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To: Dale Baker who wrote (18764)	5/16/2006 10:18:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543229

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.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (18764)	5/16/2006 2:48:38 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 543229

The current definition of BDS seems to have conveniently appeared out of the blue when Bush's polls went through the basement. And equally convenient that BDS can be used to label anti-Bush voices as irrational and emotionally unstable. Quite a backhanded smear. If I'm working in the same zone everyone else is, then a word. One of the worst, let's shut down all criticism, strategies has been to label criticisms of Bush as emotional, whether its was anger, spite, envy, you name it. That was a political strategy that was, to some degree, successful. But none of us should neither capitulate to it nor participate. Dale does a terrific job of keeping that stuff at bay.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (18764)	5/16/2006 3:45:46 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543229

I don't mean to be confrontational with the expression BDS. It simply means people who are driven to irrationality by their loathing for Bush. The expression would be meaningless if it didn't apply to people who are otherwise usually more or less rational. There are certainly people with an irrational loathing for Hillary, Gore, Bill Clinton, Kerry, there just wasn't a cute little acronym before. I admit to having an irrational loathing for Al Gore. He drives me up a wall, just looking at him or listening to him. I don't feel the same way about Hillary but I know people who do.