I quickly asked her if she had seen the “climategate emails,” and she had NO CLUE what I was talking about. This woman has a daughter in university and is employed as a professional by Marin County. It’s interesting to note that earlier in the evening she disclosed that she had spent several hours at Borders sipping coffee and reading “trash” magazines for free. She was fully versed on Tiger Woods.
In light of my vow, I let it drop – until we left the dinner table. I took her aside and diplomatically asked if she was familiar with the axiom, “Follow the money.” She said she was, and I asked her what she thought about “cap and trade.” My jaw almost hit the floor when she revealed that she had NEVER HEARD OF IT!!! I gave her a very quick encapsulation of the scheme to trade “air” as a commodity and the people who stood to benefit from it.
Then we got to Sarah Palin…
This was as the party was breaking up and we were headed for the door, so it was quick. Her position was that she did not like Sarah. I asked her why, and she said, “I don’t know, I just don’t like her.” So I asked her if it was like “feminine intuition or something like that,” and she agreed that was the case. So I asked her again, “surely you must have a reason for disliking her?” Her reply was something to the effect of a statement that Sarah had made about Bristol’s pregnancy. I said I wasn’t familiar with what she was alluding to, but I did ask her if she had heard Sarah say that “she could see Russia from her backyard,” to which she quickly agreed that she had. I pointed out that it was actually Tina Fey who had uttered that famous quote.
To make a long story short, I suggested that she needed to do her “research,” and told her that the internet had newspapers from all over the world for free. “Oh, like the New York Times,” she said. I hinted that the NYT might be slightly biased, and suggested for a start that she check the BBC (I didn’t want her head to explode) and the Washington Times. She honestly seemed interested in my suggestion, however her parting shot was,
“I won’t change, I’m a social worker, you know.”
God help us!
Rant mode – off.
Palin's life/existance reveals the Lies of feminism. THAT'S why she doesn't like her. She wouldn't articulate it if she even could.
Marin Conty? And you expected??? hahah. They do not think. They do not read. They glom on to what is ‘cool’ and stick with it. So they can, at long last, be the ‘in’ crowd.
Well done.
Never try to confuse a liberal with facts
There I translated the liberal statement for you.
How was the crab?
Sums it all up.
I hinted that the NYT might be slightly biased...
Only ‘slightly’ biased?
“I won’t change. I’m a social worker, you know.”
That right there is the problem with liberals. They believe in societal roles and stereotypes far more than conservatives do. Certain things to them are absolutely incompatible. Social worker/conservative, black/conservative, young woman/pro-life. This is quite the paradox coming from people who demand consideration of “gray areas.”
You can’t fix stupid.
They are complete idiots, numbskulls, and fools. They can reinforce their wretched beliefs by turning on CNN. What we say sounds like it comes from the moon in a foreign language. Most of what they believe about us is caracature and stereotype.
You punctured her beliefs or she wouldn’t have given you the social worker line. I work in a prison where the substance abuse counselors are all libs. They talk politics around me less and less. They don’t like hearing about the liberal jets and prostitutes at Copenhagen, and desires to tax their air and control power to their toasters. Commmon sense is a slap in the face to them. March on, my friend. Well done.
Good effort, but next time take along equipment for electroshock therapy. Blind liberal leftism is a mental disorder.
I am also glad that you took the time to educate people. Rush has been saying lately that what we CAN do is exactly what you did - be the one in your family who has the facts, and don't be timid about showing it. When people come to you with questions, or when they have no clue at all what is happening in the world around them, like this neighbor lady, be ready and willing to answer them.
Although it's truly discouraging to see such an uninformed and ignorant public, I found your story encouraging.
Thank you!
If it’s any consolation, one of my liberal friends insists he doesn’t like Palin because “she’s a bad mother”. Of course when pressed he won’t really discuss it beyond that so it becomes a dead end discussion. However, like your experience I have several expereinces with poorly informed liberals who are so convinced of their own “rightness” that they don’t bother to get any more infomration and would never ever think of questioning their own perceptions (or how they even got them).
The BBC? Just as bad as the NYT or maybe worse.
In the recent past, I worked with a number of Ph.D’s. They are all libs and unbelievably uninformed, so your experience doesn’t surprise me!
People like her will never survive their first food riot.
The liberals I know think they get “Fair and Balanced” from NPR.
At least a dog can learn a new trick. No thinking is required to be a Democrat.
On a related note, while reading the Bible I was reminded of how human nature never changes. In Acts, Paul and Barnabas healed a lame man and the people of the town were bound and determined to worship them. Paul protested mightily and tried to stop them to no avail. Then two verses later, some people came from Jerusalem and turned the crowd against Paul. Paul was then stoned and left for dead.
People are sheeple. They can't be bothered with facts, they just want factoids and cultural trends.