From: Erin N. (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 17:23:52 GMT
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>Erin,
>
>> I thought that your idea of liberals being genetically
>> wired for insults was ridiculous.
>>
>> I think Robbins expresses it nicely.
>
>Thanks for providing a wonderful example of how liberals apparently cannot
>help but argue by character assassination and personal abuse, indicated by
>caps in the following from your hero, Tom Robbins:
>
>"America is a young country, and intellectually, emotionally, and
>physically, it has been exhibiting all the characteristics of an
>ADOLESCENT BULLY, a PUBESCENT PUNK who’s TOO BIG FOR HIS
>BRITCHES and TOO STRONG FOR HIS AGE. Someday, perhaps, we may
>grow out of our MINDLESS, PIMPLE-FACED ARROGANCE but in the
>meantime, it might do us a ton of good to have our butts kicked.
>Unfortunately, like most of the targets we pick on, Iraq is much too weak
>to give us the thrashing our continuously OVERBEARING behavior deserves,
>while Saddam is even less deserving of victory than Bush. Don’t get me
>wrong—I don’t want American soldiers killed. But I don’t want Iraqis
>killed, either. I’m just not ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE who believe that
>American lives are more valuable than the lives of others.
>
>Note the complete absence of facts or evidence to support what amounts to
>little more than a unpleasant emotional outburst.
>
>Relevant to our discussion, you may be interested in the following Letter
>to the Editor I wrote and that appeared in my local paper not long ago:
>
>"The hypocrisy of liberals never ceases to amaze.
>
>"When accused of being anti-American and unpatriotic, they whine and moan
>that their free speech rights are being violated.
>
>"But then they'll turn around and jump all over anyone who says something
>they disagree with by calling them names like insensitive, intolerant and
>stupid, not to mention racist, sexist and homophobic
>
>"Liberals who invented political correctness have a long list of thought
>crimes which they don't hesitate to accuse others of committing. They're
>always demanding apologies, or worse, for some supposed speech offense.
>
>"It's high time you liberals got a taste of your own medicine. You don't
>like being called unpatriotic? Tough. Those who live by name-calling die
>by name-calling.
>
>Platt
>
To quote your hero "Bring it on".
(a little embarrising to have a president
conduct politics in this manner)
Why being called unpatriotic by somebody who takes their national identity as
seriously as you is like being called a heathen by some religious
fundamentalist--comforting. I just don't see how your approach promotes
individuality and freedom at all. I do consider myself to be patriotic just
not by the likes of yourself (thank goodness). I'm just curiously awaiting
what national threat is going to pop up around election time.
Scaring people into liking or electing him sounds like
a bully to me. If you don't like being called a bully.
Tough. Those who act like cops drunk with power get called pigs.
Erin
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