| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | Here are some common [[liberal]] tricks that many people fall for:
| + | God doesn't exist. |
| − | | |
| − | #try to draw a conservative in to saying or doing something which can then be dishonestly twisted to cast him in a bad light.
| |
| − | # So as not to show his true beliefs of supporting evil infanticide and taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], [[Barack Obama]] insists he is pro-choice, but not pro-abortion. <ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/16/obama-and-mccain-try-to-woo-conservative-voters-at-forum/ Obama, McCain’s Abortion Positions Contrast Sharply at Faith Forum] Fox News, August 16, 2008 </ref>
| |
| − | # Inserting a [[liberal]] assumption into a question, as illustrated by the classic "when did you stop beating your wife?!"
| |
| − | # Distracting and disrupting reasoned discussion, as in stating irrelevant claims, inconsequential tales of personal experience, or false outrage
| |
| − | # Making arguments that have superficial appeal to the dimwitted, but are actually nonsensical and probably not believed by the liberal himself<ref>For example, one might conclude that [[Michael Moore]] makes silly statements designed to appeal to the less intelligent.</ref>
| |
| − | # Pretending that liberals do not have a political point of view, but are just being reasonable<ref>For example, people who insist on promoting [[abortion]] with mandatory taxpayer funding claim they are merely "pro-choice".</ref>
| |
| − | # Exaggerating praise for fellow liberals.<ref>For example, liberal praise by law professors for [[Barack Obama]] borders on the absurd.</ref>
| |
| − | # Pretending that atheism equals intelligence.
| |
| − | # In court decisions, holding in favor of the [[conservative]] side by using [[liberal]] reasons that will be cited for liberal outcomes in ''future'' cases<ref>''See, e.g.'', ''[[Everson v. Board of Education|Everson v. Board of Ed.]]''</ref>
| |
| − | # [[Liberal]]s [[liberal friendship|befriending]] you so that you become liberal. (Conversely, why don't they become [[conservative]]?)
| |
| − | # Citing "live and let live!" except when it comes to praying aloud in school, keeping the money you earn, building on your own property, and every other liberal issue
| |
| − | # Citing "it doesn't hurt to try!" (In reference to drugs, alcohol, and other immoral behaviors such as premarital sex, worshiping other gods/many gods/no gods, homosexuality, or abortion)
| |
| − | # everyone else supposedly believes in something so it must be right
| |
| − | # your [[parent]]s aren't cool; [[Hollywood values]] are cool; [[professor values]] are brilliant; blindly follow your government
| |
| − | # there is a shortage of everything we want
| |
| − | # [[prayer]] is for dummies, or is antiquated
| |
| − | # [[children|kids]] are getting smarter than old folks
| |
| − | # Smearing your adversary with a highly offensive accusation or insinuation
| |
| − | # Calling someone a [[racist]] if he criticizes a ''liberal'' that happens to have a different skin color
| |
| − | # Demonizing [[conservative]]s and pretending they don't care about regular people
| |
| − | # if you don't like it (something offensive on [[television]]), don't watch it (but they don't seem to go for ''if you don't like [[whale]]s being killed, don't watch them being killed'').
| |
| − | # Believing the poor are blameless because they have nothing and the rich are to blame because they have everything.
| |
| − | # Accusing conservatives of libel, but forgetting that truth is the perfect defense against libel.
| |
| − | # In discounting other point of views, [[liberals]] use comparisons of other known "wrong actions" to justify their supposed correct stance. <ref>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/07/hanson-earth-at-crisis-point/ , AFP Hansen, Earth At A Crisis Point, April 7, 2008</ref>
| |
| − | # Inserting false information, usually lewd into a respected work or group of works.
| |
| − | # Defending the assuration that democrats.com is not affiliated with the [[Democratic]] party. (We are told as an independent website, Democrats do not control the views of democrats.com.)
| |
| − | # Claiming expertise beyond one's area of expertise, as in a "Dr." or professor implying that he is an expert in an area beyond his specialty<ref>Liberals often cited physicists who had no training or expertise in engineering for their baseless, illogical criticisms of [[SDI]].</ref>
| |
| − | # Pretending an honorary degree does not give someone the right to be called "Doctor"
| |
| − | # Pretending [[affirmative action]] is the best way to fill positions, including [[Affirmative action president|President of the U.S.]]
| |
| − | # Fearing the wrath of voters this election cycle, Democrats have decided not to block offshore drilling bans renewed each October. After the election, [[Americans]] get sucker-punched because restoring the ban on new offshore [[oil drilling]] leases “will be a top priority for discussion next year.” <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=36268 Democrat Leader: Restoring Offshore Drilling Ban a ‘Top Priority’ for Next Year] CNSNews, September 24, 2008</ref>
| |
| − | # Saying "If you believe that abortion is murder, don't have one!" as if abortion isn't undisputably the murder of a human being.
| |
| − | (please add to list)
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Example ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | Here is an example of an actual attempt at [[liberal tricks]] that was posted on this very page:
| |
| − | | |
| − | {{QuoteBox|This article, and many others on a similar line, are a sad demonstration of incipient mental illness. Andrew Schlafly appears to be an educated man - after all, he edited a legal journal which was later edited by [[Barack Obama]] (I assume that Andy's tenure wasn't a result of [[affirmative action]] in favour of the narrow minded and the bigoted) - yet his denunciations of 'liberalism' get ever wilder and more paranoid as his definition of that beknighted state become ever more encompassing.}}
| |
| − | | |
| − | The above example (by a non-American) attempts to smear a [[conservative]] by implying that he has a mental illness, reflecting '''liberal trick''' #17 above. To someone unfamiliar with '''liberal tricks''', this can be upsetting and intimidating. But once one realizes that this is a basic trick from the [[liberal]] playbook, its silliness and ineffectiveness becomes obvious. The [[liberal]]'s foolish tactic is then revealed for what it really is.
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==References==
| |
| − | {{reflist|2}}
| |
| − | | |
| − | {{liberalism}}
| |