Quote: the G-man said: To a liberal, Ted Kennedy driving drunk and leaving a woman to die (an act for which he plea bargained to a lesser charge) is no worse than George Bush driving drunk and not hurting anyone, or Laura Bush running a stop sign (which nearly EVERYONE has done) and causing a fatal accident.
Absolutely not. They're both pretty stupid, but Kennedy's clearly the more fucked up of the two(in regards to Bush and himself). I've yet to see anyone debate that.
What I have seen people debate is whether or not Bush is a moral authority.
Quote: To a liberal, Al Sharpton leading a chant against, and urging violence against "Blood Sucking Jews" is no worse than Trent Lott saying something nice--albeit not particular well thought out--about 98 year old Strom Thurmond.
You'll have to explain that one. I don't recall the details of either.
Quote: To a liberal, Bill Clinton ignoriing the UN and acting unilaterally in Bosnia is way better than George Bush ignoring the UN and acting unilaterally in Iraq.
I haven't heard anyone say that. Sounds about the same to me....and weren't you just using the "To a liberal, X is no worse than Y" theme?
Quote: To a liberal, Bill Clinton (allegedly) dodging the draft by going to Oxford is fine, but George Bush (allegedly) dodging the draft by serving in the National Guard is desertion.
"Desertion"? Where has the word desertion been used?
Quote: To a liberal, calling the guy trying to guard your life a "son of a bitch" to his face is no worse than calling a hostile reporter an "asshole" in a private conversation.
I think both comments were taken out of context and blown out of proportion.
Quote: To a liberal, a movie director screwing his step-daughter--or raping a 13 year old is irrelevant to the director's "genius," but a director who made a movie about Jesus Christ is a "kook," "anti-Semite" or worse.
This one seems aimed at me. I don't think a director's personal life should reflect the quality of a movie, that goes for both Polanski and Gibson. Do I think Gibson has a few screws loose? Yes, I most certainly do. Do I think Polanski does, too? Abso-friggin-lutely.
But neither should play a factor in how a movie is judged.
Quote: To a liberal, flying jets into populated buildings is no worse than bombing an enemy during war.
When the bombing is of a civilian city, then yes, I'd say they're about equal. Neither group of citizens deserve to be killed, and both are acts of war. As I said in another thread, there's an extremely thin line between an act of war and an act of terrorism.
Quote: In each, to a liberal, any transgression by one "their own" no matter how serious is indistinguishable, or even preferable, to an objectively more minor transgression by a member of the opposition.
....? I think what you really mean here is that some people are so enamored with their own political agenda that bias blinds them to the similarities between themselves and their opposition.
Quote: Is that because of "hate"? Maybe.
No offense, G-Man, but the most "hateful" comments I see in this thread are your own. You're applying the reasoning of a few people(how many, exactly, two?) to an entire group of millions. That's completely and utterly unfair.
