Letters to the Editor
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shame on you bucky!
You are breaking with the partisan script that most of Salon uses in the comments.
Here is the deal, bucky, you know how this works. First, you pick a side and passionately endorse EVERYTHING that side has to offer, the blue plate or red plate special, so to speak, even when some things on either side completely contradict the supposed ideologies and ideas that the platforms were built on, and you do this even if you are a one issue voter. It's cool, when your side does something different than what you perceive as the Right Thing, just play apologist for your side anyway, bring up the single wedge issue you say you care about, and argue about that instead until you feel better and properly hate "them" like you are supposed to. As long as you wave your flag and rah rah the team, you are a good guy, and everyone else is bad guys. Just argue with the bad guys and play apologist until your pet issue comes up (or you bring it up) and you don't feel that nasty cognitive dissonance anymore, after a nice long argument about your favorite wedge issue, the issue that you are really passionate and get fired up about.