Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Refuting 7 Lies Liberals Have Told Millennials About Conservatives
Townhall.com ^ | November 25, 2014 | John Hawkins

Posted on 11/25/2014 6:07:10 AM PST by Kaslin

The biggest reason young Americans tend to lean to the left is that they grow up immersed in liberalism. Their entertainment, music, teachers and college professors lean to the left. Meanwhile, since few young Americans follow politics avidly or are out in the real world enough to feel the sting of left-wing policies, the only place they typically get to hear the conservative position is from liberals. That’s like getting the history of WWII from Hitler – or Noam Chomsky, either/or – and expecting to get an accurate picture of what the Allies believed.

That puts these kids in a position where they are predisposed to believe the worst about conservatives and it makes it more difficult for them to stumble upon the truth. After all, if someone hurls a “When did you stop beating your wife?” style accusation at a conservative, he’s unlikely to respond in a calm, rational manner and kindly explain why that person has him all wrong. Once you’ve called someone a “racist,” “sexist” or “homophobe,” you’re unlikely to have much of a dialogue with him.

So, if you’re conservative, here’s something you can share with your sons, daughters, cousins and nephews to help refute the propaganda they’re being fed on a daily basis by the Left. Conservatism works and liberalism doesn’t; so if kids aren’t dying to get on the dole or brainwashed to hate us, most of them are going to choose conservatism if they’re allowed to make an informed choice.

1) Conservatives hate black Americans: Like Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain, Ben Carson, Tim Scott, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams and Mia Love? That’s funny because all of those black Americans seem to be extremely popular with conservatives. To liberals, “You’re a racist” has become little more than a way of saying, “I don’t like you or agree with what you just said.” However, anyone who pays the least bit of attention will notice that conservatives tend to like and agree with black conservatives just like liberals tend to like and agree with black liberals. At the end of the day, conservatives believe that people are people, no matter what their race, color or religion happens to be. It would be a better country if everyone felt the same way.

2) Conservatives don’t believe in science because they don’t buy into global warming: To the contrary, most conservatives don’t buy into global warming BECAUSE of science. Here’s one scientific fact that should be the first thing brought up any time someone mentions the subject: temperatures have been flat since 1998. Before we go out of our minds over global warming, shouldn’t the globe actually be warming? What’s scientific about ignoring that basic fact or for that matter, offering up incredibly expensive, unworkable plans to fight it based on climate models that have been proven wrong over and over again? What is unscientific about wanting further research on the issue to find out the degree of the threat, if there even is a threat, before spending trillions of dollars and potentially decimating our economy to fight against something so iffy that many intelligent people don’t believe it exists? Screaming “scientific consensus” while you hold up a “The End Is Coming” sign and telling sad stories about polar bears aren’t what science is supposed to be like. If and when the scientific evidence to back global warming is really there, nobody will have any trouble convincing conservatives to take it seriously.

3) Conservatives hate Hispanics: Does that really gibe with the fact that quite possibly the most popular politician in America with conservatives is Ted Cruz? Liberals try to paint conservatives as racist because many illegal aliens are Hispanic and we oppose illegal immigration. However, to conservatives, the key fact about illegal immigrants isn’t that many of them are Hispanic; it’s that they’re law-breaking foreigners whom we owe nothing. They’re breaking the law to be here, soaking up far more tax dollars than any meager amount a few of them pay into the system and they take jobs away from poor and middle class Americans. Our loyalty is to Americans -- black, white, Hispanic, Jews, Asian – you name it – and illegal aliens aren’t Americans and don’t deserve to be. We already have a way for foreigners to “get right with the law” and become Americans. It’s called immigrating here legally.

4) Conservatives hate gay Americans: Despite the fact that I have gay friends, was the first sponsor of GOProud’s Homocon, and organized a conservative effort to get Alec Baldwin fired from Capital One for his homophobic comments, I don’t support gay marriage. That’s because I’m a Christian and that means that while I can support people as human beings, I can’t support things that they do that I believe go against my religion. Even if I wasn’t a Christian, I’d still oppose gay marriage because I believe marriage is the bedrock of our society and we need to strengthen it, not weaken it by further diluting its significance and meaning. That’s obviously not an expression of hatred towards gay Americans; it’s a disagreement about something that isn’t even up for debate in most of the world and wasn’t even seriously discussed here two decades ago.

