Here's my question to you.

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Here's my question to you.

SDAI-Tech1 — 4/18/2006 6:53:51 AM (archived)

It's fairly obvious that the left are mainly composed of angry individuals who need little provocation to get outraged (not that this in any way resembles ANY posters here) and are quick to violence & hatred despite their loudly "proclaimed" love of peace and tolerance.

My question is why do you bring this stuff here to rile these same angry types? Do you enjoy watching them pursue the mental gymnastics of hypocrisy?

You know what you are Tom? A rebel-rouser. You effectively push the people's buttons and sit back and watch the results. Apparently such entertainment has not yet grown boring for you. When you point out logical fallacies in their replies, this only brings out more emotion and justification from them - and you know it will. And you exploit that.

That's cruel Tom.

That's why you aren't a real conservative. A real conservative lets the riff-raff destroy stuff and holds his own council. He/she has no need to get down there and get in their face about it. A true conservative doesn't engage in counter protestation. Counter-protests are for those who have something to gain. And thats what your post (and this one) is Tom - a counter-protest.

I'm breaking my own conservative code somewhat to remind you of this. Normally I would just let it slide without comment.

Deep down you still have that libertarian rebel-rouser streak that has not been subdued. You enjoy the commotion too much. That's why I get a kick out of the left here calling you a conservative.

Nothing could be further from the truth - and you know it too.

We all fall off the true conservative wagon sometime, I know I have dozens of times. But at the rate you're going Tom - if you keep this up, you'll become a knee-jerk reactionary counter-protester libertarian who revels in pointing out others failings.

I'm concerned for your conservative soul Tom.

;-)

The whole thread (52 posts)

Free speech on the campus - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 7:03:34 AM
- Here's my question to you. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2006 6:53:51 AM
  - Your post leads me to conclude that the right is mainly composed of commiters of the hasty generalization fallacy - alcaray - 4/18/2006 3:14:10 PM
  - That's "rabblerousing". - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 12:22:14 PM
    - Mary Anne, there is a note on Flame that needs a woman's touch (n/t) - alcaray - 4/18/2006 4:29:41 PM
    - You're not rabble MA you, and others here, are pure rebel. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2006 1:15:23 PM
- Professor suspended - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 4:34:48 AM
- re: Free speech on the campus - Robert - 4/17/2006 4:02:07 PM
  - re: Free speech on the campus - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 3:04:43 AM
    - The Scarecrow - Robert - 4/18/2006 3:51:26 PM
      - Sorry. You're flailing. - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 7:25:01 PM
    - As long as you're prepared to be fined and/or jailed for your action, yes. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 3:15:53 AM
  - I suspect the people who put up the crosses would have liked this response much less: - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 1:12:14 AM
    - Or any number of responses - Robert - 4/18/2006 3:58:52 PM
      - Just wondering... - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2006 7:30:43 PM
        
        re: Just wondering... - Robert - 4/19/2006 5:02:46 PM
        
        Parallels - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 6:54:03 PM
        
        "If you can't stand the imagery, don't do the actions, right? " - Tony - 4/18/2006 9:00:48 PM
        
        The point, and I did have one, was the usual rank hypocrisy. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 3:26:26 PM
        
        Sorta like banning pictures of coffins returning from Iraq... (n/t) - R.L. - 4/19/2006 7:08:35 AM
        
        Sorry. I'm from a long line of farmers. - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2006 12:32:30 AM
        
        Bully for you - Tony - 4/19/2006 1:40:08 AM
- I could describe my night on the floor of the republican convention - R.L. - 4/16/2006 7:04:08 AM
  - I have many more stories about how open minded your side was PRE-9-11 (n/t) - R.L. - 4/16/2006 7:07:23 AM
    - open minded - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 9:04:43 PM
      - Have you lost your mind? - R.L. - 4/16/2006 11:41:10 PM
        
        I'll settle for one example. - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 4:16:00 AM
        
        OK..... - R.L. - 4/17/2006 5:25:01 AM
        
        re: OK..... - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 6:08:42 AM
        
        Tom,would it matter if I found right wing equivalents of Ward Churchill? - R.L. - 4/17/2006 6:42:22 AM
        
        When did I become a university professor? - Lee - 4/17/2006 8:56:29 AM
        
        LOL... - R.L. - 4/17/2006 10:49:56 AM
        
        re: would it matter? - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2006 6:56:32 AM
- would any number of counterexamples matter? - R.L. - 4/16/2006 6:41:55 AM
- Only "Politically Correct" speech is free. - David F Mayer - 4/16/2006 5:08:49 AM
- Tom, a little less than 2 decades ago... - R.L. - 4/16/2006 4:52:56 AM
  - I'll grant you one point... - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 5:02:51 AM
    - I didn't make that comparison... - R.L. - 4/16/2006 5:14:40 AM
      - You didn't. She did. My thread was about her. Focus. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 8:57:46 PM
      - Just out of curiousity - R.L. - 4/16/2006 5:59:58 AM
        
        re: Just out of further curiousity - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2006 9:02:23 PM
        
        "Were any of the people yelling hate at abortion clinics college professors charged full-time with educating future generations?" - R.L. - 4/17/2006 3:45:18 AM
- Another example - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 11:35:54 PM
  - Well, that's just dumb. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 1:42:57 AM
    - Oh, I see... - Mary Anne - 4/18/2006 2:28:43 AM
      - Thank you - tony - 4/19/2006 1:45:30 AM
- re: Free speech on the campus - Publius - 4/15/2006 8:07:21 PM
  - Gravity Probe B. Physics department, mostly. - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 11:19:56 PM
- It takes all kinds - Donald - 4/15/2006 5:42:13 PM
  - This is a university, and a professor. Does that change anything at all? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/15/2006 6:52:26 PM
    - Not a bit - Donald - 4/15/2006 7:49:12 PM
      - ooops - Donald - 4/15/2006 7:50:00 PM

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