Posted on 07/15/2024 9:13:58 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
A friend who supports Biden and hates Trump complained to me this morning that I am being narcissistic by sharing my views publicly on the presidential election, and that I should keep my views to myself.
I explained to my friend that part of being a good citizen is participating in the political process. If one believes that one candidate is materially better for the country than another, one should advocate in any way that they can for that candidate. This is not narcissism. It is patriotism. All of us have an obligation to stand up and be counted.
Bill is right about the second part, but not the first.
I’ve been interested in reading Ackman’s posts over the past year. He is the most visible example (at least to me) of a non-political Northeasterner who voted Dem his whole life making the journey to realize that the Dems do not represent him. And when he speaks up about it, his social circle calls him insane. Good for him for making the journey and not backing down or staying quiet about it.
Yeah, the first part is really his own problem with his friends. No need to burden us with those details.
He’s not talking to you.
He’s talking to the many people he knows that support Trump but are afraid to say it in their social circles.
Your first problem is having a lefty/Biden scumbag as a “friend.”
Eject.
“A friend who supports Biden and hates Trump complained to me this morning that I am being narcissistic by sharing my views publicly on the presidential election, and that I should keep my views to myself.”
projection
Narcissitic Personality Disorder is something specific, it is not confidence nor is it about personal grooming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder
from wikipedia - who does this best describe, the right or the left?
A grandiose sense of self-importance (exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
Believing that they are “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
Requiring excessive admiration
A sense of entitlement (unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with their expectations)
Being interpersonally exploitative (taking advantage of others to achieve their own ends)
Lacking empathy (unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others)
Often being envious of others or believing that others are envious of them
Showing arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Most of the Lefties I have known have been very vocal. They are “activists”, first.
They only want silence, now, because there is no way to defend their position.
Precisely.
Exactly.
Anyone who disagrees with the Left risks alienation and excommunication.
“I explained to my friend that part of being a good citizen is participating in the political process.”
Only for liberals.
On election night 2016 there were a deluge of complaints on liberal media that the only reason Trump was winning was that white people were voting in record numbers. You would have thought the mainstream pundits had something against white conservatives!
Leftists don’t keep their views to themselves.
I won’t And I won’t shut up because they don’t want to hear it.
Freedom of speech is not only for those who agree with them.
Seems to me Ackman missed the biggest part of this. His friend feels he has the right to advocate for Biden and advocate against Trump, but he, Ackman, does not have that right and should just be quiet. That’s the typical Leftist standard and his “friend” should have been told so.
Bill, your “friend” is an arrogant ass.
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