Catbert Observes . . . .

Believe it or not, there are pointy headed twerps who believe they know it all on the conservative side of the fence too.

Observe:

By: Timothy Carney (Washington Examiner)

When Thanksgiving talk turns political, do you feel like you and your liberal relatives can't communicate?

It's okay. I can help you. I was born in Greenwich Village to a lawyer dad and community-organizer mom. I used to live on Capitol Hill, and now I live in Montgomery County in Maryland. I even served a year as an MSNBC contributor. This is all to say, I speak liberal.

You won’t win over your lefty in-laws with appeals to liberty. Those warnings about hubris that tickle your Edmund Burke nerve will ring hollow with Nephew Trevor, who is still infected with his 2008 case of Hope & Change. You need to speak their language.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/the-thanksgiving-guide-to-making-conservative-arguments-liberals-can-understand/article/2539862


Fucking sigh.  The old trope that all liberals are Edmund Burke (who the fuck still remembers him?) spouting, Latte sipping, Birkenstock wearing Vegans.

The Gadfly truly despises stereotyping unless the shoe fits.

Let's put this lazy, conservative crayon scribbling bullshit to rest once and for all.

Yes - The Gadfly is a liberal.  Happily and unabashedly so.

The Gadfly also likes NASCAR and the NFL.

The Gadfly has shot small furry critters with a gun and consumed them.

The Gadfly likes motorcycles and rides one, leather jacket and all.

The Gadfly likes old cars and John Wayne movies.

The Gadfly is quite fond of and has read and re-read The U.S. Constitution and considers himself quite learned on the subject.

The Gadfly is a military veteran.

So if Timothy Carney wishes to put his credibility as a journalist on the line in stating he believes that all liberals fit in to a nice, neat cookie cutter mold culled from the fevered imagination of Rush Limbaugh -- well that is his prerogative.  It's pure horseshit of course, but unless someone calls him on it, who's going to know - right?

Nonetheless, allow The Gadfly to highlight a few political positions that distinguishes his worldly view from the Timothy Carneys in life.  The Gadfly is of the belief that the United States government should be of the people, by the people and for the people, not just a few powerful and wealthy interests.  The Gadfly believes that government, in the hands of people who actually give a flying fuck about their fellow citizens, can be a positive force for change. The Gadfly does not believe corporations are people.  The Gadfly believes real human beings are people and that as real human beings, they deserve more protections under the law than do a small group of wealthy industrialists calling themselves a corporation do.  The Gadfly believes that government is a necessary evil that is required to maintain a check and balance on the unnecessary evil of capitalism run amok.  If those views makes The Gadfly a communist, then The Gadfly proudly displays his communist credentials for the entire world to see.

In the end - fuck Tim Carney for trying, and miserably failing, to pigeon-hole all liberals in to the pre-conceived frame that he pulled straight out of his own right wing ass.

The Gadfly rests his case.



----TFG