Kurt Schlichter is a great follow on Twitter if you're into that sort of thing.
Liberals May Regret Their New Rules - Kurt Schlichter - Page 1
Liberals May Regret Their New Rules - Kurt Schlichter - Page 1
Kurt Schlichter is a great follow on Twitter if you're into that sort of thing.
Liberals May Regret Their New Rules - Kurt Schlichter - Page 1
Not sure I'd compare the current state of America, to 1990s Balkans. It doesn't even seem like a legitimate possibility. One of the best things about America, is the fact that we are a "get in your face" peoples. No matter ethnicity, religion, or beliefs, if we have an issue, we tend to be vocal about it. We avoided major strife due to this, imo. Look at places currently, or in the recent past, that have had serious issues. Their populaces were groups that "pretended" to like each other, but were powder kegs waiting to explode.
We lose our cool every 5 minutes.... Kinda takes some heat off that powdered keg.
I thought the same. I don't agree with all the points in the article but I do agree with that and the general conclusion.This one quote seems to sum up the gist of the article.
Truer words have not been spoken.
"You cannot expect to be able to discard the rule of law in favor of the rule of force and have those you target not to respond in kind."
Seems pretty self-evident to a thinking person, oh wait...
Yeah, Ferguson is o.k. now...
It seems only one side is allowed to get in anyone's face these days, doesn't it? And the one side wants to use the force of government to make dissent illegal.Not sure I'd compare the current state of America, to 1990s Balkans. It doesn't even seem like a legitimate possibility. One of the best things about America, is the fact that we are a "get in your face" peoples. No matter ethnicity, religion, or beliefs, if we have an issue, we tend to be vocal about it. We avoided major strife due to this, imo. Look at places currently, or in the recent past, that have had serious issues. Their populaces were groups that "pretended" to like each other, but were powder kegs waiting to explode.
We lose our cool every 5 minutes.... Kinda takes some heat off that powdered keg.
Wait. What??Kurt Schlichter is a great follow on Twitter if you're into that sort of thing.
Liberals May Regret Their New Rules - Kurt Schlichter - Page 1
It seems only one side is allowed to get in anyone's face these days, doesn't it? And the one side wants to use the force of government to make dissent illegal.
Wait. What??
It’s becoming a nation where an elite that is certain of its power and its moral rightness is waging a cultural war on a despised minority. Except it’s not actually a minority – it only seems that way because it is marginalized by the coastal elitist liberals who run the mainstream media.
Despised pseudo-minority marginalized by coastal elite liberals? Where have I heard that before? Oh, please, everyone can't be a despised minority. Right wing screedist! Besides, I'm teaching liberals about guns. I got 3 so far. Be careful.
I'm being screedist, eh? As a prime example, this was posted to me / about me in another forum where I asked someone to enlighten me as to how transferring wealth from rich countries to poorer ones would solve global warming. Anything in parens is my edit to remove personal info or to make non-topical references generic.
I could put some effort into being nicer, but there's no way around the condescension. I'm an intellectual snob. I'd appear nicer in public, simply because I'd keep my opinions to myself. I just (expletive) hate conservatism. Their politicians are liars feeding on the ignorant trying to drag us back into the stone age. I hate them.
Edit: One more thing. Condescension is a rhetorical maneuver. You play the villain. And if you can be shown wrong, then you can be embarrassed. It's designed to communicate confidence and strength, because nobody wants to be embarrassed, especially when you're playing the villain. I'm trying to communicate as best I can that the perspective of the opposition is not worthy of respect. And the inference to be made is, if the villain can't be knocked from his perch, then he is probably right.
I promised myself I wouldn't do this. Believe it or not, I like (jtscribe), apart from his politics. From my perspective, he's infected. But I really should just stay out of it. But then I have boring Sunday morning, and this happens. I just don't want it to affect our (sports) conversations, because that's what I'm really here for. I need to remember that.
I'm being screedist, eh? As a prime example, this was posted to me / about me in another forum where I asked someone to enlighten me as to how transferring wealth from rich countries to poorer ones would solve global warming. Anything in parens is my edit to remove personal info or to make non-topical references generic.
I could put some effort into being nicer, but there's no way around the condescension. I'm an intellectual snob. I'd appear nicer in public, simply because I'd keep my opinions to myself. I just (expletive) hate conservatism. Their politicians are liars feeding on the ignorant trying to drag us back into the stone age. I hate them.
Edit: One more thing. Condescension is a rhetorical maneuver. You play the villain. And if you can be shown wrong, then you can be embarrassed. It's designed to communicate confidence and strength, because nobody wants to be embarrassed, especially when you're playing the villain. I'm trying to communicate as best I can that the perspective of the opposition is not worthy of respect. And the inference to be made is, if the villain can't be knocked from his perch, then he is probably right.
I promised myself I wouldn't do this. Believe it or not, I like (jtscribe), apart from his politics. From my perspective, he's infected. But I really should just stay out of it. But then I have boring Sunday morning, and this happens. I just don't want it to affect our (sports) conversations, because that's what I'm really here for. I need to remember that.