My fellow Americans: A liberal learns it's not so wrong to be right [MSM trolls FR]

Seattle Times ^ | October 3, 2006 | By Mark Rahner

[Jim Robinson]

"Tootsie," "Black Like Me," "Alias" — pop culture's filled with daring men and women who alter their identities to infiltrate different groups.

Now Seattle-based NPR personality John Moe has come out with a virtual "Crying Game" of political books: "Conservatize Me: How I Tried to Become a Righty with the Help of Richard Nixon, Sean Hannity, Toby Keith and Beef Jerky" (William Morrow, $24.95). His hilarious "experiment": shed the trappings of his liberal life and spend a month immersed in conservative culture — or rather, stereotypes — with the help of a power suit, puffy flag T-shirt and the music of Toby Keith.

I debriefed the radio commentator, 38, as he was settling back into his old life, over frou-frou coffee drinks.

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Q: You watched "conservative" movies?

A: I went online to freerepublic.com, which is a highly conservative, militantly so, Web site, and posted something saying "Raised a liberal, wanting to find out what movies conservatives enjoy, wanting to see if there are movies that could change my mind. Whattaya got?"

I came away from that with a bunch of suggestions. So I went to Blockbuster and got "Red Dawn," "Stand and Deliver," "Dirty Harry," "Forrest Gump," all three "Lord of the Rings" movies and "Patton." And then I would watch those in my down time as I was flying to the Nixon museum in L.A. or the Toby Keith concert in Indianapolis and do write-ups on their persuasiveness

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[Jim Robinson]

Q: How are the "Lord of the Rings" movies conservative with all those gay hobbits?

A: Keep in mind the striking similarities between Sam and Tony Blair. "Here's this mission that we're going off on. We've got to go do this thing that nobody understands." "OK, I'm with you." So in this analogy, Frodo is George W. Bush, Sam is Tony Blair and Bilbo, conveniently, is George H.W. Bush.

And I maintain that if George H.W. Bush had acted like Bilbo when he actually has that ring for that moment and gets all bug-eyed and crazy, he might have beaten Perot and Clinton.

[Steve Van Doorn]

I would say Braveheart is about the best conservative movie.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Interesting read. I think that this guy might be savable because he lacks one thing that is essential to today's left -- he doesn't hate enough. I think the fact that he is able to relate emotionally with folks in conservative areas will eventually weaken his liberal ideology.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"So then I thought, what are some of the more friendly towns I've been in? And they were like rural Montana, rural Arizona, these really small places that are really conservative places. OK, where have people been the biggest jerks to me? Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, safely blue state kind of regions. So it was a little dissonant. Also everyone has seven babies in Rexburg, Idaho."

Yep. Honesty, decency.

There's something to that.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"Lord of the Rings" was none political. That is why I liked it got me away from reality for a few hours.

[eastforker]

Sorry Jim but GHW Bush did himself in. His thousand points of light turned a lot of people off. Also, his inability to get on a personal level with the American people like W has been able to do.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

LOTR was not political, but it was conservative culturally.

[Nathan Zachary]

""Lord of the Rings" was none political. That is why I liked it got me away from reality for a few hours."

That's not how lefties see it. Karl Rove needed that ring....

[BigSkyFreeper]

That's the problem with liberals. They look at conservatives in a stereotypical prism and apply this single template among the entire spectrum. Conservatives are probably the most diverse group of people on the planet. Liberals march in lockstep like lemmings, Conservatives actually apply brainpower and principles passed down through the ages.

Conservatism is not as monolithic as these sheltered liberals think.

I'm probably one of the more diverse, "hip" and "in tune" Conservatives a person will ever have the occasion of getting to know. I'm neither embarrassed or ashamed to admit that. I'm comfortable in my own skin.

[singfreedom]

I agree. The guy is obviously not a total loss, unlike those on the rabid left. Perhaps if he came to visit here a bit more often, we might be able to "save" him! He seems to have possibilities.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The Islamics are the awks... Liberals are the Nasgool...

[anechoicroom.blogspot.com]

Dear Abby

I don't have a "puffy flag T-shirt" (apparently I'm not the neocon I think I am). Should I wait until a lib is elected president, and then enacts legislation requiring conservatives to wear one. Or should I go ahead and get one now?

Signed, Identity Crisis

P.S. Who is Toby Keith?


http://anechoicroom.blogspot.com/2006/10/live-from-new-york-its-saturday-night_02.html
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[BamaAndy]

A liberal willing to listen? Interesting.

[FreedomCalls]

Was it this one?

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8c32267f67.htm

[Nailbiter]

ping

[Pontiac]

What did Burkman1 do to get suspended?

Or is that a Taboo question?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Good chance!

His account has been banned or suspended, and I remember him as someone who often took less than conservative positions -- I don't think I remember him becoming nasty though.

[gridlock]

A list of FReeper movies that does not include Flight 93? Or The Patriot? Or Braveheart?

Sounds like a pretty incomplete list...

[bad company]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1396786/posts


I'm betting it is this one.