[Sosfbay-discuss] Why I Joined the Green Party on California Greening

[Duende]

Alex

I didn't see al the comments you spoke of.. just one from a  
hater ...so that' 100% hate mail :-) .. well with mine only 50% hate  
mail

Peace

Duende

On Feb 26, 2007, at 11:09 AM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Wes might especially get a kick out of this.
>
> I do believe there is a flaw in human nature.  People are more  
> passionate about what they are AGAINST than about what they are FOR.
>
> I posted a "Diary" on the Daily Kos with a link to my California  
> Greening article.  I have posted a number of small "diaries" up  
> there in recent months.  I have never gotten more than 15 comments  
> before it scrolled off the front page.
>
> Today, my diary has been up there for about a hour and I've had 68  
> comments.  Within seconds my "Diary" was reclassified as a "Troll  
> Diary."  All but about 10 comments were extremely hostile and many  
> quite vulgar (along the lines of "F**K YOU, GREENIE-WEENY").  One  
> guy posted a picture of kid with a snotty nose.  The Daily Kos has  
> new rules about posting pictures, but I guess they don't apply to  
> Stalinist Democrats.
>
> Just gives us fresh insights into exactly why we are in this mess.   
> Think about it.  These bloggers supposedly represent the Bush- 
> hating avant garde among Democrats.  These are people who are  
> passionately antiwar and who also claim to be passionately  
> concerned about green issues like global warming.  And yet...  
> almost all of them have this really irrational hostility, bordering  
> on hatred for Greens, which by the way, is very similar to the  
> irrational hostility, bordering on hatred for peace activists,  
> civil rights activists, feminists, and environmentalists by  
> Democratic Party hacks generally.  I know I've seen diaries by  
> rightwing "trolls" on the Daily Kos that does generate such a  
> firestorm.
>
> Frankly, I do not like those people and I do not WANT to be in the  
> same party with them.  No going back.
>
>
> Alex Walker
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