The
other day a friend of mine sent me an exchange he had with a couple of folks on
the Politico Facebook page. One
of his comments had been reported by someone and now he was unable to post on any
group or organizational page for the foreseeable future. That happens
sometimes. One time, in a heated exchange, I called someone a racist and was
blocked from commenting for a month because as a Conservative I'm not qualified
to call anyone that. The ironic thing about my friend's dilemma is that the
person he was exchanging words with used language ten times worse than he, and
when he reported that person, was told by Facebook that the other person's
comments didn't fit their guidelines for bullying or harassment. Now, I've
heard many similar stories from fellow Conservatives, as well as innumerable
instances where Facebook has eliminated Conservative and Tea Party group pages
for "violating Facebook policies" while allowing other groups to
flourish, such as "The Awkward Silence After a Fat Person Calls Themselves
Fat" and "It's Really Not That Spicy. You're Just White" and
"Looking at % Instead of Price When Buying Alcohol" (well, that's not
a bad page, not really). My now-blocked Conservative friend has been an active
member of many political Facebook pages and isn't afraid to go into the ring
with a Liberal. In other words, I don't worry about him at all. He's
intelligent, articulate, well informed and thick-skinned, all positive traits
for a practicing Conservative. As I went over the exchange he had with the
Liberal, I began to wonder if Conservatives new to social media actually know
when they're being confronted by a true blue Liberal, and not some average
numbskull mouth breather, so I decided to use some of the comments he
encountered (along with others I gleaned from the internet) to illustrate the
general characteristics of a Liberal and to perhaps help them avoid being blindsided
with censorship or worse. I hope Jeff Foxworthy doesn't mind my using some of
his vernacular.
You
know you're talking to a Liberal when -
1. He insults your
character instead of staying on topic. "You supercilious, pompous, condescending
ass!" "I point out the facts, you cretin-" "Your mother
must have been raped by a retarded monkey!" "You're bald because
nothing grows on poison!" This technique is designed to derail a subject
that the Liberal obviously does not want to talk about. It is an attempt to
change the course of the conversation and anger his opponent into sinking to
the same level.
2. He uses the words
"Teabagger," "Repugs" or "Right whingers". The uber-Liberal actually believes this is what
they are called.
3. He accuses
Conservatives of being arsonists, terrorists, people with bombs strapped to
their chest, people with a knife to the throat or gun to the head of Americans,
warmongers, extortionists, blackmailers and of course insane. This is meant to frighten
the bystanding reader and make the Conservative seem evil. These sort of
Liberals consider this tactic as taking the high road. High road indeed.
4. He constantly talks
about 'saving one child' but applauds shutting down the AMBER Alert System, or
even worse, supports the murder of millions of fetuses by saying life begins
whenever the parents say it begins. A Liberal also justifies barricading
national monuments but refuses to secure the border. This sort of skewed logic
can be deceptive at times, so be on your guard. If you are low income, a
Liberal might hypnotize you into believing the only way to alleviate poverty is
to tax the people who work and create jobs. It is simply an attempt to take
blame off his party and onto the back of the Conservatives.
5. He uses logic and
language such as the fellow my friend debated. Here, I'll quote his entire
diatribe and you decide if he is a Liberal: "Who said I was tolerant? I
made no such claim. I fucking despise you rancid teabaggers for what you have
done to this country, and for constantly trying to claim the moral high ground
about every single issue. Did the Repugs refuse to accept the raises on principle?
Did they deduct the raise and give the money to charity? Politicians of both
parties are largely corrupt, but in the final analysis, the Dems are less
objectionable because they have not collectively gone batsh!t crazy, and
because the party has not been hijacked by a small hard core of extremists who
are willing to plunge the country, and potentially the world, into economic
disaster because they are trying to achieve by threats and blackmail what they
lost two elections on - the Affordable Care Act. Teabagger Conservatives,
living proof of wasted oxygen." Notice how the speaker employed every
tactic I've mentioned above. Now, I'm not adept like my friend at confronting
this sort of attack, and if you're not careful, this sort of Liberal will bully
you into submission and then claim superiority. I think these sort of people
believe that "Might Makes Right". When my friend reported this
fellow's comments to Facebook, he was sent the following reply:
Be careful when trying
to engage a Liberal in a political debate. Not only is he trained in the art of
smear tactics (be prepared to be called a 'racist' or 'homophobe' for no other
reason than disagreeing with him), he has the full support of social media
organizations, which means he can say pretty much whatever he wants, and can
cause you to be banished.
There are many other
telling signs of Liberalism, such as believing your child needs your permission
to take a Tylenol at school, but not to have an abortion, or getting all his
news from MSNBC, or oppose the death penalty while shouting for the execution
of George Zimmerman. So if you have Conservative values and want to share your
beliefs, beware of the professional Liberal. He's out to demonize, demoralize
and destroy you any way he can. Be sure you wear the armor of Truth and wield
the sword of Liberty, because you'll need them.
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