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| Why Liberals Really, Really Hate Us |
| 2014-12-18 |
| They really, really hate us. George Orwell wrote a morning “Two Minutes Hate” session into the daily life of his dystopia in 1984. One blogger notes that 2,000 of Rachel Maddow’s facebook fans wished that Ted Cruz would fall into an open elevator shaft. What would he have made of the hyperventilating hatred that liberals display against conservatives? Over at National Review, Katherine Timpf reports on a hate manifesto published by the chair of University of Michigan’s Department of Communications. Republicans “crafted a political identity that rests on a complete repudiation of the idea that the opposing party and its followers have any legitimacy at all,” wrote Prof. Susan Douglas, ““So now we hate them back,” she explains. “And with good reason.” In fact, they have their reasons to hate us. They are being silly. We know they are being silly, and they know we know, and they can’t stand it. It isn’t quite how we repudiate the idea that the opposing party has any legitimacy at all. But we can’t stop giggling. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #16 Plaid shirt, right? |
| Posted by: KBK 2014-12-18 23:12 |
| #15 I have ARRIVED We've been waiting for you....I think.; although I can't really remember why. Oh, right. Did you find my keys? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-12-18 22:42 |
| #14 Missed the point completely. Fascism has taken over the party. Its ok to disagree, but the hate is pure fascism. Welcome to the Nazi party and get your liberal brown shirt on! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-12-18 21:48 |
| #13 Advanced age has a remarkable capability to reduce and even eliminate one's enemies. Most people simply dismiss you as a seemingly friendly, harmless old man with a gravy stained shirt. I have ARRIVED ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-18 17:08 |
| #12 "A man is best defined by those who hate him. Make a practice of cultivating enemies worth having." An immortal thought I read, no kidding, on a friend's refrigerator door. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-18 16:55 |
| #11 Plus, despite our various obsessions, we're not totally insane. Steve, we might be all insane. However, we are not neurotic about our insanities. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-18 16:07 |
| #10 Post something like that on Rantburg and you'll get Smoky the Bear leaning into your car's window and asking you to leave the Internet. Because that's just playground-grade taunting. We hold ourselves to a higher standard of insult and mockery. Plus, despite our various obsessions, we're not totally insane. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-18 15:47 |
| #9 It's really getting to the point where it's hard to distinguish the left from the Islamists. Only the ideology is different -- they both demand the same loyalty, and they both want the same type of outcome. Maybe we need to begin TREATING them like the Islamists, as well. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-12-18 15:38 |
| #8 They hate us because we can do things without government "hep". We don't need a government nanny. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-12-18 15:15 |
| #7 >It's a philosophy based on hate, greed and envy. Oh come on! There's narcissism, projection, neoteny and a rejection of stoicism too. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-12-18 12:46 |
| #6 She's fugly. Her eyes are too far apart and one is slightly higher than the other. I think this twisted her a child, being taunted and made fun of. |
| Posted by: Woozle Scourge of the Wee Folk4194 2014-12-18 12:21 |
| #5 It's a philosophy based on hate, greed and envy. What else would you expect? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2014-12-18 12:06 |
| #4 One blogger notes that 2,000 of Rachel Maddow’s facebook fans wished that Ted Cruz would fall into an open elevator shaft. Post something like that on Rantburg and you'll get Smoky the Bear leaning into your car's window and asking you to leave the Internet. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-12-18 11:25 |
| #3 Like the Taliban, liberals are tolerant and really do care about conservatives. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-18 10:29 |
| #2 Susan J. Douglas boldly declares in the opening of the piece. “I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching See how easy it is Susan? Just wake up some morning and spin your head around and come out of your pampering elitist cocoon; in other words, take your head out of your arse and quit spouting your BS and bullying your students by forcing your tripe on them. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-18 08:03 |
| #1 It's the only thing the Left has to sell, hate. |
| Posted by: P2Kontheroad 2014-12-18 07:35 |