Arguing with progressives and or liberals

I’ve had many discussions with progressives in my time, many can be seen in the comments on various posts here. It basically goes like this: State your position or some fact supporting your positions. Be attacked as a racist/terrorist/hatemonger/homophobe/Islamophobe/Earth-raper/corporate-shill or whatever the favored derogatory term is. If you encounter an exspecially enthusiastic progressive you might get all of them and perhaps a few more all rolled up into a rage fueled screaming…
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Discussing United States foreign policy and military spending

Whilst discussing United States foreign policy and military spending on facebook, I ended up having the following exchange. I felt it was worth posting here as well. Corrections appear in [brackets]. [Phillip] The cost to your country for being the only democratic Superpower, is incredible. The numbers that I have seen is that you spend appx one trillion dollars, and the next country in expenditures is China at $100 Billion.The…
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Agenda – Grinding America Down

Deathly creepy-this film shows how the left has worked to undermine traditional American values and our culture by taking control of our education system and dumbing down our children. They’re taught a false history of our country and combined with a sewer culture and a lying, left dominated media, when they reach voting age, they’re primed for a malignant narcissist like Obama to step into their lives. share: Bookmark on…
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Let’s blame the Jews [Pat Condell]
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Enough already. Anti-Semitism in the UK remains high in 2010 UK: Anti-Semitism rampant in Muslim schools Jews abandon Swedish city amid growing anti-Semitism Jew hatred in Norway Jewish dance group stoned in Germany Pro-Israel rally crashed in Sweden Since when was anti-Semitism rebranded as ‘anti-racism’? UAF’s dismal record on opposing anti-Semitism Dutch MP: I never heard Gaza protesters shouting ‘Jews to the gas’ The full blown return of anti-Semitism in…
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Democrats Hire Twitter-Thug

Democrats are known for smearing those who oppose them rather than arguing the merits of their ideology. Every so often we have proof of their schemes. We are also occasionally entertained by it backfiring on them. This is a story about how the Democrats hired a Twitter-Thug to run their social-media campaign and to smear the Tea Party. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on…
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Thinking out-loud on success, failure and the welfare state

Taking responsibility for our own actions and situations is one of the most difficult things a we can do. That’s why it’s important to learn to do so early, so that it becomes habitual natural. What people have been trained to do for far too long however, is to blame others. They are taught this early and often, and it is now habitual for most, a way of life for…
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What has capitalism done for you lately? The incomplete list of United States inventions.

Not everything in this list will be a direct result of capitalism. And in all fairness, the United States is not the only capitalist nation around, especially not recently. Well, that’s another issue for another time. The point is that in the U.S. we have (or had) the ability to benefit from, and do with as we please, whatever we create. We have also been able, for the most part…
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Does Islamic terror compare to the Spanish Inquisition?

What started as a (facebook) discussion regarding Pastor Terry Jones and his burning of the Qur’an, I brought up the subject of Islamic terror and the violent nature of Islam in the Qur’an and elsewhere. The Spanish Inquisition and “Native American Genocide” were then brought up as comparisons. The following are the relevant excerpts of said discussion and my responses. (I welcome any corrections if I have made an error of fact.) [Pastor…
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No one is talking about tax cuts – Senator Kyl repeatedly corrects Bob Schieffer

It would be nice if Republicans took control of the terminology more often. Progressives effortlessly bend the terminology to their will. It’s long past time for conservatives to correct the terminology. Bob Schieffer is so stuck on the narrative that he mocks Senator Kyl for correcting him. On Sunday’s Face the Nation, Republican Senate whip Jon Kyl kept correcting host Bob Schieffer about how extending tax “rates,” not “cuts,” is what is…
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