I wanted to avoid talking about elections

[cema]

But can't.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/13/abc-news-edited-out-key-parts-sarah-palin-interview

OK, I won't talk about it.

Comments

[cema.livejournal.com]

Well, I said I can't.

Although in reality this particular posting was not so much about elections as about their coverage, a meta-discussion. But it leaks into the discussion.

is talking about elections [...] could in any way damage your prospects in this country?
No, I don't think that is imaginable at all. It's just that I hate to see how reasonable people turn into... Rephrasing: I hate to see what some of the normally reasonable people tend to turn into. It's like the elections season appears to be for humans what the mating season is alleged to be for male elephants: a period of temporary madness.

[eta-ta.livejournal.com]

I see. Well, you're entitled to your observations/opinions, naturally. Personally, even discounting to possible flaws and components in one party's platform, I think current election doesn't really leave much room for ambiguity between evaluation of either party' behavior.
For me, anyway.
Or maybe it's because I don't have personal friends (in LJ, at least) who are ardent supporters of socialist Demparty. By "friends" I mean the English dictionary definition, not the LJ parlance.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have an opinion or two of my own, just want to avoid flagging them out. Not the season.

[mme-n-b.livejournal.com]

Do you mean something like a normally clear-thinking guy posting without checking either the source or the assumptions?

[cema.livejournal.com]

Yes, and becoming so emotional about it, and so pathetically self-righteous.

:)

[mme-n-b.livejournal.com]

Oh. Now I get it. Please accept my sincerest apologies.

Re: :)

[cema.livejournal.com]

:-)