Opposition CAN BE a rational posture (like your opposition to Obama, or mine). Or, it can be just hate, often found in broad swaths of partisanship.
Now, that's interesting. Whatever gave you the impression that I opposed Obama?
I never opposed Obama. Yes, I took exception to PPACA. I called Obamacare a monstrosity. I voted for Obama. I never thought that he was anything special as a president. I have always liked him personally.
That's an example of a rational posture. One can differentiate between disagreeing with a program and opposing, especially hating, the person advocating the program.
Back then we were on a board about PPACA, not politics more broadly. You had a lot of the same reasons for opposing PPACA as I did. You also went off on what I considered tangents. I usually tried to talk you down. More often than not you said you took my point. Maybe you did and maybe you just went along. I took your tangents as just--how shall I put this--too much right wing talk radio. Since I did not see you in other contexts, and since I always give people the benefit of the doubt until I just can't find a way to defend that benefit any longer, I did not realize at the time that you hated Obama. I thought you just opposed the program under discussion as did I.
I opposed Bush's war in Iraq from first mention. I thought it would be a disaster and it was. I never hated Bush although I opposed other of his initiatives, as well. I thought he was, with the exception of the war, an adequate president. I did not vote for him. He seems to be a decent fellow.
Your attitude towards Obama is not rational. Nor is your attitude towards Trump. |
