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Tolerance for Thee but not for Me

March 5, 2012

My spouse and I entered into the Fluke/Limbaugh fray on FaceBook this weekend with our mutual liberal friends.  By the time the weekend was over it was clear to us that as a minority in our small quaint gay enclave we should be silenced unless we agree with the Utopian worldview and “perfected” progressive society.  But just like our inspiration Andrew Breitbart we remain fearless and calm in the storm of liberal intolerance and hatred.  Even as we attempted to “agree to disagree” we are told “that’s a waste of time” and then the ultimate hypocritical line:  ”death to all bigots, homophobes,racists and people who think that they are better than everyone else.”  This from the same person that calls Sarah Palin an idiot after ignoring Sandra Berhnard’s rant that “she(Palin) should be gangraped by black brothers” Hmmm, so that makes it okay?

And if you are gay and Republican you must be similar to a “Jewish Nazi?” Because the Republican party wants to” put you back in the closet and chase you out of the public square”.   It seems only the people that you disagree with should be banned from your liberal wide circle and subjugated to the basement.  And leftist lies continued as his friends posted all the Democrat talking points with a poster that says:

Vote Republican 2012 (if you believe)

Corporations are people” Yes, they are comprised of millions of people who pay their mortgages and gas bills and put their pants on one leg at a time.

“Women who use birth control are sluts”  No, women who want me to pay for their birth control are nuts.  Rush apologized, move on as your favorite site says!

“College students are snobs”   No, Santorum said that he agreed with the President that people should be given choices not ONLY college.

Gay Americans are an abomination”  I don’t know who you are referring to but it’s called freedom of speech, even Sen Byrd (D) and former Ku Klux Klan member can become a member of Congress and be hateful.

“Poor people deserve to be poor”  No, Republicans believe in individual responsibility and less government not dependency on”cradle to grave” entitlements. That keeps the poor more poor and keeps them voting Democrat….and how’s that Utopian experiment been working out in the last 40 years?

“Union workers are socialist thugs”  I don’t know, hmmm let’s ask Kenneth Gladney, assaulted by SEIU 2 years ago. Or let’s ask all the states and municpalities that have voted to cut back the “spread the weatlth” philosophy of the public unions?  More money for unions then less money for all the other concerns you talk about right?  more money for education and the arts!

“The Unemployed are lazy parasites”    Yes Republicans believe in jobs and economic growth which helps pay for the “stuff” above.Fact is the more you are unemployed the more you stay unemployed and see the same reason why you continue voting Democrat.

“Latinos are illegal until proven otherwise”  No, illegals have committed a criminal act when they crossed the border. All Republicans have laid out their philosophy about legal immigration, none of it generalizes Latinos(your words).  All offer a path to citzenship including George Bush, a “R”.

“The Bible trumps the Consitution” Since when are liberals for the Constitution? Republican believe in freedom OF religion not freedom FROM religion. See a document called “ Declaration of Independence”,

“Global warming is a hoax.”   Maybe you didn’t get the memo, Climategate is over, proven to be a conjured up for Al Gore’s second career.

“US Auto industry should go bankrupt” See above, maybe you didn’t get the memo, they did declare bankruptcy under a “Democrat”— President Obama. Republicans just didnt think you and I should waste money to pay for it when that was the predicatble outcome.

“The US President is a Muslim agent and was born in Kenya” Sorry,  but a Democrat was the originator of the birther movement.

So yes libs we are not taking it anymore, we are going to fight back even if we lose a few so-called acquaintances!

There will always be bigots, racists, homophobes and elitists on both sides because we live in an imperfect world that can’t be forced to be ever-loving.  Bashing and demonizing your opponents is a great Alinsky tactic but it never gets to the discussion of what you are offended by nor does it welcome open conversation and debate.  We thank you for that because we would rather be accepted by descent and honest people that respect our views.

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2 Responses to “Tolerance for Thee but not for Me”

  1. I am a pretty liberal gal, and I re-posted the above list of what are assumed to be ALL Republicans’ agendas, political and otherwise. And the exact same thing happened to me but from my Republican friends. I am probably more offended by Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh than any other Republican in the media right now, but I was trying to see if that was even close to a good assessment of what my Republican friends think. And all hell broke loose… so I came to the same conclusion as you. I believe in what I believe in, and I’m not going to keep hiding the fact that I’m a liberal and that I vote mostly for Democrats (even in Texas) just because everyone wants to fight about it. I was actually interested in hearing some of my friends’ points of view, but it is so heated right now…. You can’t have a calm conversation with ANYONE. So, while I know I may be out of my element on this blog, I genuinely wanted to see what some Republicans, who I wouldn’t lose friendships with, thought about that post. Anyway, thank you for the insight. I think we all need to calm down a bit and try to work together, but it’s hard to get a good dialogue going when everyone starts acting psychotic and it turns each debate into a history of every stupid thing that every Republican or Democrat has ever done or said. What I care about is what they’re saying now (because, honestly, some of it scares the living crap out of me), and I really did want to know what my friends thought, too. Oh well. Maybe we’ll all be reunited in 2016? Yeah… Probably not. Sigh.

  2. erins1911 says:

    The lesbianoutsider sent me – and I am so thankful she did. Bless your heart and I look forward to stopping by and reading more.

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