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To: Neocon who wrote (107685)	7/24/2003 11:04:17 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It depends- is that person really a person, or is that person a symbol for something else, or does that person stand for ideas one dislikes? Let me give you an example- I cannot STAND Scalia's interpretations of Con Law (although I rather liked some of his administrative law opinions before he was elevated). I complain about his decisions, I wish he was replaced on the court, but I am NOT anti-Scalia- I am anti what Scalia is doing. So there, that is what I think. I don't really care about the person, I care about what the person does, and I complain about what they do, not who they are. Now I KNOW lots of people confuse the person and the idea or ideas the person champions, but that doesn't make it something to buy into, or something that is a good thing for humans to do- since it totally makes people "The Other" and allows people to objectify their opponents as evil ideas incarnate- as you just did with your "anti-Americans". No doubt some people hate Bush for his ideas- but not everyone who hates the ideas hates Bush (which is lost on the people who think all the people who hate those ideas are "Anti-American).