When will the Left practice what they preach and stop with their bigoted, intolerant behaviour towards those they differ with? The reason the Left is so intolerant is that their positions are based on emotion and feelings and they therefore feel justified in hating those that disagree with them. For instance, the gay marriage issue. If you differ with their views it is OK to slander, threaten and attack you. You rarely, if ever, see the Right react so emotionally when confronted with those of differing views. When was the last time the Right took to protesting in front of cafes, hollywood studios or gay bars because of the support for gay marriage? The Left doesn't get that it is OK to differ in opinions and it doesn't make you bad. The Left thinks the Right is evil, while the Right thinks the Left is wrong. You don't protest something that is wrong but you do protest something that is evil.
"Catherine Vogt, 14, is an Illinois 8th grader, the daughter of a liberal mom and a conservative dad. She wanted to conduct an experiment in political tolerance and diversity of opinion at her school in the liberal suburb of Oak Park."
"So just before the election, Catherine consulted with her history teacher, then bravely wore a unique T-shirt to school and recorded the comments of teachers and students in her journal. The T-shirt bore the simple yet quite subversive words drawn with a red marker:"McCain Girl.""
"One person told me to go die. It was a lot of dying. A lot of comments about how I should be killed," Catherine said, of the tolerance in Oak Park. But students weren't the only ones surprised that she wore a shirt supporting McCain. "In one class, I had one teacher say she will not judge me for my choice, but that she was surprised that I supported McCain," Catherine said." (Click here for the article.)
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The left project their own values onto their opposition.
They are against gun control because they know they themselves are too emotional to control themselves with a gun.
The think everyone is that immature and ruled by their emotions.
That same principle applies to many of their views.
Very few "left-wingers" I meet are able to provide anything more than slogans or talking points to express their views and opinions. Very few of them have thought their policies through - so when challenged, they are unable to defend their choices and revert to angry name calling and hateful attacks. Many of their policies are based on a selfish, self-centered view of the world (I want it NOW) with a childish view of entitlement (and YOU pay for it).
Could not of put it better myself, you ask what their policies are and they answer, "well the right is evil" thats the extent of their verbal argument.
Stereotype much? What utter nonsense.
Yes, the left is bigoted and intolerant. And you can prove that from one eighth grader's experience.
That's why the left supported apartheid, slavery, Jim Crow laws and ... oh, wait.
You want actual issues, Ron? The "left" believe that we should take care of each other, in terms of health and education, using a progressive taxation system to pay for it. We believe that taxes are acceptable if it means that the poor aren't left starving. We believe in giving the poor and destitute a second chance through free education. This is the EXACT OPPOSITE of selfish and self-centred.
We don't believe that we should simply let rich people get incredibly rich and hope that the free market helps those who have fallen on tough times. We believe that corporations are servants of the people, not the other way around.
You may not agree with those positions, but they are clearly and frequently stated. Your argument is demolished with ease.
The two questions I would offer this girl are
1) What were the responses of Bush supporters in 2004? We must establish a baseline for how eighth graders act when they have the popular opinion
2) How many McCain supporters were at her school? Was it a reasonable statistical sample.
Anyone who frequently uses the phrase "they always," "they never" or even "they" period when referencing a group encompassing millions of poeple across a wide geography should stop for, perhaps a second, and think "Am I generalizing? Am I stereotyping?" and the second question could be "Where am I getting these ideas?" Media which leans one way or the other? One or two anecdotes which seem to confirm my point of view? The next question might be, what if the view I hold is, in fact, entirely not correct -on average?
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