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The Making Of A 9/11 Republican
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 2/24/5
| Cinnamon Stillwell
Posted on 02/24/2005 7:42:59 AM PST by SmithL
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I'll bet you never thought you'd read something like this in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:43:01 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
All I can say is, "WOW"! This girl has the talent to make a big difference. I hope she has a great career.
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:50:59 AM PST
by
GVnana
(If I had a Buckhead moment would I know it?)
To: SmithL
The first word in the original title is a capital "OPINION:", the only article at www.sfgate.com with that disclaimer in the title.
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:56:37 AM PST
by
Reeses
(What a person sees is mostly behind their eyeballs rather than in front.)
To: Citizen James
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posted on
02/24/2005 7:58:31 AM PST
by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: SmithL
Cinnamon is an active FReeper and was a leader as the SF Chapter (all 20 of us LOL) would counter FReep the unwashed scum. Kudos to her for a great article.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:03:15 AM PST
by
Drango
(NPR/PBS is the propaganda wing of the DNC.)
To: Reeses
Give them credit. They didn't post "DUMBASS OPINION FROM RIGHTWING BIGOTED BOOB:"
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:03:27 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: SmithL
Wow, there's a female David Horowitz out there in San Francisco! I would never have imagined it. She's certainly brave; reformed leftists take even more vicious bile than we lifelong conservatives.
And I love the name Cinnamon.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:09:46 AM PST
by
jpl
(Islam is a religion of peace, as in "Rest in Peace".)
To: SmithL
To: GVgirl; SmithL
Beyond writing, I put myself on the front lines of this ideological battle by taking part in counterprotests at the antiwar rallies leading up to the war in Iraq. This turned out to be a further wake-up call, because it was there that I encountered more intolerance than ever before in my life. Holding pro-Iraq-liberation signs and American flags, I was spat on, called names, intimidated, threatened, attacked, cursed and, on a good day, simply argued with. It was clear that any deviation from the prevailing leftist groupthink of the Bay Area was considered a threat to be eliminated as quickly as possible.... I was, in effect, radicalized by the radicals.
Though I part with her in being raised conservative, similar experiences with the Left really opened my eyes about the stakes involved in this culture war. In my first semester in college in fall 1998, I went to a conservative conference at Columbia University, an environment just as left-wing as the Bay Area. As I walked in to the Faculty House with some other conservative college students, about 100 left-wing protesters in a seeting mass shouted us down. The administration at Columbia caved to this group, and on the second day of the conference, we heard our speakers across the street in Morningside Park, again being shouted down and the situation requiring the NYPD to intervene and separate us. Between their mass display of hate, and the condescending treatment I got from one of them personally when I tried to talk to them and get a copy of what they were passing out, I realized I was looking at my enemy. As much as they need to be defeated, they also need to be pitied, since like this writer of this opinion piece, many/most don't know any better.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:11:56 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: Alia
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:14:23 AM PST
by
JesseJane
( "I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives," Berger said.)
To: USF; Dark Skies; Fred Nerks; ariamne; Former Dodger; fastattacksailor; swordfish71; broadsword; ...
Reformed liberal ping!
You will relate to this one Ariamne!
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:16:55 AM PST
by
jan in Colorado
("...if you suffer as a Christin,do not be ashamed,but praise God that you bear that name." I Peter 4)
To: SmithL
This is a beautifully written piece.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:22:50 AM PST
by
marron
To: SmithL
She is me. That is, her transformation mirrors mine almost exactly.
I work at a college and have made my views, my transformation, no secret and have been made a social outcast there because of it.
I don't care.
Interestingly, it was this site that completed and cemented my transformation so cudos to you FReepers. :)
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:23:49 AM PST
by
Trampled by Lambs
("Making Al Gore regret inventing the internet, one post at a time")
To: CounterCounterCulture
I don't have my SF Chapter list anymore....Would you please ping whoever you have.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:23:49 AM PST
by
Drango
(NPR/PBS is the propaganda wing of the DNC.)
To: SmithL
Wow--the passion of this convert yields inspiration. Thanks for the post.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:31:22 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Osama bin Laden has more tapes than Steely Dan)
To: All
Wow! This was a fantastic piece! I just had to write an email to Cinnamon praising her eloquence and bravery.
Indeed, I think this domestic cultural war is actually a greater danger than the external enemy. It takes nothing more than the weather to kill you, if you are tied down to the ground.
To: Another-MA-Conservative
I just had to write an email to Cinnamon Perhaps we should write the SF Chron and suggest they add her as a regular columnists.
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:41:32 AM PST
by
Drango
(NPR/PBS is the propaganda wing of the DNC.)
To: jan in Colorado; ariamne
Thanks for the ping Jan.
Great article and I'm sure Ariamne can relate to parts of it... especially the sympathies the left now appears to have for vile terrorist groups around the world.
Psssst... Btw, I love reformed liberals, but I couldn't eat a whole one. I prefer real liberals... they taste just like chicken. ;oP
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:43:32 AM PST
by
USF
(I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade ™ © ®)
To: USF
>>I prefer real liberals... they taste just like chicken. ;oP<<<<
In chicken tacos, maybe?
You know you've now just ruined one of my favorite foods!
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posted on
02/24/2005 8:47:59 AM PST
by
jan in Colorado
("...if you suffer as a Christin,do not be ashamed,but praise God that you bear that name." I Peter 4)
To: GVgirl
*** All I can say is, "WOW"! ***
"WOW!" My sentiments precisely; you beat me to it.
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