That's literally the point. Because of reactions like yours (specifically that last line re-paraphrasing), anyone on the conservative spectrum is now afraid to express their opinions or reveal such information
Tbf that point often gets made about muslims in that, often after a terrorist attack, there's the "but if this isn't islam, why don't you say so/where are all the Imams who should be denouncing this gone?" brigade. It shoudn't really be up to the peaceful majority to distance themselves from the vocal minority.
Sadly the line is blurred here because the "official party of conservatives", the Republican party let these people in and ran with them. The fault lies with them IMHO, and not so much with the rank-and-file members, a lot of whom, be it Dem or Rep, just vote the same way regardless. Here though, I'm unsure how much democratic input there is into central decisions like Roy Moore etc, I suspect very little.
Just because someone says they're "conservative" doesn't mean I'll sit quiet while they tell me about how disgusting it is that the gays can marry now. But the thing is, originally, "conservatives" weren't like that. They've had their good name stolen by a bunch of thugs.
Look, it's HARD to see the other side. I get it. But take a beat.
No one is asking you to sit quietly. Your welcome to disagree. We expect the conservative to be able to hear about your approval (from their perspective) of the violent murder of babies for your personal convenience without losing their ability to work with you effectively as a co-worker and treat you with dignity while disagreeing. It's fair to think there'd be reciprocity and you should be able to do the same when they discuss gay marriage.
Usually when I point the above out, I'm told that OF COURSE it's cool to expect the conservative to handle talk of abortion or public approval of abortions "appropriately" in the workplace because their perspective it's murder is merely an opinion---and a wrong one at that. But your perspective that gay marriage is not a sin is a FACT, not an opinion, so they should suck it up and keep their filthy biases to themselves.
Unsurprisingly, conservatives do not appreciate the attitude that their opinions are wrong and should be hidden as shameful secrets and liberal opinions are right and should be trumpeted from the roof.
> That's literally the point. Because of reactions like yours (specifically that last line re-paraphrasing), anyone on the conservative spectrum is now afraid to express their opinions or reveal such information
One of the pieces of evidence that this article cites is a video published by Breitbart, a self-proclaimed conservative website that was known to actively seek out, publish, and promote the work of neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
So it's not really so much, "because of reactions like [GP's]", but because a number of "conservative" outlets have been revealed to be outright white supremacist propaganda, and people who are conservative and not white supremacists have done relatively little[0] to distance themselves from them, on the whole.
Honest question as I don’t read Breitbart: Can you cite an article on their site supporting your assertion regarding “white supremacist propaganda”? I went looking just now and saw a lot of stuff liberals would disagree with but my cursory look revealed nothing to the degree you mentioned.
Just about every major liberal news organization has promoted Communists / Marxists / Socialists at one time or another in the last 30 years. That's on-going in the present.
Bernie Sanders was an outspoken champion of Venezuela and its brand of Socialism. Then he mysteriously (ha) went entirely silent on the matter. What shall we do to hold him accountable for his grotesque beliefs, which are every bit as bad in historical application as white supremacy and fascism?
Obama openly championed Marxist ideology when he was younger. Marxism has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people in the past century and the brutal enslavement of entire nations for decades. Then Obama got elected President, the left media could not have cared less about his past ideology (and or cheered it on).
How is being a Communist better than being a Nazi in any objective historical comparison? Why is it ok for Antifa to smash skulls, routinely threaten and apply violence, wave the Soviet flag and threaten journalists, march around clad in black body armor, but the world explodes about Charlottesville. Both are quite horrible, the liberal media only cares about one of them.
There's only one explanation for it: arbitrary left wing bias, which entirely disregards history and facts.
When does the aggressive censorship campaign begin for the NY Times? Should they be banned from Twitter?
titusjohnson|7 years ago
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amaccuish|7 years ago
Sadly the line is blurred here because the "official party of conservatives", the Republican party let these people in and ran with them. The fault lies with them IMHO, and not so much with the rank-and-file members, a lot of whom, be it Dem or Rep, just vote the same way regardless. Here though, I'm unsure how much democratic input there is into central decisions like Roy Moore etc, I suspect very little.
Turing_Machine|7 years ago
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amaccuish|7 years ago
morgtheborg|7 years ago
No one is asking you to sit quietly. Your welcome to disagree. We expect the conservative to be able to hear about your approval (from their perspective) of the violent murder of babies for your personal convenience without losing their ability to work with you effectively as a co-worker and treat you with dignity while disagreeing. It's fair to think there'd be reciprocity and you should be able to do the same when they discuss gay marriage.
Usually when I point the above out, I'm told that OF COURSE it's cool to expect the conservative to handle talk of abortion or public approval of abortions "appropriately" in the workplace because their perspective it's murder is merely an opinion---and a wrong one at that. But your perspective that gay marriage is not a sin is a FACT, not an opinion, so they should suck it up and keep their filthy biases to themselves.
Unsurprisingly, conservatives do not appreciate the attitude that their opinions are wrong and should be hidden as shameful secrets and liberal opinions are right and should be trumpeted from the roof.
chimeracoder|7 years ago
One of the pieces of evidence that this article cites is a video published by Breitbart, a self-proclaimed conservative website that was known to actively seek out, publish, and promote the work of neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
So it's not really so much, "because of reactions like [GP's]", but because a number of "conservative" outlets have been revealed to be outright white supremacist propaganda, and people who are conservative and not white supremacists have done relatively little[0] to distance themselves from them, on the whole.
[0] that's putting it generously
itbeho|7 years ago
adventured|7 years ago
Bernie Sanders was an outspoken champion of Venezuela and its brand of Socialism. Then he mysteriously (ha) went entirely silent on the matter. What shall we do to hold him accountable for his grotesque beliefs, which are every bit as bad in historical application as white supremacy and fascism?
Obama openly championed Marxist ideology when he was younger. Marxism has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people in the past century and the brutal enslavement of entire nations for decades. Then Obama got elected President, the left media could not have cared less about his past ideology (and or cheered it on).
How is being a Communist better than being a Nazi in any objective historical comparison? Why is it ok for Antifa to smash skulls, routinely threaten and apply violence, wave the Soviet flag and threaten journalists, march around clad in black body armor, but the world explodes about Charlottesville. Both are quite horrible, the liberal media only cares about one of them.
There's only one explanation for it: arbitrary left wing bias, which entirely disregards history and facts.
When does the aggressive censorship campaign begin for the NY Times? Should they be banned from Twitter?