"How to Annoy a Liberal...

[Noxmtbnk]

Work • Succeed • Be Happy"

I saw this today on a car sitting at the end of my street. I'm thinking of leaving them a note which reads:

"How to inspire a conservative:
Vilify • Oppress • Police"

Any other suggestions? I had another word before "vilify", but for some reason, I can't think of it now.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[POAS]

1. How to annoy a conservative

Follow the Beatitudes

[benburch]

2. Hmmmm....

How To Imprison A Conservative;

Investigate * Indict * Convict

[Blue Diadem]

3. I've got one..

How to annoy a conservative:

Think/Question/Be compassionate

[imax2268]

4. How to annoy a conservative...

truth/facts/accountability

[Jeebo]

5. Why does s/he think that?

Where did conservatives get this utterly preposterous notion that it annoys liberals when people "work, succeed, and are happy"? It's because we have allowed the right-wingers to define the word "liberal."

My note would read something like this:

"Do you REALLY believe that liberals don't like it when people work, succeed and are happy? You have a serious misunderstanding of what liberalism is all about. You have allowed Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to define liberalism for you, and it ALWAYS gives you a skewed image of reality if you let someone's ENEMIES define them. Conservative Republicans are the ones who are resisting all kinds of things that will HELP poor people and working-class people to work, succeed and be happy -- things like a raise in the minimum wage, universal health insurance, creating marketplace conditions that will make it harder for Wal-Mart to bust unions and outsource jobs ... LIBERAL DEMOCRATS are the ones who are trying to help people to 'work, succeed and be happy.' If that's really what you want, you should vote for Democrats. Thank you, have a nice day, and please DO work, succeed and be happy. I am a flaming liberal, and that's what I want for you and for everybody else."

Ron

[Sparkly]

7. What a great note!!

:hi: (I wish there were a way to get all that into a bumpersticker, too!)

[CaptainCorc]

8. A very good summation and statement of values...well done n/t

[DeepGreen]

6. "How to inspire a conservative: Teach them to think for themselves nt

[ComerPerro]

9. Work, Succeed, Be Happy: In Bush's America, that means

Work hard and shut up.

Succeed at electing Republican politicians who only make themselves and their rich backers even richer.

Be Happy you have a job, who cares that you are making less than you did four years ago.

[Piperay]

10. What annoys be is that

they believe that crap, otherwise I don't give a damn about whether they work, succeed or are happy either way it is of no concern to me. :wtf:

[IHeart1993]

11. How to annoy a Conservative-

Think for yourself! :think:

[jellybelly]

12. How to annoy a conservative...

Jesus-Is-Liberal

Peace-Tolerant-Freedom

Love-Hope-Respect

There are a lot of examples

[sierrajim]

13. If you think thats bad my FREEPER brother sent me this

Father-Daughter Talk!

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her
father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed.

Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she
indicated so to her father.

He responded by asking her how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"

She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA . She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of
times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

---------------------------------------------------------------------Can you beleive that?

[Noxmtbnk]

14. When people spout this sort of nonsense to me...

I whip out Auntie Pinko from January 30, 2003...

"So for starters, there is little real "analogy" here at all. Which puts the argument into one of my favorite categories of logical fallacy: The "straw man." This is a technique employed by debaters who find themselves unable to make a direct refutation of their opponent's premise or argument. Instead, they construct an argument (the straw man) from a non-representative example, shaky analogy, or inappropriate metaphor, and proceed to demolish THAT, hoping that this deception will distract their opponent and their audience from the fact that they've done nothing to actually refute the real issue.

Unfortunately, the straw man is easily detectable once your audience is alert for it. So using it is usually the trick of a debater who is inexperienced, desperate, not very bright, or has little respect for the intelligence of their audience. If this is the best your conservative acquaintance can do, you really have little to worry about, Gael.

Auntie Pinko suggests that the best counter for this folly is to point out the silliness of the analogy, the transparency of the straw man, and demand that the conservative acquaintance address the real arguments you make in your final paragraph."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/auntie/03/81.html

P.S. If you want to have a nice rebuttal, read the whole article. I love my Auntie Pinko!!!

[newyawker99]

15. Hi sierrajim!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[BiggJawn]

16. Not exactly true, is it?

The strue story would be more like...

"Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to take a point from your friend, since she's obviously lazy and doesn't deserve even a 2.0. then you will have a 5.0, and thus prove that you are your friend's moral and intellectual superior, and she should spend the rest of her life working for you for 6 bucks an hour..."

"That sounds somewhat logical, Daddy..."

"Welcome to the Dark Side, my ReTHUGlican daughter!"