...But Bush hatred is different. It's not that this time members of the intellectual class have been swept away by passion and become votaries of anger and loathing. Alas, intellectuals have always been prone to employ their learning and fine words to whip up resentment and demonize the competition. Bush hatred, however, is distinguished by the pride intellectuals have taken in their hatred, openly endorsing it as a virtue and enthusiastically proclaiming that their hatred is not only a rational response to the president and his administration but a mark of good moral hygiene.
Berkowitz gave an example of his own personal encounter with irrational Bush hatred:
Finally, another guest, a man I had long admired, an incisive thinker and a political moderate, cleared his throat, and asked if he could interject. I welcomed his intervention, confident that he would ease the tension by lending his authority in support of the sole claim that I was defending, namely, that Bush hatred subverted sound thinking. He cleared his throat for a second time. Then, with all eyes on him, and measuring every word, he proclaimed, "I . . . hate . . . the . . . way . . . Bush . . . talks."
This summary of insane Bush hatred was given towards the end of the article:
In short, Bush hatred is not a rational response to actual Bush perfidy. Rather, Bush hatred compels its progressive victims--who pride themselves on their sophistication and sensitivity to nuance--to reduce complicated events and multilayered issues to simple matters of good and evil. Like all hatred in politics, Bush hatred blinds to the other sides of the argument, and constrains the hater to see a monster instead of a political opponent.
As if to prove Peter Berkowitz correct, the response to his article in the Democratic Underground reveals yet more insane Bush hatred:
I hate, despise, loathe and detest Bush with the burning intensity of a white hot sun.
Mr. Berkowitz has it backwards. The insane ones are those who see nothing wrong with bush and his band of criminals.
I hate people who don't hate Bush.
Hating a Torturer is NOT Insane.
...Do I need meds?
You can see a wider collection of these insane BDS remarks at the DUmmie FUnnies.
