tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491455650263686632.post8548601674520302159..comments2023-10-30T07:39:38.901-04:00Comments on Yorktown@: York County Planning Commission Volunteeralexanderofyorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423348843384221975noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491455650263686632.post-65772040319396652272018-03-31T17:17:55.427-04:002018-03-31T17:17:55.427-04:00
A little over a month ago, a 19-year-old with an ...<br />A little over a month ago, a 19-year-old with an AR-15 murdered 17 students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL.<br /><br />Within days, students at the school started a nationwide movement to enact stricter gun laws, mental health screening, and the like.<br /><br />The reaction to these students and their movement by the NRA, Republicans, and the rightwing in general has been nothing short of breathtaking. The demented hatred the rightwing has for the MSDHS students is breathtaking — but expected.<br /><br />The students have been called Nazis, lesbians, puppets. Ted Nugent is urging people to attack them physically. Sylvester Stallone’s brother Frank has threatened to punch one of the students. Trump has ignored them just as he ignored the deaths at the school. Halfwit Fox talk show host Laura Ingraham mocked one student because he said some of his college applications had been rejected.<br /><br />This whole ordeal since the MSDHS kids started speaking up has confirmed my belief that the split in our nation really isn’t left-right or liberal-conservative – it’s “reasonable people” versus “raving lunatic reactionary assholes.”<br /><br />There is no left-right debate between the two political parties. The only reasoned debate today occurs within the Democratic Party, and the political fight isn’t liberalism v. conservatism, it’s reasoned discussion, facts and logic versus hatred, ignorance, and violence.<br /><br />The Republican Party and “conservatives” in general are deranged, vicious, bigoted, spiteful, conspiratorial assholes who can brook no criticism.<br /><br />The rest of us are Democrats.<br /><br />www.va99teaparty.com<br />Old Redneckhttp://www.va99teaparty.comnoreply@blogger.com