What is with this kid?

[Joe Republic]

Some people simply prefer to be hated.  Don't ask me why, but they do.

[Joe Republic]

Who's that African-American in your signature? And I don't mean Obama.

In mine?

That's exactly what I mean Dr. Phil.

T.I.

[Joe Republic]

It's not so much that I prefer to be hated but rather that I don't care what people who aren't in my camp (Democrat/Obama) think of me, especially when they are just people on an internet message board.

Therefore, if you don't care what other people think, then why are you here?  What is the point of debating anything at all when you have no intention of paying attention to other people's viewpoints, and you know that your behavior turns other people away from your own viewpoints?