Posted on 11/02/2013 9:02:45 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
My former friend is a white guy.
And that really doesn’t diminish what I’ve said. It is true nonetheless.
I’m intrigued by the notion that previously honest people have now turned to lying. A good friend of mine posted on Facebook that Sarah Palin believed that Jesus liked to celebrate Easter. I pointed this out as a hoax and at first she responded “I don’t know what you are talking about.” This is the first lie that Lefties tell - a kind of denial. So, I linked her to the hoax website and she wrote back that she hadn’t posted the hoax on FB AT ALL. So, I showed her post to her. She then became horribly angry at me and told me that rather than taking down her malicious post, I should write a separate piece “exclaiming Palin’s many virtues.” The dripping hatred and sarcasm stopped my heart for a second! It was like staring into an abyss.
As far as I know, the lie about SP is still up there.
That's the root of your problem right there.
If you actually choose to associate with people who support the destructive agenda of the political left, then you're obviously dealing with some sort of moral dissonance on a personal level.
Or maybe you're one of those who thinks you can save these fallen people from themselves if you just present conservative principles and solutions to them with just the right touch.
The only other possibility is that you're a wishy washy sort who looks at liberals as good people who are just on the other side of that awful subject of politics.
According to your post, you appear to be in one or more of the above conditions. I think it would be healthy for you to realize that our nation is in the middle of an historic division. Half the nation wants to return to the path that was laid down by the Framers, and the other half are a mix of useless eaters and ideologues, who want to see the country transformed into a Socialist/Communist state.
You'll never be able to bring them to enlightenment through reason or logic. They have to endure the pain and consequences of their utopian ideals to come to the proper realizations.
Sigh. Your post is so telling. Been there, done that. Oddly enough, I generally try and avoid politics on FB but then some crazy, hateful lib has to go too far and I blow my stack.
As I’m sure you know, you cannot get a PhD in this country until you’ve been turned into a liberal robot.
Those of us who have jobs take a risk in posting under real-world identities. Especialy those who work for Obama voters.
I post about politics under pseudonyms in various forums.
my experience....a handful of friends on the right and left regularly post the memes.
The liberals posts are usually very personally insulting -they don’t care they are insulting half the people on their list.
The conservatives tend to post on issues - abortion - Obamacare - Benghazi.
In the end - I don’t think anyone is convincing anyone.
When people respond to the memes they tend to say things like - “oh yeah? well YOUR side is guilty of ....blah blah blah...”
I love the scroll button
Indeed. That's why I stopped posting about politics on FB over a year ago.
It's all too easy for potential customers to look me up on FB and see where I stand politically. I have a small family business, and in this economy, I can't afford to turn off a single paying customer.
the interesting thing is.... the “professionals” I see that are the most openly rabid vicious meme posters are female teachers.
I do know conservative teachers - men and women - but they don’t post about politics.
There is only one side that is afraid of “repercussions”
It scared me a bit...and I don't scare easily.
“Why Republicans hate the Obama family.”
When I saw that one, I said to the liberal who posted it, “I’m glad you liberals finally admit that the traditional family, consisting of a male father and female mother, who marry and stay together, is the best way.” Liberal isn’t speaking to me anymore. No loss.
I got rid of my liberal friends, but some of my friends haven’t. I will sometimes go ahead and nuke the stupid arguments of my friend’s friends when necessary, but I follow a couple of rules and call out my opponents when they don’t:
1. No logical fallacies.
2. No name-calling or insulting.
3. Never change the original subject of the argument.
I figure that if I don’t have the truth, logic, and a ton of facts on my side and can’t do it civilly, I have no business making an argument. I would recommend using these rules in your own public dealings with proglibs. They will almost always shut up and go away after you make them look like vulgar, ignorant idiots.
Great comeback on your part!
I wanted to paraphrase that quote about small and great minds so that I would not insult some of my friends who only post about people.....:)
Liberal friends....well, I work in a state college in Mass, so I am surrounded by liberals. If I didn’t make friends with them, I’d have no friends at all. (And I actually had them as friends long before I used the internet politically.)
“You’ll never be able to bring them to enlightenment through reason or logic. They have to endure the pain and consequences of their utopian ideals to come to the proper realizations.”
Well, maybe Obamacare will be just the kind of apocalypse they need to see the light.
In any case, I have to keep trying to open their minds. I think I have succeeded with a few students, so that is the beginning. At least the students will see that there is thought beyond liberalism.
Thanks to everyone who read and replied. I really appreciate the support and I’m glad that there are others out there who persevere in their political posts and try to make rational arguments with the liberals.
You have given me great courage to continue. I think we can make a difference. And it is better to try than to give up....
Howdy professor,
I find myself in much the same shoes as you. I am an adjunct professor of humanities at a community college here in Nevada. For the most part I teach a course entitled “The American Experience and Constitutional Change”. It is supposed to cover a student’s constitutional requirements and as such, I focus on history more than art and culture. Since my MA is in American History that is good for me and I try to concentrate studies for the students on the Revolutionary, Civil War and World War II eras.
I like to think that I play a pretty fair devil’s advocate but I also emphasize from the beginning of the class that I will expose the students to views they have probably never heard before, in order that they can develop critical thinking skills, rather than merely parroting ability.
In any event, my experience on Facebook has been very similar as well. I try not to make many political posts as I am always wondering if I will be checked by administration. However, whenever one of my liberal friends posts something absurd and about which I have some expertise, I will challenge them. Funny thing is, I have been “unfriended” 4 times. In each instance it was over a political debate and the liberal just couldn’t stand being confronted in a civil manner with facts and logic. In fact, just this last week was the latest incident and I was collateral damage from a liberal’s disagreement with a stance taken by a mutual friend. He knew I would sympathize and while I wasn’t going to even post to the thread, he preemptively “unfriended” me.
That is my experience with newcomer political activist liberals on Facebook. They can cut and paste talking points and memes with the best of them, but ask them to think with clarity, to assess facts and logic and they fume....
Trying to open the eyes of an adult liberal is like trying to make peace with Al-Qaeda. I truly believe it is up to the Spirit of God to open someone’s ears and eyes to the truth, so we have to shout the truth from the rooftops, and pray He will open their ears and eyes.
I’m always sharing FR posts and other conservative, pro-life and pro-military articles. I think only about 5 people probably have my stuff seen on their timeline.
Nice to “meet” another conservative professor, although I suspect Nevada is overall more conservative than Mass.
I have tenure, thank goodness, and they actually knew my political leanings at that time. So I am not too worried about a backlash.
Good for you for teaching students to think “constitutionally.” I teach a different subject altogether, so I don’t get too political in the classroom other than voicing appreciation for the freedom and accomplishments of our great country over time and the variety of cultural achievements that result.
I never know during election time how much I could/should voice alternative ideas in class. In 2012, I figured Massachusetts was a “lost cause” for Romney, so I didn’t rock the boat too much. I may change my mind in the future.
My husband made a political post on his FB page, and two of his liberal “friends” demanded that he remove it. From his own page! I don’t think that they’re speaking any longer.
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