It's a rhetorical put down rather than an honest engagement.
I use "Anti-War" to describe what I see as the "Left Wing" position. I do that because I feel it is a better description and less "pejorative," and therefore not as offensive to you. "Anti-War" is also a better fit because it includes a lot of Libertarians and all the Paleoconservatives. But you find it offensive, so it looks like I can't win with that one either!
If someone wants to describe my position as "Right Wing" or "Pro-War" I don't consider it totally accurate, but I understand where the poster is coming from, and don't take offense at it.
We have the same type of problem with protest organizers. If a "Lets get Saddam now" rally turned out to be organized by a group of say, David Duke supporters, who were hiding behind a front group, you would get all bent out of shape about it, and say that people who went to it were supporting Hate. I would agree, and say that anyone who went should publicly reject to what happened, even if they believed in supporting the coming conflict.
The "Answer" group who ran the Washington Protest last weekend were a bunch of hard core Communists. There is no doubt about that now. I have been reading that the next protests are being organized to specifically leave them out. Which is great. But when it is pointed out just who these people were, you holler, "McCarthyism! , instead of saying the people who showed up got suckered. |
