I've kind of recused myself from this discussion from the time being as I am becoming convinced that the public issues of the day are not even that important to liberals who are trying to fuel the fire. The outrage of losing the Presidential election to someone whose campaign strategy was unlike any major candidate in our history that he was able to win without the support of major media outlets, no ground game, and not even support of Republicans party operatives and elected politicians is egregious to liberals.
While the rank and file may feel differently, I'm convinced that liberal party operatives collectively don't have an ideology that cares about the environment, or "women's rights", or the LGBT movement, or about the plight of inner city blacks, or about Islam, Israel, or Latino undocumented immigrants. They don't particularly give a shit about whether ISIS Is overwhelming the middle east, or if Putin was invading the Ukraine. All they care about is retaining political power and the wealth that flows from it.
While I do believe a large measure of this exists on the Right, at this point I won't micro analyze whether the women's march was about women's rights (it wasn't, it was a big show to embarrass a newly inaugurated President and try to degrade his election.) or whether Trump is offensive to Muslims or Latinos (IMO he isn't, he's just trying to keep America safe). But the sheep who buy into these issues as significant, are just licking the flavor of the lollipop that the liberal media is serving up that day.
For me, I'll just wait and see if the Trump administration can cut through all this horseshit and actually make us a better military and economic power, cut government spending, and improve the lives of Americans. If it happens it happens, but I won't depend on the press telling me whether it is or not, and I certainly won't buy into this subterfuge of so called issues that liberals are using to try to derail his Presidency before it gets off the ground. Their biggest fear is that he actually gets something done, and 2020 elections become a done deal well before election day.
So, when Fun posts that liberals declare all those who disagree with them on social issues are "evil", I kind of get it. The more extreme folks have a tendency to be closed minded and look with disdain toward opposing views.
That said, I have noticed that the right is quick to declare all those that disagree with their views as "Sheep" who are led by the media and can't think for themselves.
It's the same crap from both sides. Then, to further perpetuate the nonsense, when presented with this, folks often say something like "yeah, yeah, I know, but the other side is so much worse!" That's closed minded.
Folks who believe people are not really passionate about women's rights, the environment, LBGT movement, etc.....are seriously misreading a whole swath of citizens. If you are exclusively talking about our representatives, you may (in many cases) be correct in saying it's all about power and money. But is it not the same on the other side of the aisle?
One more point in my quest to highlight that both sides are equally hypocritical. A great example of selective outrage will come later this month when it is time to raise the debt ceiling. Remember this issue? Now watch all those republican congressmen suddenly change their tune......or kick the can down the road because it is too obvious.
