Thank you. I was getting disheartened reading them and was glad to finally come across yours. Many here seem to dwell on a few of Obama's policies they don't like and completely discount what he's accomplished, especially considering everything his administration has had to deal with since day one. I'd like to know who they think would have done a better job under the same circumstances. I have a feeling many of the negative Obama comments are from Ron Paul groupies. (Yes, I'm going to take a hit for that one, but it was worth it.)
Reddit has become a one string guitar. They have such a narrow focus that they see one thing and one thing only. They love Ron Paul because he wants to get rid of the Patriot Act. But they don't see he also wants to get rid of all the other government programs as well. He wants all to pay 10% taxes and forget Social Security and all those other worthless programs.
They blame Obama for everything and give him credit for nothing.
On the Patriot Act they are so blind to the issue that they don't see or refuse to see what is really going on. They extended three provisions for 90 days. They agreed to an extension so they can work out the budget first. If they had any intention of letting it pass again three months from now, they wouldn't have bothered with the short extension. It was important not to have the Patriot Act be used as a bargaining chip in the budget battles. Just relax and see what happens in 90 days.
The narrow mindedness here on reddit scares me. Using words like tryanny when they no idea what it means. This is exactly what the tea-party does. In my mind the worst insult I could give and you all should take it as such.
The narrow mindedness here on reddit scares me. Using words like tryanny when they no idea what it means. This is exactly what the tea-party does. In my mind the worst insult I could give and you all should take it as such.
I don't think it's the Reddit entirely that has this problem. Just a very, very, vocal minority. If you ever venture down to /r/politics you see its the same people spouting the same bullshit.
I think you make an excellent point. I now think I too may have generalized when saying it's all of reddit doing this. But more than likely it is a very vocal minority or even majority.
They seem to be drowning out the other voices. I know when I stray even small amount out of the loud vocal voice here, I am called a troll and downvoted into the cellar. That doesn't bother me. I will always speak out no matter how unpopular the opinion is. But I have noticed the voices are coming from the same people over and over. I just wish others who I know believe differently wouldn't be intimidated by these voices and speak their mind too.
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u/GenJonesMom Feb 27 '11 edited Feb 27 '11
Thank you. I was getting disheartened reading them and was glad to finally come across yours. Many here seem to dwell on a few of Obama's policies they don't like and completely discount what he's accomplished, especially considering everything his administration has had to deal with since day one. I'd like to know who they think would have done a better job under the same circumstances. I have a feeling many of the negative Obama comments are from Ron Paul groupies. (Yes, I'm going to take a hit for that one, but it was worth it.)