5) Conservatives hate the poor: Since there are many conservatives who are poor or who’ve been poor (myself included), that would require hating ourselves. The truth is that there’s a big difference in how liberals and conservatives approach the poor. Liberals know that poor Americans tend to vote Democrat; so they like the idea of poor Americans staying poor and dependent on the government. On the other hand, conservatives believe the best thing we can do for poor Americans is to make it as easy as possible for them to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. That means keeping taxes low, the economy strong and growing, giving parents’ choices in education and keeping crime under control. It’s not compassion to “help” someone by keeping him on public assistance for years; it’s a tragedy. It’s much more compassionate to create an environment that allows that same person to get a job, take care of his family and pull himself out of poverty.

6) Conservatives are in the pocket of the rich: This has always been a weird smear given the cozy relationship liberals like Obama have with Wall Street and billionaires like Warren Buffet and George Soros. Additionally, conservatives oppose corporate welfare, are infuriated by businesses using their government connections to squash competition and have no sympathy for corporate crooks. However, we’re also not envious of people who have a lot of money, we support capitalism, and we believe in the free market. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “We still want an America where people can get rich.”

7) Conservatives are waging a war on women: So, which women are we waging a war on? Governor Jan Brewer? Governor Nikki Haley? Former Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin? Oh, but conservatives don’t respect strong women? You mean like Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin or Dana Loesch? Conservatives just want women to stay in the kitchen and be quiet? You mean like Congresswomen Mia Love, Marsha Blackburn and Cathy McMorris Rodgers?How dumb would you have to be to think that those women, along with Megyn Kelly, Michele Bachmann, Laura Ingraham, S.E. Cupp, Condi Rice and tens of millions of others would go along with policies that they believe are going to hurt women?


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barack0bama; liberaism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

1 posted on 11/25/2014 6:07:10 AM PST by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

bump


2 posted on 11/25/2014 6:13:56 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

The liberal buddies in the msm sure promote these misconceptions.


3 posted on 11/25/2014 6:18:55 AM PST by duckman (I'm part of the group pulling the wagon!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Add one more—the Constitution is outdated. This gives far more leeway to then satisfy oneself and explain self behavior into acceptance rather than accountability and responsibility.


4 posted on 11/25/2014 6:19:54 AM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Intelligent and well written. But liberals are the bleating sheep and squawking chickens of Animal Farm who can only conceive the simplest sound bites.


5 posted on 11/25/2014 6:21:49 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

End It Before Thanksgiving


Click The Pic To Donate

Support FR, Donate Monthly If You Can

6 posted on 11/25/2014 6:23:10 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

But liberals are the bleating sheep and squawking chickens of Animal Farm who can only conceive the simplest sound bites.
You failed to mention breying Jack @sses.


7 posted on 11/25/2014 6:28:28 AM PST by Bitsy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

I had no idea I was so consumed with hate LOL


8 posted on 11/25/2014 6:28:33 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

This is why Leftists should not be in any of the storytelling industries - government, religion, media, or education.


9 posted on 11/25/2014 6:30:55 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: duckman
This is a nice list, but it is just the beginning. Libtards create lies out of whole cloth and have their stooges in the media repeat them ad infinitum.

It is not productive to defend against every lie told. It is more productive to turn these lies against the liberals by attacking them for what they are doing-- projection.

10 posted on 11/25/2014 6:35:02 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Bump


11 posted on 11/25/2014 6:35:56 AM PST by Roses0508
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

All kids need to know about liberals is the following:

When you are a liberal, you blame others for your actions. You would rather pull people down to your level than elevate yourself up to theirs. When given a choice between god given rights and state given rights, the liberal will always choose the state. To a liberal, it is the intention that counts, not the outcome. A liberal will speak from emotion, not from logic, therefore the easiest way to create a liberal is to tug at the heart strings. This explains 99% of a liberals thought process.

This is why liberals hate conservatives. A conservative is simple. A conservative believes in the law, god and country. A conservative believes everyone is empowered wth god given rights, where they are encouraged to think for themselves and to become the best they can be.

Things like morality and true love of others is foreign to a liberal because it isn’t part of liberal doctrine. It is also the reason liberals lie. It is easier to lie about it(see responsibility) than to actually practice it.

