HATRED
I was tipped off by Bloodspite over at Techography about this post over at the Portland Independent Media Center website entitled "Dumb Jock Killed In Afghanistan". The story, which was about the death of Pat Tillman, was taken from the Washington Post. The "wonderful" people at the Portland Indymedia site added the "catchy" headline. Needless to say, my blood is boiling over this. If that wasn't enough, many of the comments left by readers were even more spiteful than that ridiculous headline. I know that the war in Iraq is a controversial issue, but it never ceases to amaze me how much unadulterated hatred there is by many on the left for those who disagree with them. Is this kind of mean spirited rhetoric a producted of their frustration over not getting their way, or is it just arrogance? Many of them seem to believe that anyone who could disagree with them is either pure evil or grotesquely stupid. Whatever the reason, the way these people are treating the news of Pat Tillman's death is just plain mean, and as it says on a popular bumper sticker: "Mean People S**k".