Seems like only yesterday when Michele Bachmann was supposed to be dumb. Come to think of it, it was yesterday, until about 8:30pm anyway. I found out how silly it was to think of Bachmann that way late last year, when I heard her speak at David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend. I was sitting at a table full of professor types. We kept turning to each other and saying, “This woman is sharp, not at all the dunce she’s been portrayed as.”
Liberalism nowadays may be the last great holdout of old-fashioned prejudice. By telling themselves they’re against group hatreds of all kinds, and dismissing their opponents’ arguments as nothing but bigotry in disguise, liberals grant themselves license to despise. They swear, mock, and hate with a clean conscience, never guessing they’re turning liberalism itself into an outpost of bigotry in reverse. The flip side of liberal guilt is this hidden license to hate.
The greatest targets of this wave of liberal bigotry of late have been Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. By joining the pariah class of conservatives, Palin and Bachmann turn themselves into legitimate outlets for the left’s suppressed prejudice against women. That yields shock when Palin’s emails show her to have been a good governor and an admirable person, or when Bachmann shines in debate.
The liberal mavens of the media have enabled these slurs on Palin and Bachmann. What a pleasure to see these two women expose their tormenters as fools.
I think there is a few around the NRO office as well.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEven though I know the MSM is biased, Bachmann was so impressive and contrary to the media narrative that I had cognitive dissonance watching her. As much as I loathe the juxtaposition of Bachmann and Palin, the post brings it up, so let me say that Bachmann appears to have a better command of policy than Palin and is a better arguer – something essential to take on Obama. After last night, it’s even less fair to compare Palin and Bachman because she outshined everyone on that stage except Romney. Dare I say it: Romney/Bachman 2012? Yeah, too soon lol.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe idea that liberals are hated is amply evidenced by the comments frequently posted to this blog.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf they would just go away and leave me alone, I would stop hating them.
But, no. The power-mad freaks are determined to take my stuff and give it to undeserving people.
The hate will continue.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI don't hate liberals, but until they lay off their secular progressive jihad (which will be never), I will fight them.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou get what you give, Kevin ol' buddy.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYour comment is a total non-sequitur.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLeftism is exclusionary by necessity. The primary attraction is flattery. The adherent, by accepting the current dogma, is a good person, superior to those who squander their time with facts and reason. Taken to the extreme, you get train cars heading to the ovens. In this country, it stops at calling non-believers stupid and evil.
Bachmann is about to get the Palin treatment. If they cannot claim she is stupid, then they will come up with a reason to say she is evil.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI was thoroughly impressed with Bachmann last night, but I've ALWAYS been a fan. She's been at the top of my short list of favorites for president since the day she announced her exploratory committee. However, I'm pretty impressed with Mr. Herman Cain, as well. I'd love to see a Cain/Bachmann, or a Bachmann/Cain ticket. Both of them can speak extemporaneously, and can get a crowd going. And both of them have the right conservative principles to get this country rolling again.
Check out this humorous little bit of Hollywood trickery that pits a stuttering, stammering Barack Obama against Herman Cain as they debate the merits of health care reform. Barack Obama’s worst nightmare, indeed!
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Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Liberalism nowadays may be the last great holdout of old-fashioned prejudice. By telling themselves they’re against group hatreds of all kinds, and dismissing their opponents’ arguments as nothing but bigotry in disguise, liberals grant themselves license to despise. "
So when most of the candidates except for Bachmann supported a constitutional amendment to codify marriage, we're supposed to think liberals are the bigots? So glad we settled this!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBecause bigotry is believing that the government has no right to redefine marriage so that a vocal minority feels can pretend they they really aren't dealing with a mental disorder?
Because bigotry is recognizing that breaking down the family unit will cause society to dintegrate?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFirst, try looking up "marriage" in ANY English language dictionary. For the law to reflect reality is not bigotry.
Second, we'd much appreciate it if you would not distort Ms. Bachmann's positions.
SHE FAVORS a constitutional amendment to clarify "marriage" means two people of the opposite [filter!] gender.
It wasn't clear because the moderator - an idiot- had a penchant for changing the questions mid-stream. So she was answering a different question than the others, who were asked directly about such an amendment.
Bachmann was left to explain to a NH reporter that she would not waltz into NH and demand they change their state laws. But before the topic changed, she stated she'd support a "defense of marriage" amendment.
Try paying attention.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI get it Bea! Anything you don't agree with is ipso facto bigotry! Good thing you're not a cookie-cutter, Kool-aid drinking liberal who thinks in bumper sticker bromides! I thought there for a minute you were like all the other delusional liberals.
It ain't bigotry to realize that homosexual relationships are not the same as heterosexual relationships. They are not, they never will be, and, no matter what you do, you will not make it so.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHomosexuals already HAVE "equal" right to marriage;they can marry one of the opposite sex the same as any other person. That IS the definition of "marriage";man-woman,it's been that way for several thousand years.
This is all about the REDEFINITION of "marriage" to be something it's never been,and thus FORCING other states to recognize the abomination via Article IV,sec 1.
Of course,some people OMIT the second part of Article IV,sec 1;
"and the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts,Records,and Proceedings shall be proved,and the Effect thereof."
THAT alone allows DOMA to be Constitutional.
and I'm not a lawyer!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseConservatives are racist white men with submissive housewives. That's why those who don't fit the mold must be destroyed. Palin, Bachmann, Clarence Thomas etc.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBecause people with a right-wing perspective never hate, mock, swear or promote simplistic, demonised cariacatures of those they disagree with. Could Dr Kurtz please take a couple of deep breaths before he clicks 'post' next time?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse....Waiting for the comparable examples...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAre examples really necessary? I thought it would be fairly unremarkable to state that people on the right could be rude, hateful and misrepresentative, just as people on the left can be. If you need proof of this, you are on the internet, so knock yourself out (eg. google "Barack Obama Thug" or "Nancy Pelosi Stupid" or something).
My only point is that it takes a particular kind of excitablility to go from "Liberals wronlgy assume Michele Bachmann is stupid" to "Liberalism is the last bastion of bigotry in America".
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOf course people on the right can be rude, hateful, etc., but reverting to vitriolic ad hominem to avoid reasoned debate on issues is modern liberal tabiya, much more so than for the right. The left's penchant for thinking so much about which group a person belongs to rather than the person qua individual is an efficient vehicle for bigotry, intolerance, and anti-intellectualism.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRoger: "it takes a particular kind of excitablility to go from 'Liberals wronlgy assume Michele Bachmann is stupid' to 'Liberalism is the last bastion of bigotry in America.'"
Agreed. But that's not what he does in the article. He's generalizing not from a single example but from a constant stream of bigoted stereotyping from "liberals." (I'm not a big fan of liberal use of scare quotes, but modern "liberals" tend to be remarkably illiberal.)
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