The Far Right And The Far Left

Terrorism Is Always One Bad Day Away From Being Issue No. 1.

By Pumping Up Hyper-partisanship, Our Country (america) Is Playing With Forces That Can Easily Get Out Of Control. We Are Giving Purpose And Cover - And Sometimes A Sense Of Purpose - To The Crazy Among Us. We Are Encouraging A Culture Of Extremism

We Cannot Hope To Change Human Nature. There Will Always Be Cranks And Conspiracy Theorists Among Us. But We Can Try To Improve Things - We Don't Have To Accept The Debasement Of Civil Discourse Or Civic Decline. We Can Take Steps To Ensure That The Lunatic Fringe Remains On The Fringe And Stops Bleeding Into The Base And Then Poisoning The Mainstream

One Tell-tale Sign Of A Wingnut: They Always Confuse Partisanship With Patriotism.

We Need To Punch Back Against The Extremes Of Both The Left And The Right And Define The Terms Of The Debate Ourselves.