by WashDCDemocrat
At every Sunday political talk show, there is always a sound clip of a radical ranting on about what they passionately hate about the government. People like Rush Limbaugh often go on like this, but this behavior is being seen more at places like town hall discussions and - oddly - churches, as a pastor recently called from the pulpit for the death of President Obama. (video at http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/09/07/ktvk.az.rally.church.ktvk ) But can so many people really be like this? My answer is "no". We're just giving them more attention.
Every political party has its radicals: Democrats, Republicans, and third-parties. Recently, though, they've been getting more voice. How many times have we heard a sound byte from Rush Limbaugh, or seen the images of assault-rifle-wielding protesters? While we are seeing more of these people, the real problem might be that they're simply getting louder.
Nonetheless, our job is simply to recognise this fact. Think about it: the major networks won't report about us "normal" people and our "normal" views, because only the "radical" views generate ratings. They give us a slanted picture of a severely polarized America that will rarely see compromise. All we need to do is to tell ourselves to take a better look at the America we know.
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