[Vision2020] Paranoid Progressives

[Donovan Arnold]

Ted writes,

"I object to calling fear of the Bush administration policies 'paranoid.' 
This suggests it is somehow pathological to feel this way."

OK Ted I guess you got me there. I was thinking of "paranoid" as a general 
behavior, not as a psychological disorder.

You win that argument. :P

Donovan J Arnold


>From: Tbertruss at aol.com
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com, donovanarnold at hotmail.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Paranoid Progresives
>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:35:51 EDT
>
>
>Donovan et. al.
>
>My point about the local blood drive discriminating towards non-Christians
>being a "paranoid" attitude is simply that if I announced at this blood 
>drive
>that I was an Atheist, would they for this reason have turned me away?  I 
>can
>hear it now, "No Godless Satanic Blood Allowed!  Be Gone Demon!"  This 
>would
>have been an interesting experiment.
>
>Donovan wrote:
>
>"PSS. Ted, smart Progressives are paranoid with Bush in office."
>
>I object to calling fear of the Bush administration policies "paranoid."
>This suggests it is somehow pathological to feel this way.  It is rational 
>and
>factual to fear the Bush administration as they take away our civil rights 
>and
>jeopardize the safety of the USA with their misguided and destructive 
>policies
>in the War on Terror that actually have increased the risk of terrorism.  
>Is
>it paranoid to fear a government that has involved us in a war that is 
>killing
>and maiming thousands of Americans based on misguided false assumptions?
>
>The people who are not fearful of the Bush administration have blinders on!
>
>Ted Moffett
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