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To: Dale Baker who wrote (18764)	5/16/2006 10:18:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 543252

The current definition of BDS seems to have conveniently appeared out of the blue when Bush's polls went through the basement. The phenomenon has been recognized for all of Bush's presidency. If memory doesn't fail me, it seemed to have shown up as early as the election fiasco. The term first showed up in a Krauthammer column in 2003. Like I said, if there's a better term, I will use it. see a big difference between criticizing one person or official and trying to demonize the entire group that person may belong to. What about the difference between criticizing one person or official and demonizing one person or official. You're mixing constructs? The issue is the demonization, not the number of people involved.

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