Obama supporters are for Socialism, spreading the wealth and shoving things

[Cold_Zero]

Ahh, I was just joking around mostly. Forgot to put my chuckle thingy ->

It wouldn't matter, I can't see those smilies at work. Stupid Web Washer application.

[HashiriyaS14]

Hash,You know me. I may disagree with your analogy but not the principal. I would think that Abortion is a much better example of the Extremism that has creeped into Social and Political discourse.

Yeah, I guess they would've been.

You also know me, and you know that I'm not a gun control nazi. I just picked that particular issue because I thought it was as good an illustration of extremism as any, and it has shown a steady escalation of extremism over time, which is what I was trying to demonstrate. I didn't pick it because I have some bone to pick with either side of the argument.

I'm generally pretty pro-2nd Amendment, but I'll admit to getting incensed at the NRA from time to time when I think their sometimes-extremist stances and positions unfairly paint gun owners as "nutcases: in the minds of many Americans. I think they hurt more than they help from a PR standpoint sometimes and that's why I canceled my membership back in 2003.

[Jesda]

Socialism has always had a lot of support from college kids.

I think it's been awhile since a few of you were IN college, but I don't think it's any kind of secret that colleges are breeding grounds for extreme leftist thought.

But really, we're saying what here? That Obama has some nutty supporters? Ok.

We've got borderline-communist college kids, the same ones the Dems have had for decades, and the GOP has borderline-senile old ladies who think Obama is an Arab, the same ones the GOP has had for decades.

Why is this news?

I dont think it matters anyway. People my age (18-26) don't really vote. Lots of kicking and screaming with nothing accomplished, like an infant with a dirty diaper and no mother to clean up the mess. No one looks to the college population for deep philosophical debate.

As for the NRA, they're a bunch of wussies. I'm inclined to support the more consistent GOA instead.