When I insult a politician (who isn't President Obama), why do their supporters assume I support President Obama?

Asked By: thisisevenlessfunnow 26-30, M 1 year ago

5 Answers to "When I insult a politician (who isn't President Obama), why do their supporters assume I support President Obama?"

Posted by BamPow Sep 9th, 2011 at 4:32PM

I get that from both sides. I'm a libertarian with plenty of issues with both major parties. I've actually been called am Obama supporter and a Bush supporter within the span of about 10 minutes before. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who only see two sides and don't realize there are more angles.

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Posted by imabear Sep 9th, 2011 at 4:20PM

Because people love to make assumptions. It's so much easier than actually thinking.

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Posted by hagfish Sep 9th, 2011 at 5:24PM

I can't improve on imabear, I would just add that people tend to polarize. I didn't mean to make a bear joke.

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Posted by rknst74 Sep 9th, 2011 at 5:10PM

Because of the saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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Posted by tonyt53 Sep 9th, 2011 at 4:24PM

Insecurities. They hate Obama sooo much that any negative said about someone that is opposed to him amounts to an attack on the person they support. Their insecurities come from the fact that they themselves hate Obama so much that they can't see that their guy/person is a lunatic.

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Reply by conceptualclarity Sep 16th, 2011 at 6:27PM

Your side are the haters. There is nowhere near as much nastiness and spleen toward Obama as there was toward Bush, and you demonstrate by the incivility of the Left here by saying the Republican candidates are lunatics, which is only true of Ron Paul.
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