Great op-ed: Liberals May Regret Their New Rules

[JTScribe]

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

 

[ModernGunner]

Lengthy, but a good read, and the point made is spot-on.

Are the Liar-In-Chief and those of his libtard ilk REALLY bent on starting a war with those he mockingly claims "cling to their guns and Bibles"? It would appear so.

He's not gonna like how that turns out.

Me, personally? I'm for 'turning the other cheek'.

Twice.

 

[SSGSAD]

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

JMHO, but just HOW, do they think they are going to win ..... (would post more, but Tim, might hit me with a hammer.).....

 

[Kutnupe14]

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.

 

[KG1]

"Governed by the rule of force" is the key phrase in that article. Be careful what you sow Libs. Reap the whirlwind and all of that.

 

[Mgderf]

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...

 

[Mgderf]

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.

Yeah, Ferguson is o.k. now...

 

[jamil]

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...

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.

 

[zippy23]

the only liberals that regret the new rules are the ones voting for liberal politicians. They are just too dumb and blind to know they are voting to screw themselves, all while believing the lies and hating the other side.

 

[femurphy77]

Yeah, Ferguson is o.k. now...

Opinion only but Ferguson was a liberal inspired, fertilized, watered and harvested mess. "There is profit in chaos" and they attempted and to a great extent have profited from the ferguson debacle. So well that even when the lies perpetrated during the highpoint of it all were exposed as pure fraud it didn't matter! We as a society have a very short attention span and if "they" can create a series of incidents of sufficient length then they are a shoe in for the next presidential election. It's already been proven that there does not have to be ANY truth to the story as long as it leaves the other side looking stupid!

 

[jamil]

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.

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.

 

[findingZzero]

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

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.

 

[1DOWN4UP]

Can't remember what Socialist said it....it was something like "WE ARE GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE MERICA AS YOU KNOW IT."

 

[miguel]

Super read.

I liken what leftists are doing to someone who decides to make a home improvement...sometimes it doesn't turn out they way you expect it to...

 

[D-Ric902]

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.

 

[Bfish]

Glad you posted that... Like everyone else has said, good read!

 

[rosefarm10]

Excellent article. It's good to know that someone still thinks there are enough of us to be a majority. My wife is from Colombia. Became a US citizen five years ago. Straps on an HK every morning and thanks God that she can. She knows what it is like to be unprotected and disposable. Her appreciation for America and the Constitution is absolute. Wish we had more legislators who felt the same way!

 

[JTScribe]

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.

[FONT=Lucida Grande, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]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.[/FONT]

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.

 

[D-Ric902]

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.

Said in in the spirit of love and tolerance, understanding and diversity, openmindedness and the "big tent"

 

[findingZzero]

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 read the article you referenced. I was referring to the writer, not you. Are you claiming victimhood now? We can all find silly arguments by wing wackos on either side then label an entire class as holding these views. The world, people and their beliefs, (as Jamil elegantly pointed out elsewhere) are not that simple. I consider myself a liberal-progressive-libertarian with a conservative streak. I don't despise anyone. In this forum I might be considered a despised minority, but i refuse the label because Churchmouse loves (tolerates) me, and now he's a mod.