{"id":3527,"date":"2011-03-11T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/03\/if-you-think-conservatives-are-stupid-and-evil.html"},"modified":"2011-03-11T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T10:43:00","slug":"if-you-think-conservatives-are-stupid-and-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/03\/if-you-think-conservatives-are-stupid-and-evil.html","title":{"rendered":"If you think conservatives are stupid and evil"},"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>And liberals are brilliant and beautiful, you could be forgiven if you get your information from the MSM.\u00a0 Pretty soon, I\u2019m guessing that the MSM will just ditch all pretense and adopt the far more accurate moniker of Glorious Ministry of Propaganda for the Advancement of Secular Leftist Dogmas. Or something less wordy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For instance, we all know that the Tuscon shootings were the result of right wing zealotry and conservative rhetoric.\u00a0 After all, most conservatives are sitting around on the edge of a psychotic meltdown, ready for the queen of diamonds to be shown, sending them into a spiral of destruction and murder.\u00a0 Or that\u2019s how our Propaganda ministries in education, entertainment, and \u2013 for want of a better word \u2013 journalism portray us.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Now, in their zeal to advocate post-Christian, post-Western Leftist and secular values, our distributors of right-think are occasionally obliged to sweep unfortunate news stories under the rug.\u00a0 This is true when events happen that show the falsehood of what they are promoting.\u00a0 Take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.620wtmj.com\/news\/local\/117732923.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this little tidbit<\/a> about the Wisconsin demonstrations.\u00a0 If this were the Tea Party?\u00a0 It makes my head spin to think how it would be the prime focus of every MSM outlet in our nation.\u00a0 As it is, I have yet to see any of them mention this at all.\u00a0 Perhaps they have.\u00a0 I can\u2019t read every paper and watch every newscast at once.\u00a0 But in the days I\u201dve been following this, I have not heard even a peep about anything other than fair minded and caring people fighting desperately for the rights of the Middle Class. <\/p>\n<p>FWIW, I\u2019m not saying I agree with Governor Walker.\u00a0 I just recognize propaganda as opposed to actual news when I see it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And liberals are brilliant and beautiful, you could be forgiven if you get your information from the MSM.\u00a0 Pretty soon, I\u2019m guessing that the MSM will just ditch all pretense and adopt the far more accurate moniker of Glorious Ministry of Propaganda for the Advancement of Secular Leftist Dogmas. 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