10 Things I Learned From Eavesdropping on Conservatives Talking About ‘America’ At the Movie Theater

Ring of Fire Radio starring Robert F. Kennedy, Jr ^ | July 9, 2014 | Chauncey DeVega

[ozzymandus]

Chauncey De Vega?? I love it when gay guys make up their own names.

[Gefn]

The book is still selling like hotcakes on Amazon, and now you can pre-order the movie as a DVD on Amazon as well. (Which I did).

[mulligan]

Another ignorant racist fool.

[IronJack]

Notice that not even the meagerest attempt was made to refute any of D’Souza’s assertions. This would be the equivalent of an attorney cross-examining an opposing witness by saying “Is it or is it not true that you are a big poop-head dingleberry butt-face?”

[nathanbedford]

Well said.

This article is unintentionally revealing of the pathology which is rife in the African-American community. Can you imagine how this would sound if the writer had the ability to tone up his bigotry and express it with oh so plausible language?

There is an article on a companion thread which describes the negative influence of Valerie Jarrett on the President of the United States and many FReepers have offered up their theories as to why she should have such power over Obama. I tend to think of it as not so much a power that Jarrett enjoys over Obama but a common worldview they mutually possess and mutually reinforce.

Obama is very articulate and he's very clever, as most narcissists are, and he is smart enough and wary enough not to betray himself often but I think he shares everyone of the preposterous notions outlined in this article but he is too clever and too articulate to be caught out often.

This article illustrates for me a pathology which confounded white observers when we looked at the facts of the George Zimmerman trial and found no evidence of Zimmerman's guilt and plenty of evidence of Martin's aggression. When the author of this piece says that logic makes no headway with conservatives, he is clearly projecting and it is this article, the George Zimmerman affair, and Obama's actions in the White House which make that clear to me.

This writer is obviously obsessed by race but I submit that Obama is equally obsessed by race but an obsession shaped by a Marxist worldview.

[kevkrom]

Epistemic closure is a real phenomenon

I learned one thing about the author, which is all I need to know - he's so blinded by his own "epistemic closure" that all he can do is to frame dissonant information to his worldview into narrow, convenient stereotypes.

[Timocrat]

Is this satire or is he serious ?

[Raycpa]

Perfect example of attacking messenger rather than issues.

[WashingtonSource]

My God what delusional thinking and writing!

[sphinx]

9. There were white indentured servants in the American colonies. This is an important part of “America’s” narrative as that fact somehow makes chattel slavery a less unique and less vicious social institution as practiced for centuries in the United States.

Chattel slavery was unique to the United States? Who knew?

Certainly slavery in the U.S. was "unique" with regard to any number of local particularities, but as a broad proposition ... one of the most important distinctions is that the slave population in North America survived and grew. Far more slaves were sold from Africa north to the Arab world, yet there is no African disaspora in the middle east. Do American lefties really need someone to connect the dots for them?

Apparently, yes.

[Ohioan]

A pathetic diatribe by a writer who apparently avoided the discipline of good writing by being "passed through" by English teachers who were either themselves incompetent, or unwilling to come to grips with their subject matter.

In place of rational argument, the writer simply relies upon the overuse of adjectives with abusive connotations. He is impressive as a name caller, but offers no logic; justifies none of his basic premises, while demonstrating an almost pathological hatred of Americans who do not accept his hatred of America.

William Flax

[MrB]

Daleks"Liberals" are an extraterrestrialconstitutional race of cyborgs created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals Satan when he promised "you will be gods". His final modification was to remove their ability to feel pity, compassion, or remorse. The Daleks"Ligerals" soon came to view themselves as the supreme race in the universe and began a conquest of universal domination and extermination. Various storylines portray them as having had every emotion removed except hate, leaving them with a desire to purge the Universe of all non-Dalek"Liberal" life. They are popularly known for their catchphrase "Exterminate!".

[cuban leaf]

I thought it was a funny article.

But I argue with liberals on the internet all the time. Their primary tools are projection and ad-hominem. This was pretty standard stuff.

To me, it was a little like a Nazi belittling the comments of Jews outside the theater after an anti-Nazi movie.

[Ohioan]

You are right on the mark.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I love it when liberals get their panties in a wad! So he was the creepy guy skirting the edge of a group of people who paid their own hard earned money to watch the movie of their choice then wanted to discuss it. I guess in Chauncey's world "blacks and browns" aren't smart enough to think for themselves and aren't worthy of respect if they don't stay on the dem plantation.

And for the record, D'nesh did NOT downplay slavery in the least, but he did point out there were more indentured servants and many many MANY black slaveowners

[jonno]

I feel “stoopider” for having read this drivel.

Thanks for posting this, I think...

[GeronL]

I am a sucker for movies about the supernatural and occult

Well, that explains a lot about his politics.

[GeronL]

OMG - The conservative cult is led by black people!!!

This is shocking!!!

lolol

[GeronL]

Following a black man makes a conservative a racist.

Following a black man makes a liberal enlightened.

Imagine that

[Albion Wilde]

...the Tea Party is 110% white...

Is that like 57 U.S. states?