Posted by
novelator on Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:25:36 AM
I have never ever seen such irrational, childish people as the so-called Democrats and Republicans who comment ad nauseam on various columns here on this site.
What brave souls, these name-calling men and women are. What courage it must take to sit alone in a room behind a keyboard and spew viciousness toward any and all who do not meet their paltry definitions of liberal or conservative. I'm sure the country was founded on the blood of righteous folk like these. Yeah, these are the people I want defending my freedoms. Uh-huh. Sure.
And reasonable adults, what few of us still remain, wonder why America's going down the tubes. The answer lies in the comments, if they can even be called that. My nine-year-old has better manners. She can put together a coherent statement without degenerating into childishness when someone, even her mother, disagrees. Apparently, this is too difficult for many here at Townhall. More's the pity.
I think I expected some rationality to prevail here, some civility toward opposing viewpoints, but obviously, I expected too much. For some of the more immature here, the fifteen seconds of so-called glory far outweighs the effort to maintain some level of maturity, even online.
Yes, such courageous souls these--the childish, the irrational, the immature, the fanatical schoolyard name callers. Is it any wonder our country's gone to hell?