| Line 12: |
Line 12: |
| | # smear your adversary with a highly offensive accusation or insinuation | | # smear your adversary with a highly offensive accusation or insinuation |
| | # atheism equals intelligence | | # atheism equals intelligence |
| − | # call someone a racist if he criticizes a ''liberal'' having a different skin color | + | # call someone a [[racist]] if he criticizes a ''liberal'' having a different skin color |
| | # [[conservative]]s don't care about regular people | | # [[conservative]]s don't care about regular people |
| | # [[vandalism]] is ok | | # [[vandalism]] is ok |
| Line 24: |
Line 24: |
| | Here is an example of an actual attempt at [[liberal tricks]] that was posted on this very page: | | 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.}} | + | {{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''' #10 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. | + | The above example (by a [[non-American]]) attempts to smear a [[conservative]] by implying that he has a mental illness, reflecting '''liberal trick''' #10 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. |