Posted on 03/18/2010 4:54:45 PM PDT by TruthHound
Will keep the peace and those who don’t like it you can politely show them the door.
I'm willing to bet that, like Dennis Miller, they were converted by something more potent than "dialog".
I have let a few Obama voters know that our communications have ended.
Every now and then I need a negative example to get my point across. Liberals fit the bill nicely.
My family is from California. They ask me when I'm moving back there, and I tell them that I would never willingly raise a child in that environment. That seems to get the point across.
I also tell them that for the first time in my life, I am living around people (Texans) who share my values and I finally feel connected to the overall community. Then, to follow up on their "OMG, why don't you feel a bond with our people?" I say it's because I do not hate America, and will not tolerate those who do. They actually think their treasonous behavior is a form of patriotism.
Lastly, when I do have a talk with a liberal and it is going downhill fast, my parting shot is: "Well, when the Civil War finally starts, I hope you have the honor and integrity to face me on the field of battle, so that I may kill you within the confines of the law".
Before going nuclear, think long and hard about what you were going to say, because words spoken cannot be brought back, and the hurt they cause, intentionally or unintentionally, may be a long time mending.
That being said, do NOT surrender the commons to the leftists; if someone says something you believe is mistaken or incorrect, you can interject with "I disagree with your statement that xxxxx"; at that point, they can drop the conversation or, if they want to engage, you can decide whether it is the proper time and place to join in. In my experience, many liberals are only liberals because they get their experience in the world via the MSM or leftwing professors; they expect everyone to agree with what they are saying (much like a fish being unaware of the water in which it swims). When confronted with firm resistance, they are more likely to stop the conversation rather than engage with someone who is not one of them
KEY POINT: If you choose to engage, NEVER attack the person, only the policy! Leave them room to back down gracefully, especially if others are present. It is possible for good people to do bad things or believe in flawd policies. Point out bad effects or inconsistencies and let them draw their own conclusions.
Perhaps consider them as the perpetual adolescents they consider themselves to be. You love them, but for their own safety, you withhold alcohol and car keys, and anything else that gives them power (or the illusion of power) to harm anyone else.
In this case, it is incumbent on us to help build coalitions of people that will recognize the extreme danger into which progressivism has placed America (the ideal and the country) through government, the media, the universities, and the schools, and help engender the return to first principles necessary to roll back Leviathan.
Good post. The reason i have shunned almost all libs from my life is that most are thinly veiled communists and marxists at their core and I want nothing to do with that one any level.
I am so disgusted with what is going on in the country and I truly feel we are at the tipping point and almost point of no return.
Thankfully, most in my family are rabid conservatives and patriots, not pan handling marxists and leftists.
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