More liberal troll-like words. Liberals LOVE to "judge" inner-motivations of others -- like "animus." (A word you've also used in this thread). They also LOVE to exaggerate things that are not "abusive" -- and describe them as such.
Now I don't know if you've ever been abused or not; and this may not apply to you...
...but I've found that people -- those who haven't been abused -- seem to find it easier to accuse others of "abuse"...
...just like I've found it seems easier for Americans to claim they're being persecuted...
...when if they really were in certain countries or points of history, they would truly understand the stark contrasts between persecution, oppression, light oppression, abuse, verbal abuse, arguments, debates, and mild disagreements.
When you readily toss out words like "abuse" and apply them as accusations to Freepers like Elsie, you basically sabotage your own credibility to aptly size up a poster or situation. It's simply inflammatory accusatory rhetoric meant to serve as an ad hominent attack against the person.
When you can't restrain or refrain from such inflammatory rhetoric, you then come across as someone prone to engage in rhetoric that the Left loves to embrace.
No matter how conservative you may be inwardly, I've seen many conservatives resort to tactics they've learned from the Left. So don't be surprised when you're called on that in a forum like FR.
And, we have another volunteer named Colofornian, who joins Elsie and Tennessee Nana in an anti-Mormon smear campaign. As this isn't a debate about the facts, but rather pointing that this behavior is loathsome, boorish and reprehensible; I have also pointed out, that such behavior could become even actionable.
I would be as delighted as the next person here to see Mitt Romney defeated quickly and handily, but this campaign of trashing Mormonism to trash him is below contempt, below our standards and has no place on FR. I am no stranger to religious intolerance, bigotry and libelous statements. If I expect folks to say no to words like Christ Killer, or crap like that, then letting you call people child rapists and then associate that with Glenn or Mitt as a reason to hate these people. It is not acceptable.
Calling me a liberal because I use words you don't like is laughable. That is ok, bizarre but what ever floats your boat. I leave it to the readers to make up their own mind whether using the word animus automatically makes a person a liberal. :)
It is not an ad hominem attack to state that someone is posting libelous attacks and expressing pure religious bigotry on this site. Or when people have a pattern of hijacking threads with inappropriate or off topic posts. Such as Glenn Beck is a Mormon, lets trash Mormons. This tread was about Presidential Candidates traveling to Israel to attend an event. There are other threads where a discussion like this may be appropriate, but here it was not, and under any circumstances, Tennessee Nana's post was inappropriate.
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