[August]

Originally Posted by Penguin

A side note from an Euro perspective:

This is one thing I see as idiotic in American political debates. The obsession for mud-slinging. Using illegal activities of single members, that are not even party related, to denounce the whole group.

Yes, I admit it's a quick, cheap laugh to make fun of bigots who sit on the high moral horse, when they are caught in a public toilet, or "tough on crime" guys who are criminals by themselves.

However it's the same logic by which ethnic groups are denounced: one represents them all. People seem to be relieved when they find a stereotype that represents their thinking of the group: "See, I've always said so: All ____ are bastards!"

You are absolutely correct in your assessment.