Patriocracy (2012)

So I watched a show on DOC last night called Patriocracy. It was a documentary about the political divide in this country. They showed individuals from both sides of the aisle from protesters, politicians, media, etc... They tried to make the case that the reason there is such a problem in this country is that there are extremists on both sides and neither side is willing to budge. Additionally, with the Supreme Court's decision on the Citizens United case, the influx of money in our elections is adversely affecting election outcomes. Aside from the part of the thesis that 'neither side is willing to budge'--which is complete BS--the show was pretty good.

I'm getting really tired of everyone trying to make this, 'fair and balanced,' false comparison of both sides, when one side continually makes a mockery of FACTS. It's why Bobby Jindal--a Republican and Rhodes Scholar said, after the 2012 election, that they have to "stop being the party of 'stupid.'"

And since when did wanting to keep the environment clean, help sick and old people, fight for the equality of every tax paying American citizen, and strive for peace, become 'extreme' positions? This is essentially the Democratic platform in a nutshell. These people aren't 'extremists' by any stretch of the imagination. Wanting to gut regulations that protect consumers, businesses, the environment, leave sick, poor, and old people to die in the streets, start wars to 'preeminent' attacks IS extremist.

And finally, this crazy idea that the liberals are unwilling to compromise is nothing short of complete and utter nonsense. Take a look at the healthcare law--"Obamacare." The vast majority of it is a right-wing idea from the Heritage Foundation. It's passage was an exercise in compromise from the liberals. If it was up to the 'extremist' Democratic party, it would have been single payer (i.e. Medicare for all). Furthermore, Obama has tried over and over again to try to include these Republicans in virtually every major policy decision he's made and even implemented their ideas (not all conservative ideas are bad). And if never fails, a day or two after meeting with the guy, he gets peppered with accusations of "not wanting to work with the conservatives."

Comparing the two sides, saying both are equally destructive, is, in a word, BS. Personally, I've lost count of the number of conversations I've had with 'conservatives' in person and online and it's always the same. They're either flagrant racists/bigots, woefully uninformed, paranoid anti-government crazies, or cry and complain about government spending but can't name a single damned thing that would make any appreciable difference in the budget deficit.