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At some point we have to ask if a significant portion of Kerry's support isn't coming from, well, jerks.
You may ask this all you wish.
But you could look at this kind of behavior as coming from people so fucking fed up with the current Administration that they're reduced to behaving badly.
Translation: It's Bush's fault.
No. Translation: They're fucking fed up with Bush that they'd even rip a sign of a toddler's hands (though I gotta ask what her dad was thinking if he sensed the vibe was bad, and if he did sense it, his job as a responsible parent is to get his kid outta there).
Jim
I have no idea how to respond to that. I've been fed up with alot of things, but never enough to bully a kid.
Neither have I.
I simply offer it as one kind of example.
Social psychology tells us that people in groups often behave in less socially acceptable ways, and in ways they NEVER would when alone. Mob behavior, Kitty Genovese being allowed to bleed to death...human history is replete with examples of people behaving badly in social situations.
I'm guessing there's more to this story than just a Kerry supporting ripping a sign out of a little girl's hands.
Jim
We all wear a green carnation.
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