Resorting to name-calling? At least get it right (LIBERAL BEMOANS USE OF THE 'C-WORD')

SouthtownStar - Chicago ^ | July 11, 2010 | Kathleen Rooney

[DManA]

Submitted without proof that the boor was a “right winger”. Sounds like a a typical drunken knucklehead to me.

[ripley]

Let’s see; A liberal speaking about alleged name-calling on the part of a family member who utters the word “communist”.

Where is the writer when Democrats regularly utter the words “neanderthal”, “knuckle-dragger”, “ignorant”,
“bible-thumper”, “gun-loving”, “stupid”, “Nazi”, among many others to describe those who do not subscribe to the ideas of Democrats?

Just asking.

[mjp]

Instead, what conservatives generally mean when they name-call someone a "communist" is: "I disagree with you, and I resent and oppose your democratic right to hold and express an opinion that is different from mine, antithetical as that is to the entire concept and spirit of democracy." they are either a genuine communist or they are a communist sympathizer (which is just as evil as being a communist, so being so precise is not necessary).

[secret garden]

Who did she aid in the Senate, I wonder? The overtly corrupt Mosely Braun character?

[secret garden]

I can answer my own question here. Apparently she was fired for publishing gossip from Sen. Durbin the turban's office.

[Chi-townChief]

Yeah - she’s one of the rare hot-looking liberal babes.

[BIV]

Obviously, words, especially those uttered in anger, are often misused.
In my view, the evil, calculated, silence-inducing and debate-ending leftist use of the word “racism” to kowtow dissent is far more common than use of the “c” word, and far more pernicious.
BTW, I’ll be watching baseball today. Guess I’m not a citizen of the world like our ‘resident.

[eclecticEel]

I would typically refer the people like Kathleen as ‘socialists’ which is much of a catch-all for a range of ideologies that might nuance themselves out into any odd number of isms.

[stylin_geek]

Hmm, if the cover is her, then she’s a little “bottom heavy and top light.”

[xp38]

The number of Americans who could locate Ghana on a map, name it’s capital and current political leader without looking them up would be rather small. The people mentioned in this piece were cheering Ghana because the participants were black.

[denydenydeny]

"Communism" and "communist" are real and useful terms with precise meanings and histories. But they are almost never properly employed anymore.

LOL! This is from a political point of view that throws around "Nazi," "Fascist," "racist," "apartheid," etc.

[Enterprise]

"The people mentioned in this piece were cheering Ghana because the participants were black."

Must be hell for them to decide who to root for at an NBA game.

[Entrepreneur]

Well, without more discussion, it's impossible to know if the Ghana fans were Communists or simply anti-American, unpatriotic, and disloyal. Or, possibly they were black and pulling for Ghana because they were racists. We simply don't know. I find Rooney's definition of Communism telling...

Just ask yourself: Is the thing or idea that I am attempting to berate or dismiss out of hand with a single word (as opposed to thoughtful debate):

1. A political theory of total collectivism in an utterly classless and stateless society? If no, don't say "communist"; just say, "Shut up." If yes, go right ahead.

2. An economic system based on the principle "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need"? If no, don't say "communist"; just say, "I am incapable of listening to, let alone respecting or considering, an opinion that is not the same as mine." If yes, go right ahead.

3. A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership? If no, don't say "communist"; just say, "My ignorance makes me defensive and hostile toward people who make different decisions than I do." If yes, go right ahead

Didn't she just define the entire Obama administration and the bulk of the democrat party?

[Lancey Howard]

Obviously the years of hopping from bed to bed have caused her brains to be completely effed out.

[Lancey Howard]

The people mentioned in this piece were cheering Ghana because the participants were black.

Yes, you broke the code.
Addtionally, theGhana players were NOT American, and in the crowd described by this simple liberal Rooney, there were likely few people who were not bitter, America-hating mice.

[ransomnote]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. As I read the rather childishly executed ‘essay’ I assumed that she was an ordinary citizen not accustomed to writing for the public eye. And then I read that she was a ‘congressional writer’?!

[Lurker]

KATHLEEN ROONEY IS A FORMER U.S. SENATE AIDE

Thank God it's 'former'. I'll just bet I know which US Senator she's a 'former' aid to.

L

[ransomnote]

I get the impression that this...’essayist’...goes around seething with rage at conservatives and all it takes is for some anonymous boorish person of unknown political persuasion to cut her off in traffic, take her parking space, or steal her morning newspaper for her to ‘let us have it’; we are to blame for every tear and disappointment.
It’s kind of amusing, for some strange reason, to see an ‘essayist’ of third rate skill holding herself up as suitable school mistress fit to ‘teach’ people who read and write better than does. Once again, a liberal is only happy when telling others how to act.

[kanawa]

what conservatives generally mean when they name-call someone a "communist" is: "I disagree with you, and I resent and oppose your democratic right to hold and express an opinion that is different from mine, antithetical as that is to the entire concept and spirit of democracy."

Glad she stated this relatively early in her piece, saved me reading the rest.

[Richard Kimball]

The left demands different standards of conduct from people who oppose them. Here are a few images from the Bush years that weren't a problem for them: