Targeting Conservatives: What is civility, anyway?

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Thursday January 27, 2011 · 3:23 PM PST

2011/01/27 · 15:23

Just as quickly as the calls for civility rang out like the echoes of semi-automatic gunfire in a grocery store parking lot, the backlash against the notion exploded across the country. Rush Limbaugh called it "the new censorship". Sarah Palin practically tripped over her ambitions in a rush to defend what she perceived as unfair blame being hurled in her general direction. It's hard to pin down which came first, the finger-pointing or the protest-too-much denials of culpability. What is clear is that nearly everyone completely missed the point.

And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. Some on the left, wanting to make their point while the horror was still fresh, were quick to point out Palin's target graphic and any other violent or battle imagery used by the right in the last few years. Of course it didn't take long for many examples of lefties using the same imagery to come out. The right understandably jumped on these to illustrate that both sides use the same imagery, so one can't be held accountable if the other isn't as well. All pretty logical stuff if you aren't too invested in the fight, I suppose.

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Wednesday January 26, 2011 · 8:17 PM PST

2011/01/26 · 20:17

Are you a progressive? Well, no, you say, I'm a good conservative Republican. Besides, progressive is just another word for liberal and liberals are bad. Well let's imagine some scenarios and see if you really believe what you think you believe.

Imagine you arrived at work this morning and there was a memo informing you that your hours were being changed from Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm to Monday through Saturday, 6am to 6:30pm. No problem, right? You'll just find another job with more reasonable hours. Except every other company you contact has instituted the same policy. Some even require work on Sunday or 14-hour days.

While this is really not the best situation to find yourself in, you comfort yourself with the thought of all those extra hours in your paycheck. 72 hours in a week... 32 of that will be time-and-a-half... boy, you'll be raking it in. You're not sure when you'll have time to spend it, but money's money, right?

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Targeting Conservatives: What is civility, anyway?

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