We cannot be intimidated or we will be defeated...

[kentuck]

By saying that Gore was too loud and "intemperate", the media and the Repub sympathizers do not wish for Democrats to exhibit the passion that Al Gore showed in his speech. If we fall for that strategy, the Repubs and George W Bush will benefit - because they can defeat the Democrats when it comes to manipulaiton of the media. We should not permit it. We should be even more vocal.

Here is a recent post I pulled from Archives:

How dare you! You sorry son of a bitches! You have dragged the good name of all Americans - ALL AMERICANS ! - thru the dirt and now you have the gutless gall to say that my voice is too loud! Well FUCK YOU! This is our country too and you assholes have done damage that is inexcusable. You unpatriotic bastards can sit there and criticize those of us that care and speak in your uncaring whispers if you like, but I am fucking pissed! You want to take it outside - bring it on!

(fill in the blanks) %#*+@!!!^%$#(*!!!+&^#@$^%&*(!!!......and more

[kentuck]

1. Everyone agree we don't need to tone it down?

:shrug:

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. We need to make more noise.

Al did good.

[maggrwaggr]

3. the reason they're bashing Gore is because they're SCARED. Think about it

all the media outlets are getting our e-mails, our faxes, our phone calls -- -- and they're realizing that this anger is huge, spreading, and could easily get to the point where it's out of their control.

If Gore, or anybody else succeeds in firing people up to the point where they SHOULD BE --

We might storm the media companies, we might shut them down, we might literally throw these fuckers out of office.

In other words, they are all VERY THREATENED by our justifiable anger, so they are doing their best to NOT COVER IT and when they do, to ridicule it.

They are the enemy, they are scared, and they fucking well should be.

[kentuck]

4. I think you got it!

They would like for all of us to be silent.

[BeachBuckeye]

5. Anyone who falls for that "Be Nice" BS

Must have lost their mind. Al was "nice", Mike Dukakis was "nice", George McGovern was "nice". Any of them occupy the White House?
Nice hell!!! We need to ratchet up the heat by ten fold!!

[maggrwaggr]

6. think they're ever gonna publish the real angry letters?

the ones from people like me, and the thousands of other people like me out there?

Fuck no. They know there's a lot of Howard Beales out there, and they're dangerously close to having their palaces stormed, their offices ransacked.

They are THIS close.

So along comes Gore, the man who was actually elected president, who gives a fiery speech like that, you bet they're scared.

So what do they do? They ridicule him.