So, periodically I head over to Corrente or Talk Left just to see what's up. It never ceases to amaze me how differently they see the world, but it's left me wondering about my own perspective in deciding who's a concern troll and who's genuinely worried ....
For example, I look at this:
we really do need unity in the democratic party. A divided party with Clinton as the nominee will mean she will work like crazy and win new voters and become president. She will be required to win back the Obama base with her leadership, policies, and graciousness. Her supporters will have to follow suit so that we can make the party as strong as possible for the midterms in 2010. A divided party with Obama as the nominee will mean he will lose the White House by a landslide in November, and at that point the split will become permanent.
... and my first reaction is WTF are these people smoking. Then, it occurs to me that if I pointed out what, to me, are all the obvious reasons they're overly pessimistic, I'd get branded a concern troll and kicked out on my keister.
Then I read this:
To all the Obama supporters here, ask yourselves this, is Hillary Clinton such a horrible monster, would she be such a terrible democratic president that you will risk everything, every political principle you hold dear, to make sure she not be the nominee? Will you lose in a landslide even though you could have won easily?
... and I wonder, what if I posed the exact same question here? I'd get rated to oblivion. What if I reversed the names and reposted there? Same thing.
At this point, it really doesn't seem like we're on the same side. I wonder how much of this is due to the overly-long (at this point) primary, how much is due to racism/sexism (pro or con), and how much is due to fundamental differences in worldview.
Just random thoughts :)