Sometimes people here have a lot of hate and disgust for average Americans

[WilliamPitt]

I see posts all the time by people who cannot believe the American people are going along with all this Bush crap. The torture, the war, the lies...it all gets skated over, and we react with deep frustration. Hell, there was a letter in this alternative weekly magazine here after the election addressed to 'Red State America.' The letter began, "YOU HAY EATING MORONS..."

But after watching the wig-out tonight, I am wondering if there is a deeper truth happening. I am trying to phrase this so as not to be offensive or piss anyone off.

Basically, people don't take the time to read.

Even with all the smart people in this forum, a forum with such a narrow focus, there were and still are a lot of people here who do/did not know:

1. That there are at least two cases in Ohio in two separate courts;

2. That there is more than one lawyer involved;

3. That the Kerry campaign is over, so 'spokespeople' are not all feeding from the same information trough;

4. That Kerry's lawyer did not file a lawsuit, but instead filed motions in support of another lawsuit;

Etc.

I am not saying this to embarrass anyone or make anyone feel bad. The point is this: Policy stuff is complicated, especially when it gets into the courtroom. There is a lot to encompass, a lot of angles and a lot of data.

Possibly the best election fraud activists in America populate this forum, and still the situation managed to overwhelm and get past all these good minds.

So maybe tomorrow, when you wake up, have a little less spite in your heart for average Americans who have never heard of DU, went to a crappy high school where basic civics didn't get taught well, work two jobs so they can feed their three kids and so have to rely on the goddam television to tell them the truth, and have been snookered by a bunch of hatemongers passing themselves off as Christians.

This stuff gets complicated. The job is to cut through that and make it as clear as we can. If we can mess up and blow past information sitting right on the forum here, we can forgive a lot of other people for missing the point on other things.

Slow down. Read. Do not let your emotions overcome you. We have a lot of people to help, and if we do not put the work in first, we can't help them, and then we fail.