Yeah, I would like to respond to the lazy journalism that accompanied Mr, Thomas' article as well as those who are trying to tear down Lou Dobbs because they don't want anyone to have heroes. Contrary to Mr. Thomas' statement, people like me are nowhere near the divided individuals that he makes us out to be, but we do have disagreements here and there. It's just that mere disagreements don't really boost ratings or sell publications. There is a lot of lazy and smarmy journalism in this type of magazine (I don't usually read it, except that my aunt and uncle had a copy of it and I do feel the need to respond). Right now, we have what Lee Iacocca describes in his recent book as a "conqueror's mentality", where Americans tend to lose all sorts of humility because they won something here and there, and become lazy and/or mean-spirited in their criticism and give tired lectures to others. The majority of people like me are moderates and independents, not those who tune in to these various talk shows and tend to have fringier viewpoints. I resent this notion that all people like me do is watch "Girls Gone Wild" or play XBOX all day. That's a blatant misrepresentation of us and limits our options. We may not be protesting in the streets or flaggelate at the top of our lungs, but we are active politically (especially Gen-X'ers like myself who are dismissed as mere slackers. We're not. We just happen to be low-key).
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