Could it be that those who care about things like your skin color, who you love, the name of your

[Atticus]

God if you have one, how you dress, how much wealth you have ---or what beer you drink--- are just playing their version of "SQUIRREL!"?

Are they just so insecure about themselves that they feel compelled to "distract" us by lashing out at---whatever?

[Irish_Dem]

1. No it is just them distracting us while they screw us over behind the scenes.

[enough]

3. I agree with both you, Irish-Dem, and Atticus,

which makes this a superb DU thread.

[Irish_Dem]

5. I would add that some of the GOP obsession with other people's sexual functioning is

about their own sexual deviancy.

If they can point fingers at everyone else with made up and fake problems
it covers up their own real crimes.

[Walleye]

2. I guess there have always been people who can't mind their own damn business

[sanatanadharma]

4. Long enough for there to be a scriptural admonition to 'mind your own business'

Something about beams and motes.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Well, when you don't have any policy answers for anything...

that's what they play with, I guess.