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(Must Be Unique) said 09/12, 03:54 PM
Everyone hates the Jesus Freaks knocking on your door at 9am on a Saturday or Sunday when you're trying to sleep off last night's binge of intoxication and trying to share their "Word" or "Book of Words" with you. I like the enthusiasm, but...

But now the godless heathens on the left have found something to worship that also requires proselytising and converting those who have not seen the light. Just like the Jesus Freaks they KNOW that they are right and therefore everyone else is wrong and they're all ready to shout it from the mountaintops.

Obama and Jesus, can you both put your followers on a leash please?

(Must Be Unique) said 09/14, 02:45 AM
You're Right, I do need to make it clear that, just like with average Christians and Jesus Freaks, there is a difference between those who support enthusiastically and those who scream, yell, use perjoratives, and believe everyone who disagrees with them is an idiot. I'm seeing too much of this lately. Some examples from this site:

"Do you Facists remember that your beloved ignorant President was a one term governor?"
"He is merely a man with an IQ lower than Sarah Palins baby"
"The Republicans are backed by brainless hicks, bible mongers, and narrow-minded jerks."
"The only reason McCain is seeing a boost in the polls is because we live in the UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA!People see a pretty face and they forget about everything."

And my personal favorite:

"You have no right to participate in the debates on this site. Go somewhere else."

That's just this site. How does this lead to free and open debate?

For the people who support Obama rationally and enthusiastically, that's good. An energetic populace is good for a democracy. However, my point here is that those who make comments like those above hurt the cause as much as religious bigots hurt Christianity.

(Must Be Unique) said 09/15, 02:24 PM
Perhaps the authors were simply using inflammatory language in hopes of challenging a certain type of person, whom they consider unreasonable (see further explanation below, 5th comment).

Well-played sir. However, if you had taken the time to look up those arguments on this site (sorry that the 1200char. limit doesn't allow us to explore citations better) you'd see what I meant.

I know that irrationality exists on both sides, I don't think that should be an excuse.

The thing is, I am really impressed by Obama. I do consider it my duty to be informed about issues in the election so sometimes I agree with him and sometimes I don't, and because of how the polls have just changed so dramatically I really wanted this to come out as advice to those who are a little over-enthusiastic...if you really care about helping your candidate win, which I am sure you all do, you'll tone down the aggressiveness in your rhetoric so that you can actually convince some of the few people, myself included, who haven't yet made up their mind.

However, Fry I Am, you definitely don't fall in that category and you actually helped calm me down. I thank you and I am happy to give you this win.