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It's very easy to write an editorial that is detrimental (or demonizing) to the label that you don't subscribe to. I find myself reading 3-4 per day without really looking for them. Spouting off 2-300 words on why The Other Side is ruining the world is pretty much the laziest form of journalism or satire.
Here's a brief how to:
1. pick your side
2. decide how to label the opposing view (Liberal, fundie, anti-life are all good)
3. find one news article from somewhere in the country where some political figure did something stupid
4.generalize that everyone who doesn't agree with you must think that way, and write 300 or so words that "support" your argument
4a. Be sure not to back up your words with facts or attempts at objectivity.
5. ??
6. Profit
Come on people! Politics is a wonderfully complex thing! We are far too smart to dumb it down to this level.
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