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Suggestions For Liberals in 2017
Townhall.com ^ | January 3, 2017 | Susan Stamper Brown

Posted on 01/03/2017 10:06:27 AM PST by Kaslin

Because the Democrat Party continues to implode, I thought it would be helpful to write my third annual “Suggestions for Liberals” column. So here goes:

Understand that political correctness and despotism go hand-in-hand. The First Amendment makes America a politically-incorrect zone, so deal with it. That means everyone gets to voice their opinion, not just those with whom you happen to agree. Political correctness is just another word for control. As Voltaire said, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Hale-and-hearty debate helps make America great, so try joining the conversation. After all, a conversation only works if it’s more than just you-sided.

Use a dictionary. Dictionaries are cheap. Look up the difference between racism and prejudice. You’ll quickly come to understand that everyone is prejudiced…biased…predisposed in one way or another. Some people prefer city life and designer clothes while others, small towns and Carhartt jeans.  In the same way, a person’s life experiences might motivate him to cross the street if he sees a light-skinned person on a dark night or maybe a dark-skinned person in the daylight if either is wearing sagging pants and angled baseball caps. That’s prejudice.

Conversely, racism is when someone believes their race is superior to others. Racism is abhorrent. It’s also rare. What’s not rare, however, is how often liberals hurl accusations of racism to silence their opposition.

Practice tolerance…really.  It would be wise to forgo labeling Republicans as “intolerant” until you deal with your own intolerance. Remember the black church burning in Mississippi that had “Vote Trump” spray painted on it? WJTV12 reports that a black member of the congregation did it, not the white Trump supporter leftists conjured in their heads. And Mlive.com reports the Muslim University of Michigan student who said a man threatened to light her on fire if she didn’t remove her hijab was lying and ABC7 reports the swastikas and KKK graffiti at New York’s Nassau Community College was done by a student, Jasskirat Saini, not a skinhead.

Support police. The Thin Blue Line is under attack and in large part, it’s your party’s fault. As the executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, William Johnson, said after the execution of five Dallas cops last July: The Obama administration’s “continued appeasement at the federal level with the Department of Justice, their appeasement of violent criminals, their refusal to condemn movements like Black Lives Matter…all the while blaming police for the problems in this country has led directly to the climate that has made Dallas possible.”

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reports that in 2016 “law enforcement fatalities nationwide rose to their highest level in five years.” Of 135 officers killed, 64 deaths were firearms-related and of the 64, 21 were killed ambush-style. Deplorable.

Understand Jesus was not a Democrat  Jesus wasn’t into politics, but if he was, he wouldn’t be a Democrat. Here’s why: Jesus wouldn’t be an environmentalist because that would break his First Commandment. And Hollywood idol worship would break his second. The Third Commandment would’ve stopped him from booing at the DNC Convention. And being pro-choice would break the sixth. You get my point. Implying that Jesus was a liberal is what happens when you contort the Bible to fit your politics rather than form your politics based on Biblical values.

Continue embracing Progressivism. The Democratic Party is riding Clark Griswold’s super-slick saucer on a lightning-quick slide toward irrelevance thanks to Progressivism which overtook the party. Besides losing the 2016 presidential election, since 2008, Democrats have lost 35.7 percent of governorships,10.2 percent of Senate seats, 19.3 percent of House seats and 20.3 percent of state legislatures reports Washington Post’s Philip Bump. The way I see it, your loss is America’s gain, so above all, continue what you’re doing.

Sure hope this helps.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
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To: dfwgator

Not sure their fingers would fit in a wall socket ... other parts might.


21 posted on 01/03/2017 10:47:53 AM PST by NorthMountain (Northmountain)
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To: NorthMountain

Perfect


22 posted on 01/03/2017 10:48:18 AM PST by Kaslin (Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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To: Kaslin

Don’t faint when 30 million extra voters show up in your 2020 primaries. That’s just us selecting your nominee for you, you’re welcome!


23 posted on 01/03/2017 10:50:04 AM PST by txhurl (Break's over, kids, back to WAR.)
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To: NorthMountain

A nail would fit, and they probably would not have to wet it either. Just holding on to it.


24 posted on 01/03/2017 10:52:38 AM PST by Kaslin (Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible)
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To: Kaslin

Grow up, face reality and quit acting like whining, spoiled babies. Anyone with any common sense is laughing their asses off at you liberals.


25 posted on 01/03/2017 10:58:16 AM PST by Bullish
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To: Kaslin
The piece is fallacious. Susan assumes the liberals give a damn. She assumes enlightenment is possible. She omits the place of money and corruption.

In short, she is well meaning but terribly naive.


26 posted on 01/03/2017 11:03:23 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: Kaslin

To all Prog/Transi/Lib/Socialist/Communist/ Democrats; please just kill yourselves, do it for MUTHER ERF.
You all agree that there are just too many people on earth using to many resources, the solution is to eliminate a fair percentage of the human population.
So please OFF YOURSELVES as expediently as possible; do it for the plants, do it for the waters, do it for the animals, do it for the planet.
Use hemp rope, jump off a cliff, drown yourselves, it’s all natural; and you could contribute to soil productivity as the planet recycles you back into the biosphere.


27 posted on 01/03/2017 12:25:41 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Kaslin

1. Keep calling all political opponents nazis
2. Keep calling all political opponents racists
3. Keep calling all political opponents sexist misogynists
4. Keep calling all political opponents homophobes
5. Appoint Keith Ellison as DNC chair


28 posted on 01/03/2017 12:27:43 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: NorthMountain

Finger won’t fit in a wall socket (outlet), try a light socket.
Learned that trick when I was 5 years old.


29 posted on 01/03/2017 12:29:28 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB

Too many people causes global warming.

Global warming makes the polar bears go hungry.

I see a solution to this problem ...


30 posted on 01/03/2017 12:35:47 PM PST by NorthMountain (Northmountain)
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To: Kaslin
Understand that there is good discrimination and then there is bad discrimination.
31 posted on 01/03/2017 12:40:26 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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