Should Conservatives Support Rudeness? Why booing Senator Clinton is beneath us.

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[occam's chainsaw]

(I was referring to post 216, NY)

[KC Burke]

You handle is pretty good for a recovering democrat....;-)

[razorback-bert]

I can understand attacks against me and my self-admitted elitism

e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism (-ltzm, -l-)
n.

1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
2. 1. The sense of entitlement enjoyed by such a group or class.
   2. Control, rule, or domination by such a group or class.

There are lot of well educated and very smart people on this forum, who would never describe themselves as elite only as hard workers and fortunate.

[Kevin Curry]

Hmmm, let's see....Dozens call me a communist and many threaten me with bodily harm via the private mail system here and I am taken to task for my manners...No, that posting was a satirical riff off of a paranoid poster

No whining, please. We're conservatives. We don't spend our days and hours indulging in pity-me-parties.

[watsonfellow]

That interpretation however would depend on the nature of Sen. Clinton's presence at the concert/tribue. If she was there, representing the People and State of New York, then boo-ing would not be appropriate, if she was there representing her and the Dem. Party's political interest, then it would have been.

I will believe that she was there representing the People and State of New York....perhaps she was not, and perhaps I am too naiive, but still, I will give her the benefit of the doubt. If this offends people then so be it. I am no friend of hers, and daily I pray that she and her family will have a change of heart and strive to protect the millions of babies killed each year in the name of "choice", but I believe her simply to be misguided and not evil.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You're a liar.

[Kevin Curry]

. . . not in a non-political speech such as Sen. Clinton was giving.

Senator Lady Hillary MacBeth doesn't give "non-political" speeches. She doesn't give non-political appearances. In fact, the more non-political she and her staff claim a venue is, the more thoroughly political it is likely to be.

[NYCVirago]

To my knowledge, nobody else has posted it as a thread.

[NYCVirago]

I will believe that she was there representing the People and State of New York....perhaps she was not, and perhaps I am too naiive, but still, I will give her the benefit of the doubt. If this offends people then so be it. I am no friend of hers, and daily I pray that she and her family will have a change of heart and strive to protect the millions of babies killed each year in the name of "choice", but I believe her simply to be misguided and not evil.

If she ain't evil, who is?

[KC Burke]

Civility is show to your fellow audience members and your host. Hillary was neither. Horning in to catch a moment in the spotlight, she was recognized for what she was, a grandstander.

Based on my actual conduct, I might not have booed, even if seated amongst those that did. But, I certainly wouldn't have looked down on the crowd for doing so....that's the difference.

Occasionally, its invigorating to get involved with your most stongly held, visceral, opinion. Get in it up to your elbows.

Remember, those weren't self-styled political conservatives voicing their fealings; but instead, just ordinary people, who, at heart, have traditional american sentiments.

[colorado tanker]

To paraphrase, I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn there is rudeness going on in New York.

[beaversmom]

We don't know that all the people that were booing her were conservatives. This wasn't a benefit for just conservative firemen and policemen. I think a lot of people have a problem with Hillary's views and lack of truthfullness--not just conservatives.

[doug from upland]

You're right. They shouldn't have boooooed. They should have mooned her.

[watsonfellow]

And to think, my fair college was only a few short miles from you, and yet the gap is so great? Praise be that Claremont is an oasis in what is otherwise the armpit of California.

[Snow Bunny]

Exactly. thanks my friend.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"I might not have booed..."

KC, did I read you correctly? You wouldn't have booed?

If I had been there, I would have thrown chairs.

[griffin]

We are not talking about a trial here. We are talking about a war zone. I have had time to skim through some of your replys now. I can see you are definitely self impressed and, assuming you are male, would make an excellent co-hort of Diane on Cheers. Shessh.

Obviously, my arguments will not alter your opinion. I will not lose sleep.

To all those Public Servants out there, 'the little people', as watsonfellow would think of you...that elitists rely on to fight their battles for them as they sip their wine....THANK THE LORD FOR YOU! Prays are being offered across the nation for you, your fallen brothers and the families left behind.

As far as people like watsonfellow are concerned, a John Stuart Mill quote comes to mind....

The world consists largely of weak men made and kept free by better men than themselves.

I'm not name calling...it is a general comment pointed toward everyone who thinks they are above a fight against evil. If you choose not to oppose evil, in this case verbally against Xlinton, then you have allowed evil to continue....IMO, if one's stomach is too weak to accept vocal public objection to a hypocritical public 'servant' who's personal ambition COMPLETELY overshadows the public best interest, then I would suggest that perhaps one's conservative beliefs are only superficial and not heart felt or sincere. If personal beliefs are superficial and insincere then there is little motivation to stand behind them. These are my beliefs.

[KC Burke]

I'm a model of decorum. Ask anyone.

[Sloth]

I see your future... "Would you please stop raping my wife, if it wouldn't put you out too much?"

[mc5cents]

BOOOOOOO!