# Who's meaner? The left or right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 18, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999 "2004-06-18T05:51:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Zagadka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zagadka/32/7272_2.png) [@Zagadka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagadka)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/121 "2004-06-25T00:37:43Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t believe that more people don’t see this thread for being the pointless partisan nonsense it is. Au contraire (or whatever), they saw it as exactly such, and leapt at it like tigers at a side of beef. ---
**Author:** ![pervert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@pervert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervert)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/122 "2004-06-25T01:37:16Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Anyway, the McVeigh remark was a hijack. This thread should focus on the mainstream. I’ll toss out an observation: When liberals oppose the government, their patriotism is questioned (to say the least). When conservatives oppose the government, they’re _being_ patriotic. I’m not exactly sure what you’ve observed, but I’d say its more like liberals are accused of anti americanism and conservatives are accused of being mean spirited or hating the poor or some such thing. I’m not sure I can see a conservative opposing some government action and being called patriotic for it. Except possibly by other conservatives, and surely that does not count. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/123 "2004-06-25T06:02:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t believe that more people don’t see this thread for being the pointless partisan nonsense it is. Agreed. How the hell did this not get move to the Pit anyway??? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/124 "2004-06-27T18:52:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t believe that more people don’t see this thread for being the pointless partisan nonsense it is. Why does being **partisan** make it **pointless?** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/125 "2004-06-27T18:56:45Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why does being **partisan** make it **pointless?** IT’s partisan nonsense. It’s also nonsense written in the English language; it being nonsense isn’t necessarily connected to being partisan any more than it is connected to being written in English. But, since you asked, there probably is a connection. Political partisans are nonsensical fools, and 99% of partisanship is utter nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/126 "2004-06-28T21:27:37Z")
Personally, I feel that the miserable subhuman savages of the other political persuasion are clearly vicious degenerates who are out to destroy humanity. As evidence, I submit the horrible things they say about people of my political persuasion. And if you find that people of my political persuasion have said unkind things about those traitors to humanity, just remember that it cannot be mean-spirited to tell the truth. The fact that you do not agree with me shall also be taken as proof that I am correct. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/127 "2004-06-29T00:01:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Political partisans are nonsensical fools, and 99% of partisanship is utter nonsense. How can one take any meaningful interest in politics or public affairs without taking sides? Even if your interest is of a “single-issue” nature – e.g., you will support whichever party looks most likely to protect gun rights, or abortion rights – that still constitutes partisanship of a sort. ---
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/128 "2004-06-29T03:27:35Z")
Gore certainly _looks_ meaner than any politician I’ve seen lately. The link is to a photo of Gore taken during a recent speech ----- Mean? [http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/.Pictures/gorered.jpg](http://homepage.mac.com/cfj/.Pictures/gorered.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/129 "2004-06-29T04:33:52Z")
Your honor, we have testimony from from **sevastopol** , who seeks to prove that the left is indeed ‘meaner’.[Exhibit A.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=263367) > [@](#): > > I want him killed, but before that tortured, but before that imprisoned for a long time, however before that humiliated. > [@](#): > > Olson, you loser! The court doesn’t care how your wife died. May your sufferring endure. ---
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999/130 "2004-06-29T14:18:42Z")
Dang! – spoke too soon. After seeing the newly proposed federal color-coded alerts - I have to admit – the right is meaner. [![](http://img53.photobucket.com/albums/v161/30mmhell/300-mmfatass.jpg) ](http://img53.photobucket.com/albums/v161/30mmhell/300-mmfatass.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-meaner-the-left-or-right/250999.md?page=6)