In the mid-1950's, liberals openly patronized and reviled conservatives and treated them publicly like retarded or wayward children. Schoolbook publishers printed American History textbooks like the one I had in a Louisiana public school that defined "liberal" as "any person who desires the best for his country". No, really, it said that.
In the mid-1960's, liberals openly used profanity on conservatives and made them infotainment whipping boys. They made libelous movies about them like Seven Days in May and Executive Action (both written by the Communist Dalton Trumbo and led by Burt Lancaster). They borked Barry when he was down and didn't bother even to inquire if LBJ had used the FBI honestly when he bugged Barry's campaign to help his own "negative advance" team badger Goldwater. (It would be renamed "dirty tricks" after the fact, when Dick Nixon was found doing it.) Liberals tried to manufacture an "imperial presidency", turning the presidency into something like Captain Kirk's command chair on "Star Trek" -- push a button, a bill happens. Push another button, and someone gets hushed up. They tried to turn the government into a liberal button-pusher's wet dream. Then it turned into a nightmare: Dick Nixon climbed into the command chair and began pushing buttons. Horrors!
Conservatives didn't fold their tents in the Fifties or the Sixties, and you have just reminded us of what character sounds like in action, and of the proud accomplishments of the 50's and 60's conservatives who didn't knuckle under but fought for their principles instead.
Thank you for your comment, and for reminding us of some of the Leftist antics through the decades.
Any Conservative who is afraid to debate the issues with the Left has never really grasped the issues that need debating. The one thing the enemy fears most, is the articulate Conservative who understands the issues on which Leftists usually pull out all ethical stops in their efforts to shout down and intimidate. It has always been the fact that the Left is weakest on those issues on which their rhetoric is most strident. Their tactics have always been the Big Lie, and hatred and envy directed against any social segment that has its acts together.
This is so obvious to any of us who have actually engaged the enemy in the intellectual trenches, that I am finally losing all patience with those who want to continue what, but for a few brief shining moments, has been a 71 year old retreat.
Any Conservative who feels defeated on a particular issue, ought to have the decency to stand aside, and at least listen to those who want to engage the forces of social disintegration and corruption. If one has lost his own fight, at least do not try to undermine the morale of those who haven't.
William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site