tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post8561989417338697527..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Engaging the Opposition, and A Wingnut ChecklistBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-43088790061422767702010-09-01T05:30:36.041-07:002010-09-01T05:30:36.041-07:00What I've been finding successful is calling t...What I've been finding successful is calling them "cheap-labor conservatives" and commenting that what they want is to put an end to every social safety net, including Social Security Insurance, Medicare and Unemployment Insurance.<br /><br />What is interesting about this confrontation is that I've not been asked to cite my sources about the end of the social safety net. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-92162370922663032162010-08-31T08:43:48.464-07:002010-08-31T08:43:48.464-07:00I live in Northern California so when I was sittin...I live in Northern California so when I was sitting in a public place listening to a reasonable person spewing a check list of wingnut ideology with absolute authority I do worry for the country we live in, what could it possibly be like in say Indiana or Utah. Several weeks ago I heard a man in a public place say the answer to the "Mex" problem was an Auschwitz solution. Crazy is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-27836021280221958552010-08-31T08:29:36.684-07:002010-08-31T08:29:36.684-07:00I agree, but also think a maxim from my youth appl...I agree, but also think a maxim from my youth applies:<br /><br />You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of them time.<br /><br />As for the Repugs, ask them why they are seeking office if they don't believe in governing.brufhttp://bruf@uwm.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-67069728297808999092010-08-31T08:21:34.254-07:002010-08-31T08:21:34.254-07:00There can be no accomodation with sociopathy.There can be no accomodation with sociopathy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-87620777580540432622010-08-31T07:56:09.811-07:002010-08-31T07:56:09.811-07:00Anonymous (5:16am) said: I have my own list of thr...Anonymous (5:16am) said: <i>I have my own list of three characteristics of conservatives:<br />1. Strong opinions<br />2. Absolute certainty<br />3. Total ignorance.<br /><br />Like your three, these are seen together in many, many idiotic conservative statements.</i><br /><br />My own list for wingnuts:<br />1. Belief over facts, popular culture stereotypes over reality<br />2. Absolute Erika Frensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673423611231595274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-68104551730038129882010-08-31T07:49:55.177-07:002010-08-31T07:49:55.177-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erika Frensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673423611231595274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-1120777448922787012010-08-31T07:24:37.583-07:002010-08-31T07:24:37.583-07:00love it, thanks so much for breaking it down to th...love it, thanks so much for breaking it down to this level... it feels like every time a debate *tries* to spring up between the far right and anybody else it immediately descends into playground antics.<br /><br />the rest of us rational people need to keep our cool, and just keep trying, and there are some wonderful insights and reminders in this post of why its important to still engage in theUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11834252019293508510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-14571032704941835022010-08-31T07:06:20.183-07:002010-08-31T07:06:20.183-07:00Liberals see Conservatives as the political and id...Liberals see Conservatives as the political and idealogical opposition.<br />Conservatives see Liberals as the enemy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-18150201354077235682010-08-31T05:16:57.353-07:002010-08-31T05:16:57.353-07:00I have my own list of three characteristics of con...I have my own list of three characteristics of conservatives:<br />1. Strong opinions<br />2. Absolute certainty<br />3. Total ignorance.<br /><br />Like your three, these are seen together in many, many idiotic conservative statements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-35432933254162368962010-08-30T18:47:17.513-07:002010-08-30T18:47:17.513-07:00You challenge him, expose him, debunk him and defe...<i>You challenge him, expose him, debunk him and defeat him.<br /></i><br />Yup. And one of the most powerful wingnut weapons is their ability to hoodwink the mainstream media into characterizing challenge, exposure, debunking, and defeat of wingnut lies, extremism, and assholishness as "shrill", "uncivil", and the like.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com