Well, I'm the person who started this thread, and I'm the SantAnon that sent everyone to the website for the buttons, and I'm also the person who is calling the new agers idiots for suggesting that deep breathing and positive visualizations are real solutions for the crises we face here.

You are wholly misinterpreting what people are doing when they engage in lively debate about the issues and solutions to our society's problems. To suggest that we would rather talk about war than peace is ridiculous. Just what is there to debate about peace? Do we need to find solutions to peace? Is peace one of the greatest problems facing us in our lifetime?

If you don't have the intellectual depth to understand that we are doing exactly what citizens of a democracy are required to do, ie working towards solutions to problems our society is facing, and defending it's ideals through debate and discussion, then you are idiots. Idiots, idiots, idiots.

The price of living in a democracy is DAILY citizenship. Vigilance against the excesses of government and politician's conflicts of interest. Service to society. A little something called social discourse--informed debates and discussions of the issues of the day.

Don't like spirited nature of democratic discourse? Then shut the fuck up and stay out of the conversation.