As someone who is a liberal in recovery, I have a clear enough memory of the past 53 years to say without equivocation that the smearing of people through insult, casual jests, barbed cruelty, and ironic asides is something which was perfected and promoted by the left.
The flaw of the conservatives is maintaining dignity with people who deserve a sharp punch in the head.
I noticed that practically all of the examples in that article were whining about leftists who were smeared. No tears for Robert Bork, I see.
Here’s my observation. Whenever a leftist calls for civil discourse, it’s a sign that conservatives are ascendent and close to proclaiming ideas that are popular with Americans. There are no calls for civil discourse when the left smears anyone.
“There are no calls for civil discourse when the left smears anyone.”
Undeniably true.
It is far past time for decent people to wake up and realize that when dealing with scumbags, civility is nothing but a self-imposed handicap.
After a hundred million innocent dead in the twentieth century, no liberal is entitled to the slightest consideration, courtesy, or civility. Liberals should be reviled, abominated, spat upon, even beaten, whenever they have the gall to show their faces in the presence of decent people.