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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (17252)4/22/2010 7:51:05 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Some of the resistance was principled resistance to the proposal.

I think most of it was. And much of what was left was partisan or unprincipled political opposition that wasn't directly personal (opposing this is good for my party, or good for my reelection chances or campaign contribututions so I'll oppose it, not "Obama is a <bleep> so I'll oppose it".

My beef is with the rhetoric that was overtly directed at trashing the proponents.

That's a reasonable beef, but some of this sort of thing is unavoidable. You have millions of opinions, and hundreds of relatively prominent ones, all spouting off on the issue. Some of its going to be personal attack.

Apparently I don't think as much of it was as you do.

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A side note, principled opposition and personal attack can go hand in hand. The first is more the motive for the opposition, the later is the tactic. Your distinction between attacking the person and attacking the policy (both tactics) is a better one, and I agree with you that the policy should be the focus of the attacks, or at least the collection of policies cumming from the person.

("This policy is unconstitutional" - attacking the policy, "Obama's policies are bankrupting the nation"/"Bush is getting is to unnecessary and harmful wars" - attacking the collection of policies, "Obama is a socialist traitor"/"Bush is an idiotic fascist" - Attaching the person)
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