I'm not saying I agree with the bird-flipping (I don't think it does any good, but I also don't think that it has any other effect on the outcome anyway), but I have to ask - why do people think it's even the slightest bit important to try to keep some sort of dialogue going with Cristina?
She has made it crystal clear that she should be feared about equally as much as God, that she is the reincarnation of a mix of Eva and Peron, that anyone who disagrees with her deserves scorn and ridicule and harassment. She's told international audiences that the Argentinos have selected their president, in Argentina the president rules, and she's the Argentine president that was selected.
She shows no desire to compromise whatsoever, to hear disparate opinions, to consider other possibilities, and seems bent on accomplishing her aims no matter what it takes (actually reminds me of Pelosi's statement a few years ago on what the Democrats were going to do to make sure the American people, no matter how far from a consensus there was on something so overwhelmingly important, got the health bill that they determined was best for EVERYONE, whether or not they liked it. All those who were against it were wrong and she and her fellow fighters were going to do everything to make sure it was placed into the body of law of the nation. I sure wanted to giver HER the finger when she was talking like that!).
I despise political correctness. I'm not a racist person. I'm not a sexist person. Or, at the very least, I try every day to ensure that I try as hard as I can to be fair. (This [political correctness] reminds me of a comedy skit that a friend of mine told me about just last night - it's a "commercial." They show a black guy in a shot and he says "I'm proud to be black!" They show a white guy and he says "I'm proud to be white!" The black guy looks at the white guy and says "You're a racist!")
Why do I mention political correctness?
In my opinion (yeah I have one of those, too!), Cristina is extreme in what she's trying to do and doesn't care about how she does it, given her attitude and her very obvious support of corruption that benefits her.
Even if one AGREES with her ideas themselves, how can anyone agree with her METHODS unless there is little care for the actual rule of law, and not just a farce made easy by the great amount of corruption and the relative ease of controlling the other two branches of government and changing things so important like the constitution? A republic with three separate powers is not controlled by one of those powers, by definition.
To me, saying one is not offended by the "finger" but doesn't like using that in a political battle such as we're seeing in Argentina today, given the finger that Cristina and her cronies give the rest of the populace everyday (even those who she is supposedly FOR) - well, it seems like something founded in political correctness to me.
I could be wrong about that. It could be that some people feel the debate should always be as friendly as possible, NO MATTER HOW the opposition approaches the debate.
Personally, I TRY to treat people the way that they treat me. Treat me with respect and try to convince me of your point of view, and I'll listen and make my own judgment, and will respond as politely and reasonably as I can with my own points. I may come to see some of what you're saying, and you may even come to see some of what I'm saying. Debate is healthy and necessary when deciding the fate of anything important.
Treat me with scorn or derision or disrespect, tell me that you have no care about how I feel about something, that you know better and are doing things for my own good, and I'm not going to even bother to debate you, nor listen to you nor even worry about what it is you want.
That type of person has nothing to give me. In fact, I have even found myself giving that person the finger, political correctness or not
