They’re really nice and friendly and say “Let’s agree to disagree” right? Ha! I wish. Perhaps some of them do, but there is a lot of nastiness from liberals toward those who disagree.
Last post, I mentioned that John Stossel spoke at WMU about capitalism. Well, the liberals were aware he was coming, so they spray painted “Capitalism Kills” on the office of the professor who invited him. Aside from the fact that there is no basis for such a crude statement, vandalizing property is inherently destructive, accomplishing nothing. I am reminded of the speech given by the ex terrorist at Calvin in that virtually all of the questions asked were of a nasty confrontational nature. At WMU the liberals weren’t even that polite. Only one or two liberals asked pointed questions (which Mr. Stossel answered intelligently and gracefully). Apparently they believe that vandalism is a better way to get their message across.
Mr. Stossel mentioned that he has gotten a great deal of hatred from his fellow reporters in the media. He’s gotten nasty messages and overall people there tend to just not like him because of his beliefs. What he said was most puzzling about this is that he’s not even a true conservative, but rather libertarian. He listed many issues on which he takes the liberal stance. Many liberals in the media do not see what they have in common but only what they disagree on.
Obviously, that liberals tend to act like this is sad, but what do we have to learn from it? I’m not just democrat bashing for no reason. So far, I have not seen this level of nastiness from Republicans. Yes, some Republicans are nasty, but I haven’t seen it on the same scale as with the Democrats. We need to maintain this. Indeed, let’s take it further. Let us live lives that demonstrate our enlightened attitude. When a Democrat comes looking for an argument, let’s remain calm as Mr. Stossel did, and not throw insults like the Dems. It may be very discouraging that the Democrats don’t want to work with us, but we must never sink to their level. A good attitude goes a long way.
Guess what? There’s still more I have to share from John Stossel’s speech.
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Interesting how "tolerance" and having an "open mind" only work one way on campus these days.
--Nick
www.RightMichigan.com
you're absolutely right. We should be working to make it work both ways!
So one example of vandalism, a couple of "pointed questions" at a Q & A session, and a few claims of critical emails from John Stossel's journalistic colleagues means that you now have the right to disparage all liberals as intolerant vandals?
Does that mean I can do the same for all conservatives based on these examples?:
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/oct/04/democratic_headquarters_vandalized/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/03/01/manchester_democratic_party_office_was_broken_into_too/?p1=email_to_a_friend
http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2311458&nav=7k7cQzyy
http://www.alternet.org/wire/48651/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/3710608/detail.html
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