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Subject: Re: Liberal attempts at dialogue

I got your point the first time: you spelled it out clearly. Let me spell it out succinctly:

“The right has a clear orchestrated campaign of hate” and “The conservatives are on a hate campaign.” And this hatred is ‘glossed over by humour’. This is the gist of your argument, correct?

So let me spell out my point again: you are on pretty shaky ground arguing this when:
• you have your own Chairman of the Democratic Party say: "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for”.
• you use 3 journalists as your ‘evidence’
• you misquote one of them
• you extrapolate from that your conclusion above
• you focus on the “stoned slackers” quote (I think the quote contempt, but certainly does no prove hate. That bit of evidence is really lame)

I mean, I am no debating expert, but it seems if you want to make your case, you need to have something a little stronger than the above points. Don’t think your argument would hold up even in a civil trial somehow, where the onus of proof is a mere 'on the balance of probabilities, ie 'above 50%'. If you wouldn't convince them, why should I be convinced?)

As to this one:
“If someone claims that "liberals are virtually 100% wrong on all the great moral issues of the day" that translates into "liberals are evil, I hate them". How can it not? If somebody is immoral, or wrong, on all the great moral issues, how are they not evil and not to be hated?”

At least 3 of my family are committed liberals. I agree with Prager. I think that when they sprout the liberal line on the great moral issues of the last 30 years, they are wrong on “virtually every great moral issue of the last 30 years” (is what Prager actually said). Does arguing with them frustrate the heck out of me? Yes. Do I think they are naïve? Unbelievably. Foolish? You bet. Do I hate them? No way. I love them.

I really think you need to take a chill pill. Before lecturing on Conservative hate by reading things into 2 comments (2? that's pathetic), you might want to challenge your own leading spokesperson on their self-confessed hatred. People in glass houses…

Also, 2 of the 4 conservatives you mention (Coulter and Savage) are not highly-regarded among Conservatives, in my opinion. So, not really representative of conservative thinking. Most columnists on Townhall I would regard as excellent thinkers and writers and are very different to these 2. You will find a host of others on Jewish World Review, The Brussels Journal, City Journal among others. Maybe you could refer me to some of the better ones on the left? I'd appreciate an intelligent counter-argument, and I mean that sincerely. So far I haven't found any. Daily Kos is a joke compared to Townhall. And that's their leading one (my God, if you guys ever pull off an election, it will be because the Reps lost it).