Some examples showing who the real haters are
We read:
"Recent criticisms of President Obama and his policies have been characterized as un-American. Suggestions that his policies should fail are equated with a suggestion that America should fail. This concern for American institutions may be something new, because it apparently was not a factor in the past. In 1986, Washington Post columnist William Raspberry commented on his view of the Reagan administration: "Ronald Reagan is in trouble, and [we might as well own up that] some of us are tempted to take a certain fiendish pleasure in the fact." Later, Michael Kinsley of the New Republic wrote in the Washington Post, "The fall of Reagan is a laughable matter. The only irritating aspect of the otherwise delightful collapse of the Reagan administration is the widespread insistence that we must all be poker-faced about it."
Liberals can demonize entire classes of people. One of the favorite targets of the liberal elite is the Christian right. According to Michael Weisskopf of the Washington Post, the followers of people like the late Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson "are largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command." These people are not only ignorant, but they are also a definite threat. Chris Matthews has declared, "The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban, ironically, is the religious right." Rosie O'Donnell asserted, "radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America." This demonization makes it permissible to say some pretty outlandish things. NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu on his "All Things Considered" segment stated, "The evaporation of four million [people] who believe in this [Christian] crap would leave this world a better place." Actress Megan Fox, admittedly not a representative of the elite intelligentsia, said that if given the chance, she'd urge the fictional character Megatron to murder only the "white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super Bible-beating people in Middle America."
Of course, Republicans and conservatives are the prime target of liberal spleen. Sen. Ted Kennedy gave this description of Republicans: "The Republican Party is basically anti-civil rights, anti-immigration, anti-women, and anti-worker." Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, stated, "I hate Republicans and everything they stand for." Jesse Jackson after the 1994 GOP victory claimed that "[h]ate and hurt are on a roll in America. If what was happening here was happening in South Africa, it'd be called racist apartheid. If it was happening in Germany, we'd call it Nazism. And in Italy, we'd call it fascism. Here we call it conservatism."
Liberals appear to get a pass when they attack conservative individuals. USA Today columnist and Pacifica Radio talk show host Julianne Malveaux expressed her opinion of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on PBS: "The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early, like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that's how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person."
Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio and ABC News reporter, commenting on Senator Jesse Helms, said, "I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it." Former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill had a less than flattering opinion of Ronald Reagan: "The evil is in the White House at the present time. And that evil is a man who has no care and no concern for the working class of America and future generations of America and who likes to ride a horse. He's cold. He's mean. He's got icewater for blood." New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis claimed that President Reagan "spews out rage and hate, fear and falsehood." It would take volumes to chronicle the outrageous attacks on George Bush or Sarah Palin.
On "Late Night with David Letterman," Sam Donaldson said, "I think he's [Reagan] going to have to pass three tests. The first is, will he get there, stand in front of the podium, and not drool?" After the audience showed its disapproval, Donaldson responded, "Wait a minute, I don't mean that disrespectfully." Letterman replied, "Well, I think we all took that as flattery, Sam, we did." When Whoopi Goldberg drew a distinction between "rape" and "rape-rape," she possible provided an explanation for liberal "rants." They are not "hate-hate" -- simply "hate."
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Basically, the post points out the obvious: Liberals hate Conservatives.
And because the media tends to be liberally owned and run, that's the viewpoint we will hear most often, and that's the viewpoint that gets the pass. Conservatism will simply never be embraced by those who don't have a moral grounding, so this party/ideology war will continue as long as both sides exist.
"Actress Megan Fox, … said that if given the chance, she'd urge the fictional character Megatron to murder only the "white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super Bible-beating people in Middle America.""
Just goes to show that physical beauty and inner beauty are not the same thing.
Physical beauty fades.
Spot on Anon 2:42.
I'm sure conservatives hate liberals just as much and let out pretty much the same amount of brain farts as they do.
"Recent criticisms of President Obama and his policies have been characterized as un-American. Suggestions that his policies should fail are equated with a suggestion that America should fail. This concern for American institutions may be something new, because it apparently was not a factor in the past."
Really? To be against the president and be labeled as un-American is something new? Never happened before, eh?
Megan Fox? (LOL) Does simply being hot now equate to intelligence? And her statement is really odd seeing how she's bi-sexual, and admittedly prefers women more than men.
Actually Anon 2:42, liberals and leftists hate "everyone" who's not a liberal or a leftist. I'm always amused by how angry they get simply because everyone doesn't agree with them, especially since they always know what's best for everyone. Leftists are consummate losers.
As i've always said, until the day comes when Republicans and Conservatives fight the Left using the Left's own tactics, the culture war (and that's exactly what this is all about) we've been engaged in for several generations will be lost to the Left.
The Republican party is too weak, which is why they are now powerless, and Conservatives tend to be, well, too conservative. You cannot hope to fight a vicious, venomous, hate-filled enemy like the Left, and hope to win by playing by the rules. The gloves must come off!
The naked hatred spewed by the Left fits right in with Lenin's claim that Marxists of all stripes must hate. Looks like they are choosing to obey that as instructions. It is time for conservatives and others who love liberty to show considerably more passion about maintaining and expanding individual liberty and attacking all forms of collectivism as the evil that they are. We can easily enough show more passion without having to resort to blind hate and rage, since we have Truth on our side. Passionate expressions of the Truth in favor of individual liberty and why that is superior in every way will easily crush the Leftists' blind rage in favor of tyranny and slavery. It is important for us all not only to know that is true, but also be able to explain clearly WHY it is true.
I've had many liberal friends and have many conservative friends during my life. I've found in general that conservatives are more positive and less hating, my liberal friends go crazy hating on so many different white people and have miserable lives for them most part.
Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.
If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings:
-- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
-- Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
-- Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
-- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.
-- People who reject the idea that "government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality" give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition.
The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as "very happy," while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.
Nearly four-in-ten Obama supporters (37%) say they would feel angry if McCain won, while 33% say they would feel depressed; among McCain supporters, just 18% say they would feel angry – and 17% depressed – if Obama wins.
That just proves that generally speaking, people don't have the mental capacity to be given the responsibility of voting.
What happens when you can't debate the issue at hand? You attack your opponent's character, intelligence etc. This is right out of the liberal handbook. What else is new?
Let's not forget the increasing movement that suggest liberals are mentally ill.
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