[at-l] Gale Norton, political activism, and this list......

[dfaddleton@mindspring.com (David)]

AYE! AYE! CHERYL !!   WELL WRITTEN !!!

AND A HEARTY THANK YOU TOO !!!


----- Original Message -----
From: <Ambler2000@aol.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Gale Norton, political activism, and this list......


> In a message dated 1/28/2001 2:14:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> KLandau364@aol.com writes:
>
> << And I don't know what's happened...but in recent days/weeks, this list
> seems
>  to have gotten increasingly intolerant of divergent views.  I thought
THIS
>  was the list where we could talk freely; that THIS was the list that
wasn't
>  censored, monitored, or controlled; that THIS was the list where we could
>  approximate a "free market of ideas" (like that economic reference,
>  Sloetoe?).  I hope we can return to the days where we can each post our
> views
>  without fear of hostile, ad hominem, or intolerant responses. >>
>
> I thought that is what we were doing?  I didn't realize that anyone that
> anyone was being hostile.
>
> We have to remember that when we bring up politics, we invite responses
from
> people with passionate views.  The conservative people feel like they have
to
> justify their feelings because the press and liberals treat them badly,
and
> they feel that their way of life is at stake.  The liberals get so intense
> because, well, they are intense about their views and don't understand why
> someone would even want to be a conservative. The media understands this
and
> plays them against each other like a game.  Us independents just wish
> everyone would go back to problem solving and really don't understand the
> disrespect.
>
>                     Cheryl
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