DFO: Both Sides Hate Equally Well

DFO: I remember the lousy stuff that was posted on the Daily Kos when Helen Chenoweth-Hage died. Many celebratory. Basically, I think, the true believer can’t help him/herself when it comes to piling on the other side. No question that uber-conservatives can be hateful. But so can uber-liberals. Repubs and D’s are a reflection of each other. Neither is immune from the hate.

RSPA: DFO…the difference is right wingers tend to go overboard and take it to the real world…FreeRepublic.com is notorious for campaigns of real life harassment of people, including a guy in Seattle who was dying of cancer and they accused him of lying about it and actually interfered with his job, his medical care, and his insurance payments. Both sides can hate. The right tends to take it over the line.

Katrina: These emails are repugnant, and unfortunately, this kind of mouth-breathing vitriol is common at both extremes of the political/social spectrum. All you have to do is pop on to Free Republic or Democratic Underground on any random day to find similar examples. The relative anonymity of the internet apparently releases some people from both their inhibitions and their cognitive processes.