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Seriously, Who Cares if A Liberal Is Offended?
Townhall ^ | 08/01/2018 | John Dempsey

Posted on 08/01/2018 9:43:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Go offend a liberal. It doesn’t matter. The left gets offended over everything. Literally. They will find a reason to be upset about something. The ultimate goal of a leftist is to shut up the opposition. By taking the fifth rule of Saul Alinsky, ”ridicule is man’s most potent weapon,” liberals try to shut up anyone with whom they don’t agree. To render the fifth rule ineffective, the recipient of leftist attacks must not care and voice their beliefs.

Charles Davis is the dean of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Recently, a childhood friend of his, Brian Kemp, won a Republican primary in the state of Georgia. Davis took to Twitter and publically congratulated Kemp with the following Tweet: “I went to high school with the GOP guv candidate @BrianKempGA. We played YMCA ball from childhood. Politics be damned. He is a nice guy, always was. Kind to a fault. He’s a friend, always has been, and will be when we’re old(er) and grey(er). That’s how all this should work, people.”

Davis is exactly right. That tweet was kind and dignified. There was nothing political about it. He congratulated a life-long, childhood friend and there is nothing wrong with that. He acted like an adult. It sounded like that Davis is probably a Democrat and was putting politics aside to congratulate a lifelong friend with a mature gesture. If so, this outrage is another example of leftists eating their own to push their agenda.

However, some leftists saw the tweet. At that point, Davis formed a bull’s eye on his back and became nothing more than a target for harassment. He was called names, and insulted to the point he issued an apology tweet that read,” I’d like to issue an apology to anyone offended by my tweet shout out to Brian Kemp…I’ve read and learned so much from you all and will endeavor to be more thoughtful.”

The only thing that Davis could have reasonably learned from this experience is that the left is unreasonable and unhinged.

A mob on Twitter bullied Davis. He told a childhood friend good job for winning, then allowed himself to get shut down by a chronically angry group of keyboard warriors. The left can’t intentionally teach anyone. If someone learns from them, it is because he or she was a victim or an astute outside observer of their antics.

The left attacks a person mercilessly until they cower in submission if they don’t agree. Submitting is the wrong way to handle the left. They are never offended, only continuously angry and looking for the next target.

There must be pushback on leftists. Davis quickly gave in, and now he is a victim. If one pushes back hard enough, they will move on to someone else. Instead, Davis should have valued his childhood friend, and blown off the raging leftists.

There is no way to offend a leftist because they are in a constant state of the offense.

It doesn’t matter when a liberal is offended. They attack people who don’t 100 percent agree with them, regardless of political affiliation.

If educating the left is offensive to them, keep offending them.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: liberalism; liberals; offense
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To: SeekAndFind

Whatever their excuse for being perpetually offended is, it seems to manifest itself in others.

Those who are miserable, would be miserable, even if there was no Trump, or Christians, or Republicans.

It’s their breath, their blood, and it’s how they survive...if they didn’t bitch, they would explode.


41 posted on 08/01/2018 11:20:06 AM PDT by FrankR (IF it wasn't for the "F-word", and it's deritiives, the left would have no message at all.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Understood and agree. But even silence would have been better than an apology to a pack of anonymous bullying brats. In some ways it may be easier to deal with a bully when they’re physically in your face than when they’re attacking from the safety of Mom’s and Dad’s basement. A short, sharp, shock to the nose or throat conveys a lesson. But apologizing for the temerity of leaving the herd to praise someone you know is a decent person? Weak.


42 posted on 08/01/2018 11:21:46 AM PDT by katana (n't cope)
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To: SeekAndFind
Politico’s Marc Caputo Mocked Trumps Rally Attendees calling them....

" Toothless Garbage People".....so the left is in no position to set any standards.


43 posted on 08/01/2018 11:52:59 AM PDT by caww
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To: SeekAndFind

NOT WORK SAFE, BUT SO TRUE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs
44 posted on 08/01/2018 11:54:41 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: VastRWCon
I don’t, seriously I don’t give a rats ass.

People who are offended by an old friend congratulating his friend are too uncivil to rate an apology. Eff 'em.

45 posted on 08/01/2018 12:03:35 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just like all other totalitarians of the past the liberals know they cannot win by arguing their points so all they have left is to intimidate and bully people into submission.

Like the article says just say no. Don’t let them win. Never ever give in to them.


46 posted on 08/01/2018 12:07:09 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (Good intentions? Most leftists would throw every one of us in Gulag if they could get away with it)
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To: SeekAndFind

“If educating the left is offensive to them, keep offending them.”

I like to probe for their tender spots then put max pressure on the bruise hoping for a fist fight.


47 posted on 08/01/2018 12:08:54 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SeekAndFind

Liberals LIKE being offended. It sustains their ‘victimhood’


48 posted on 08/01/2018 12:23:21 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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49 posted on 08/01/2018 12:47:15 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Bonemaker

Sun Tsu said something to the effect that if your enemy has an irritable temper, go out of your way to irritate him.


50 posted on 08/01/2018 2:03:11 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I feel offended every time liberals say they’re offended.....


51 posted on 08/01/2018 2:27:49 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi
Press on the injury!😎
52 posted on 08/01/2018 4:42:56 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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