Dr. Forbush Thinks

Blogging is the instant publication of your emotional reaction to the events of the day.

We write about what matters to us. When we blog we put our emotion on the line. We are saying that we care enough to write about what we find important. We are telling everyone what matters to us. And, we are asking everyone to care with us.

I find myself writing about politics because I care about how our country is governed. If I didn’t care about politics I’d be writing about something else. So, you can imagine that when I read blogs from the radical right telling the world that the left doesn’t care about America it provokes an emotional response. Obviously, the radical right is also emotionally charged and they want to tell the world about their thoughts as well. But, just because people feel emotional about a subject it doesn’t mean that they know what they are talking about. It also doesn’t mean that what they say is right or factual.

I found a new blog that attempts to expose the truth about the radical right’s emotional outbursts. The blog is brand new, but the idea is clear. At Right Wing Nut excerpts of emotional outbursts are posted and clear headed factual responses are made to those posts. Sometimes the response isn’t needed, because the temper tantrum outburst is clear. In other cases a Right Wing Nut will make a statement that seems to make sense on the surface, but historical, philosophical or religious context will show that the “ Wing Nut” is just blowing smoke and a little bit of information goes a long way to exposing the truth.

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