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I Believe That The Far-right And The Far-left Can Be Equally Insane - But There's No Question That In The First Years Of The Obama Administration, The Far-right Has Been Far Crazier. In Part, This Comes From Parties Being Out Of Power - Without The Responsibility Of Governing To Ground Them, The Activists And The Ideologues Take Over.

It's Important To Remember That Bush Derangement Syndrome On The Left - Comparing Him To Hitler, Calling Him A Terrorist And A Tyrant - Preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome On The Right.

We Cannot Hope To Change Human Nature. There Will Always Be Cranks And Conspiracy Theorists Among Us. But We Can Try To Improve Things - We Don't Have To Accept The Debasement Of Civil Discourse Or Civic Decline. We Can Take Steps To Ensure That The Lunatic Fringe Remains On The Fringe And Stops Bleeding Into The Base And Then Poisoning The Mainstream

The Far Right And The Far Left Can Be Equally Insane.

Politics Follows The Lines Of Physics: Every Action Creates An Equal And Opposite Reaction.