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To: Lane3 who wrote (18784)	5/16/2006 11:07:20 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542571

It's not just hyperbole. It's insulting hyperbole designed to put people on edge- which is fine, if you want everyone in a discussion on edge. Some will be on edge because they just love seeing the other side labeled negatively, some will be on edge because of the perceived global insult to a particular POV, and some will just be on edge because they realize discussion is degrading. How about we just deal with the issues, rather than try to make a syndrome out of something? I feel the same way about the folks who attack Clinton. It would be unproductive in the extreme to label them- it would simply make them more defensive, and less willing to examine their POV. That's what attacking people does to them- and labeling people that way is most certainly an attack.