03-02-2014, 12:56 PM
Bill Mahr is a politically engaged liberal entertainer. Ted Nugent is a politically engaged conservative entertainer, Tea Partier.
Mahr called Palin a cunt and dumb twat. Nugent called Hillary Clinton a worthless bitch and he called Obama a subhuman mongrel.
I've seen and heard President Obama called and likened to a lot of very negative things by Tea Partiers, including a "terrorist".
IMO, the most extreme conservatives and the most extreme liberals are equally guilty of name calling and childish behavior toward the other. I don't care too much about that, especially when it comes from entertainers.
What I care about is the fact that the most vocal and sometimes influential elected leaders on both sides often refuse to consider the other side's points and what's in the best interest of the American people as a whole; they don't seem willing to even consider cooperating or compromising very often anymore. That pisses me off. They have a job to do which, by necessity, requires working together within the system.
I see Tea Partiers as ultra-conservative Republicans. I agree with some of their views, particularly in regards to minimizing federal regulation and laws, and also when it comes to fiscal policy.
However, I don't necessarily agree that Tea Partiers are mainly fighting to maintain constitutional rights. Many times, when they're screaming about something, it sounds to me more like they're trying to interpret the constitution from a religious or moral-majority mindset. I don't like that. I obviously disagree with the majority of Tea Partiers who oppose gay marriage and would like to see abortion deemed illegal again.
Mahr called Palin a cunt and dumb twat. Nugent called Hillary Clinton a worthless bitch and he called Obama a subhuman mongrel.
I've seen and heard President Obama called and likened to a lot of very negative things by Tea Partiers, including a "terrorist".
IMO, the most extreme conservatives and the most extreme liberals are equally guilty of name calling and childish behavior toward the other. I don't care too much about that, especially when it comes from entertainers.
What I care about is the fact that the most vocal and sometimes influential elected leaders on both sides often refuse to consider the other side's points and what's in the best interest of the American people as a whole; they don't seem willing to even consider cooperating or compromising very often anymore. That pisses me off. They have a job to do which, by necessity, requires working together within the system.
I see Tea Partiers as ultra-conservative Republicans. I agree with some of their views, particularly in regards to minimizing federal regulation and laws, and also when it comes to fiscal policy.
However, I don't necessarily agree that Tea Partiers are mainly fighting to maintain constitutional rights. Many times, when they're screaming about something, it sounds to me more like they're trying to interpret the constitution from a religious or moral-majority mindset. I don't like that. I obviously disagree with the majority of Tea Partiers who oppose gay marriage and would like to see abortion deemed illegal again.