For every issue facing America today, a liberal will blast conservatives because of our insensitivity and outright hatred of the issue. A conservative will blast liberals on every issue because they have no facts supporting their emotions.

It is pretty simple.


12 posted on 11/25/2014 6:42:47 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't spell liberal without labal.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

All kids need to know about liberals is the following:

When you are a liberal, you blame others for your actions. You would rather pull people down to your level than elevate yourself up to theirs. When given a choice between god given rights and state given rights, the liberal will always choose the state. To a liberal, it is the intention that counts, not the outcome. A liberal will speak from emotion, not from logic, therefore the easiest way to create a liberal is to tug at the heart strings. This explains 99% of a liberals thought process.

This is why liberals hate conservatives. A conservative is simple. A conservative believes in the law, god and country. A conservative believes everyone is empowered wth god given rights, where they are encouraged to think for themselves and to become the best they can be.

Things like morality and true love of others is foreign to a liberal because it isn’t part of liberal doctrine. It is also the reason liberals lie. It is easier to lie about it(see responsibility) than to actually practice it.

For every issue facing America today, a liberal will blast conservatives because of our insensitivity and outright hatred of the issue. A conservative will blast liberals on every issue because they have no facts supporting their emotions.

It is pretty simple.


13 posted on 11/25/2014 6:43:00 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You can't spell liberal without label.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
Conservatives are waging a war on women. The exact opposite is true. Liberals are waging a war on women. Take Cleveland for example. For twenty years, in a city run by Democrats, untested rape kits sat on shelves. Exact numbers are unclear - between 4,200 - 5,000 untested kits. It was a Republican, current Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who did something about it. Now Cleveland City Council is considering an ordinance that allows either gender to use any bathroom. They're promising to take voyeurism seriously. Really? Cleveland Democrats don't even take the violent crime of RAPE seriously! It's pretty obvious who is protecting the interests of Ohio women - and IT IS NOT liberal Democrats.

Rape victim praises Mike DeWine in campaign spot

From the article: "DeWine's opponent, Democrat David Pepper, has repeatedly urged DeWine to speed up the testing of rape test kits by distributing to other crime labs rather than have them all processed at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, a branch of DeWine's office, in London, Ohio. DeWine refused, saying that would cost too much money and cause the state to lose direct control of the evidence."
14 posted on 11/25/2014 6:50:53 AM PST by neefer (Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

#4 is really weak. To define one self by sexuality fosters a fixation on personal gratification at the expense of all else, including family. There is nothing that destroys a nuclear family faster than promiscuous sexual obsession. Gays are, probably because their pleasure cannot make a baby, more likely to be promiscuous. Destroyed families are destructive to children, and therefore mass produce customers for the welfare state.


15 posted on 11/25/2014 6:54:26 AM PST by Carry_Okie (Those who profess noblesse oblige regress to droit du seigneur.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Lieberals also spout that Conservatives are right-wing wackos,
when in reality, Conservatives are pure centrists... while claiming that lieberals are the center. As usual, turning the language upside down.

By their reasoning, Washington/Madison/Jefferson/Adams/Hamilton/Lincoln/Franklin and so on were right-wing wackos.


16 posted on 11/25/2014 6:57:50 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

“When did you stop beating your wife?”
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
My answer to a question like that would be something like, “The day I was born, of course.”


17 posted on 11/25/2014 7:03:16 AM PST by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C210N

“By their reasoning, Washington/Madison/Jefferson/Adams/Hamilton/Lincoln/Franklin and so on were right-wing wackos.”
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

No doubt, many liberals are happy to believe exactly that about all except Lincoln. They imagine Lincoln to be some kind of flawless saint because they swallow the image without knowing any of the actual facts. An amazing number go so far as to believe that Lincoln was a Democrat and of course the GOP calls itself, “the party of Lincoln” which is, in my own opinion, a poor choice of identity.


18 posted on 11/25/2014 7:09:56 AM PST by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

If there is any proof of the liberal mindset needed, look only to Furgeson and all the democrats that took to the streets to destroy the black owned businesses and neighborhoods.


19 posted on 11/25/2014 7:10:47 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (POTUS shall now be referred to as POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Carry_Okie

Yes they can, but they need a woman to do it and the lesbians need a male to do do it


20 posted on 11/25/2014 7:12:32 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson