I Promote Freedom, You Are Evil
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First day wrap up: Conservatives seem to have a trend going. Everything they like promotes freedom, everything they dislike is evil. During the 2004 election, conservatives used this strategy with the war on terror, since it worked so well for them then they have apparently broadened their scope.
Today I heard: conservatives promote freedom, the federal marriage amendment promotes freedom, tax cuts promote freedom, “new media” promotes freedom, immigration reform promotes freedom, “intellectual diversity” on campuses promotes freedom, and so on down the line.
On the flip side liberals are evil, unions are evil, same sex marriage is evil, internationalism is evil, campaign finance is evil, and one lady even said John McCain is evil. Apparently, having one’s own mind is evil.
I prefer Crest over Colgate, does that mean Crest promotes freedom and Colgate is evil?
Today I heard: conservatives promote freedom, the federal marriage amendment promotes freedom, tax cuts promote freedom, “new media” promotes freedom, immigration reform promotes freedom, “intellectual diversity” on campuses promotes freedom, and so on down the line.
On the flip side liberals are evil, unions are evil, same sex marriage is evil, internationalism is evil, campaign finance is evil, and one lady even said John McCain is evil. Apparently, having one’s own mind is evil.
I prefer Crest over Colgate, does that mean Crest promotes freedom and Colgate is evil?
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"intellectual diversity" and "respecting
conservative viewpoints." Pandagon had a post a
while back that was a hilarious "Top 10 Ways to Be
a Campus Conservative."
10.) Complain about every stupid thing done on
campus in terms of liberalism, no matter how
apolitical it is. Bonus points if you can blame
oversleeping for your 8:30 class on Paul
Krugman.
9.) Take Econ 101. Complain about everything in
barely informed economic terms.
8.) Complain about how you can't get spaces or
funds to bring conservative speakers to campus to
complain about the lack of conservative ideas on
campus, ignoring that the space you wanted was
taken months in advance by other groups.
7.) Complain about campus oppression, and then
inaccurately throw activist buzzwords at every
liberal you can find.
More can be found at:
http://blog.browndemocrats.org/archives/000221.php