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| How to defeat a liberal . . . lesson #1 |
| 2004-08-20 |
| No Holiday From Hate -- The Angry Left invades Cape May, N.J. by Alan Bromley, Wall Street Journal. EFL. A classic illustration of how to trash a troll. Last weekend my family took a minivacation at this bucolic seaside resort, where we enjoyed the calming charm of our Victorian inn, the rush of the ocean waves, the honky-tonk arcades and fine food. Every afternoon from 4 to 5, we found ourselves on the inn's porch with a dozen or so other guests, genteelly sipping iced tea in our rocking chairs as the afternoon breeze cooled our new sunburns. One day, sitting next to a couple from Philadelphia, I was asked what I thought about the Democratic Convention and who would win the election. Being in a state between relaxation and boredom, I wasn't sure if I wanted to enter this discussion, so I replied by asking them what they thought the biggest issue was. "Restoring trust to government," the wife replied, sounding like a Kerry bumper sticker. Her husband, munching a cracker with cheese, nodded in agreement. I sensed my 17-year-old daughter's ears perk beneath her black hair and my wife's spine straighten, both sensing a political storm brewing. "You don't mean the legend on our currency, 'In God we trust,' do you?" I teased. "No!" the husband, who had swallowed his snack, sharply responded. "We're in favor of separation of church and state, and would prefer that those words not appear on our dollar bills, just as we want 'under God' removed from our pledge of allegiance. And you know what we mean," he continued, ratcheting-up the tone. "Bush lied to us about the war in Iraq!" The chairs rocked faster. "How's that?" I replied. Before he could answer, I added, "Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction three times, once against the Kurds in the north of Iraq, once against his 'marsh' people in the south, and against Iran. And every intelligence agency in the world, including the French, believed he had WMD, and that he was trying to acquire nuclear materials in Africa. If it was an intelligence miscalculation, all Saddam had to do was comply with U.N. inspections, but he refused. There was no lie, at worst a mistake that removed a brutal dictator who supported terrorism and who killed over 1.5 million people during his reign of terror." "Screw you!" someone shouted from across the porch. My daughter's head swerved to the yelling miscreant, then back to me, somewhat fearful of my reaction. Go read it all. It just gets better from here on out. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 Come on down to Tampa for your next vacation, Alan. You'd be more than welcome here. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-08-20 1:20:03 PM |
| #4 don't spoil the moment Dar. The problem is that the left is like the relgious right used to be. They proselytize endlessly, unaware that most of the audience is annoyed, because there's always someone who will give thim a Those of us more secure in ourselves usually just do our best to ignore them - which is what they count on. They are bullies - and if they didn't get all the weak people, fearful of their wrath, giving them nervous approval, the'd shut up and crawl back out of their own little self-created limelight. |
| Posted by: B 2004-08-20 1:14:46 PM |
| #3 Nice article, but I don't believe it. Looks too much like a script, because no one in a heated argument lets the other guy get much more than four words out before interrupting him. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-08-20 12:47:48 PM |
| #2 Problem is, you weren't on their pre-approved guest list of those allowed free speech: Any race but white Anyone not Christian Anyone against free market capitalism Anyone ashamed of US military power Anyone guilty about American economic power Anyone ashamed to say they know the difference between right and wrong Anyone who will agree with the prepackaged party ideas |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-20 11:19:33 AM |
| #1 "You wouldn't like it. I'd just lay there, and you ain't man enough to make me move." |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-20 11:05:03 AM |