{"id":1723,"date":"2013-10-22T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/10\/alan-grayson-scares-me.html"},"modified":"2013-10-22T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T23:31:00","slug":"alan-grayson-scares-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/10\/alan-grayson-scares-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Alan Grayson scares me"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Not because I\u2019m scared of him.\u00a0 But because he is taken seriously and given a platform by the propaganda ministry for saying things that make Fred Phelps look calm and balanced by comparison.\u00a0 Republicans can oppose Obamacare and they are called hateful, racist, bigots and grandma killers for it.\u00a0 And some of this from media pundits.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Grayson calls conservatives in general, and now the Tea Party in particular, the KKK, calls them bigots, racists and evil \u2013 and he\u2019s given star status and treated like a serious commentator.\u00a0 He represents the lie that was liberalism.\u00a0 He\u2019s filled with hatred, contempt, loathing, and gives the impression that if the rack and thumbscrews were still around, well you know.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s the vast gulf between how the GOP must defend themselves for not being liberal democrats, versus Grayson who says things no Republican could come within a million miles of saying while getting accolades and great praise, that leaves you wonder.\u00a0 What will our country look like when all resistance to \u2018Liberalism\u2019 has finally ceased? 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