[goatlover]

It's not the majority of us. Unfortunately too many people don't care and don't think elections matter so we've allowed an extremist minority to dominate, fueled by right-wing media propaganda.

To be fair, the other party that matters has dropped the ball on too many occasions, or been complicit, so there's some reason for all the apathy. That plus winner-takes all elections leaves a lot of people feeling like their vote doesn't matter.

[nearlyepic]

It’s not the majority, but it’s also not some tiny minority like you make it out to be. Half the country fought a war to protect slavery and we’ve never really reckoned with that. A lot of people are willing to ally with the crazies to get what they want, because they’re greedy. That’s the root of it.