For all of those who are criticizing the posting of this article here, I want to counter that it is highlighting a very dangerous trend among the left. That is the leftist practice to condition people to reflexively assign racist motives to those who point out the hypocrisy and anti-freedom beliefs of the left. They are so conditioned to automatically think “racism” every time they hear a conservative that they are incapable of even thinking about the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism. Nothing in the lawn display was racist, yet this “couple” is worried that the little boy is going to be subject to racist harassment?
This is an extremely dangerous trend on the left. Once they are so conditioned to reflexively dismiss anything conservative as racist, sexist, bigoted, homophobic, etc., then they start feeling that a more permanent “solution” to conservatives is needed. This is how the Soviets, Nazis, Chicoms, etc., rationalized the murders of over 100 million people last century. This is how they are working themselves up to commit millions more murders.
They are already conditioning themselves through Antifa activism and various politicians inciting violence. The question is, what are we doing to counter the current efforts of the left to work themselves up to mass murder?
Absolutely spot on!
Yes and this trend is very evident on next door, which was mentioned in the article.
I see next door as the new facebook or maybe worse.
Everything is racist. In my hood there was a long, long debate, chock full of hand wringing and virtue signalling over the use of the word ghettobird which is slang for helicopter.
Most of the people on there are the usual raging leftists who claim the site shouldn’t be political and remove opposing commentary if they are ever confronted with any truth, statistics or facts regarding any pet proggie issues they brought up in the first place.
It’s nothing but puppies, proggies, virtue signalling and I’m calling the police because someone is sitting in front of my house.
Bingo.
Well said.
For all of those who are criticizing the posting of this article here, I want to counter that it is highlighting a very dangerous trend among the left. That is the leftist practice to condition people to reflexively assign racist motives to those who point out the hypocrisy and anti-freedom beliefs of the left.
Nothing in the lawn display was racist, yet this “couple” is worried that the little boy is going to be subject to racist harassment?
EXCELLENT POST.
A clear and succinct warning of the danger we face when every act and action the left dislikes is reduced to racism.
We are a long way down that road already.
“They are so conditioned to automatically think “racism” every time they hear a conservative that they are incapable of even thinking about the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism.”
The only conditioning they are exhibiting by using the word “racism” is that they have learned that it works like a charm in putting anyone on the right on the defensive with that accusation.
As long as we recoil at being called racists we lose. It is time we embrace the insult and then go on the attack. That is the only way to take away that weapon from them.
So next time somebody calls you a racist, laugh and then say, “you’re right I’m a racist, whatever that means, now let me tell you what you are.” And proceed to eviscerate them.
Agree
To ignore your enemy at one’s own peril is not wise.
I think exDemMom had the right idea. It is important to know what i going on, and there is a lot of bandwidth at FR for another article.
I do understand your sentiment Pilgrim’s Progress, but you have to practice your own methods of limitation. Do what I do: don’t read the link.
There are dozens, if not hundreds of threads each day at FR that I simply choose not to open. The “Naked women strip for Democrat votes” is one of them. I don’t need to expose my eyes to what is surely going to be an assault.
It’s a valid subject for discussion.
Nobody on FR has to click on the article.