxing the **** out of the rich!!!!!

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[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

I'm confused.

Storm_Marine

There are current perspectives that are more accepted right now such as democracy, etc...

Things change and there are some ideas that will not be as popular in our era. Namely, conservative viewpoints that may have been more popular in the last century; dictatorships that are increasingly intolerated as a method of government...

You're not a moral relativist are you?

I believe moral views change based on how society evolves. So I guess I'm a relativist.

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[QUOTE="one_plum"]

There are current perspectives that are more accepted right now such as democracy, etc...

Things change and there are some ideas that will not be as popular in our era. Namely, conservative viewpoints that may have been more popular in the last century; dictatorships that are increasingly intolerated as a method of government...

one_plum

You're not a moral relativist are you?

I believe moral views change based on how society evolves. So I guess I'm a relativist.

But do you believe in a universal, absolute standard for morality?

You wanna know why we hate the Republicans!? Well ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR RICH FRIENDS and the top 2 percent of the entire freaking COUNTRY! And they wanna DEFAULT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY and put the blame on Obama! Those PRICKS needs to grow the hell up and start taxing the **** out of the rich!!!!!

Hekynn

Far rights like Glenn Beck are apparently very unpopular towards most teens, who then assume for some reason that most other republicans are like him.Solid_Snake325

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"]Far rights like Glenn Beck are apparently very unpopular towards most teens, who then assume for some reason that most other republicans are like him.BMD004

I'd label him more like an ignorant nut.

[QUOTE="one_plum"]

I believe moral views change based on how society evolves. So I guess I'm a relativist.

Storm_Marine

But do you believe in a universal, absolute standard for morality?

Short answer, no.

I can see why some people watch O'reilly, but on occasion he says things so ridiculous that I'm left speechless.xLFTMx

Because they are hypocritical. They preach that government should stay out of a persons life yet they insist on regulating who a person may get married

[QUOTE="xLFTMx"]I can see why some people watch O'reilly, but on occasion he says things so ridiculous that I'm left speechless.topsemag55

O'Reilly = registered independent (Who bashes Democrats and liberals the vast majority of the time).

I don't think people bash Republicans any more than they do Democrats. It just depends on the people you're around and which media oultes you pay attention to. I listen to lots of talk radio and can tell you that Republicans have a lot of defenders too.

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The children on this forum are not everyone...

Pirate700

Oh come now Pirate, you've been in political debates here enough to see Republicans/conservatives bashing on Democrats/liberals.

I don't know why, when Obama is basically doing the exact same crap as the previous administration. The main thing that's different is his speeches. Oh, and the big scary healthcare bill which nobody understands the effects of.

Try watching Fox news if you want to see people hate on democrats.AngelNeo00

I don't know when Obama is basically doing the exact same crap as the previous administration. The main thing that's different is his speeches. Oh, and the big scary healthcare bill which nobody understands the effects of.StopThePresses

[QUOTE="StopThePresses"]I don't know when Obama is basically doing the exact same crap as the previous administration. The main thing that's different is his speeches. Oh, and the big scary healthcare bill which nobody understands the effects of.CaveJohnson1

The view from outside America is sometimes that republicans are viewed as old fashioned, driven by religious motivations, favor a large rich/poor divide etc.

I am not sure if this is the case but it is often the way things are portrayed.

Republicans are hated on no more or less than dems. I haven't noticed an increase of hate on them. What I have noticed is an increase of repubs and conservatives playing the victim card though. Each side hates on the other and the folks in the middle just roll their eyes.dagreenfish

This x1000000000000000000000000000000000000.

Many Republicans/conservatives have gotten soft as the middle of a twinkie.

You even see it on this forum with people **** about how liberal-biased GS is all the while hating on Dems as liberals just as much as liberals hate on conservatives.

I think that a lot of times it's projection. For example, the left constantly makes accusations about the right being racist. However, it is the left that constantly lumps people of a race all together. The left also seems to think that minorities are unable to use their full potential and improve their lot in life on their own, thus assuming that they need to provide them with hand-outs. If thats not stereotyping/racist, I don't know what is.

I think that a lot of times it's projection. For example, the left constantly makes accusations about the right being racist. However, it is the left that constantly lumps people of a race all together. The left also seems to think that minorities are unable to use their full potential and improve their lot in life on their own, thus assuming that they need to provide them with hand-outs. If thats not stereotyping/racist, I don't know what is.

YellowOneKinobi

That is not what the left thinks. That is merely a strawman resulting from an incorrect assumption about the left's phlosophy about welfare/race.

Also, some people, regardless of race, need assistance. No amount of warm and fuzzy idealistic rightwing bullcrap is going to change that.