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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 428965" data-attributes="member: 35">Yes, there&#039;s a lot of vilifying going on.&nbsp; One can be upset at certain personalities or with the results of an election.&nbsp; One can even complain about it, but ultimately, one has to accept it in a democracy.&nbsp; Those that refuse to accept it and resort to violence undermine whatever it is they claim to believe in.&nbsp; Hence the &quot;anti-fascist fascist&quot; Kirk shooter.I&#039;m tired of both, to be honest.&nbsp; I&#039;m an American that supports social democracy, so I&#039;ve never &quot;gotten my own immaculate way.&quot;I&#039;ve bitched and moaned about it for years, I&#039;ve decried the two-party system scam, and I&#039;ve lamented the mainstream media being nothing more than the propaganda arm of the US government.&nbsp; And yet I&#039;ve never once supported taking up arms against the people I vehemently disagree with ideologically.&nbsp; I&#039;ve just become increasingly resigned to the fact that there will never be a savoir and that electoral politics is a dead-end street.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been called a cynic and a defeatist for my attitude, and yet I see more and more people adopting it as time goes by.&nbsp; I just think the best you&#039;re going to get out of life is what you can get out of it on a personal level.&nbsp; Find distractions such as comedy, listen to good music, and enjoy the company of friends and family.&nbsp; Because if you only pay attention to what happens on a national and global scale, you will be perpetually depressed by it all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 428965, member: 35"] Yes, there's a lot of vilifying going on. One can be upset at certain personalities or with the results of an election. One can even complain about it, but ultimately, one has to accept it in a democracy. Those that refuse to accept it and resort to violence undermine whatever it is they claim to believe in. Hence the "anti-fascist fascist" Kirk shooter. I'm tired of both, to be honest. I'm an American that supports social democracy, so I've never "gotten my own immaculate way." I've bitched and moaned about it for years, I've decried the two-party system scam, and I've lamented the mainstream media being nothing more than the propaganda arm of the US government. And yet I've never once supported taking up arms against the people I vehemently disagree with ideologically. I've just become increasingly resigned to the fact that there will never be a savoir and that electoral politics is a dead-end street. I've been called a cynic and a defeatist for my attitude, and yet I see more and more people adopting it as time goes by. I just think the best you're going to get out of life is what you can get out of it on a personal level. Find distractions such as comedy, listen to good music, and enjoy the company of friends and family. Because if you only pay attention to what happens on a national and global scale, you will be perpetually depressed by it all. [/QUOTE]

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