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In reply to the discussion: I haven't seen any actual Obamabots here. [View all]JoeyT
(6,785 posts)I think people (including me) judge extremes by their own position, so I'll acknowledge I may not see "Obama is a piece of shit" as often as you since I generally think he's a middling-grade president with plenty of good and plenty of bad, and should be praised for the good and criticized for the bad. He's probably the best president in my lifetime, but since that starts at Reagan, it isn't saying very much.
The spectrum actually runs from "Obama is a piece of shit" to "Obama is the greatest president ever, and anyone that thinks he isn't or has ever disagreed with him about anything is a mentally ill racist troll."
When people respond to criticism of a politician with "Never loved him anyway" or by claiming people that disagree with him just "hate" him, you're not dealing with a political arguments, you're dealing with a personality cult. Personality cults aren't necessarily bad...There have been personality cults that had a positive social outcome. But it is what it is.