April 15, 2013 By Paul Schnee Comments (7)
When fighting a bully you must punch twice as hard. It’s war. Conservatives must define who the bullies are: Democrats. This was Ben Shapiro’s message during his talk about his new book, “Bullies, How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America,” which he gave on Tuesday, April 9 at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Wednesday Morning Club in Beverly Hills.
This advice should be obvious, but, noted Shapiro, it is hard for conservatives of all stripes to absorb. The Left does not have “positions”; it has “feelings,” and that is why it goes about demonizing its opposition. This trait was on full display during the presidential election when every attempt was made to marginalize Governor Romney as someone who was an elitist with a wife who went horse-riding and was out of touch with mainstream America; a man who strapped his dog to the roof of his car and who enjoyed firing people so their wives could die of cancer. He was portrayed as being opposed to a woman’s right to contraception or to have an abortion. The usual canards of racism, bigotry and homophobia were strenuously applied to Romney….The Liberal Myth Machine, that well-oiled, extravagantly funded, clanking contraption of distortion, went into top gear spreading its muck around with unprecedented vigor and it prevailed by characterizing Republicans as obstructionists. …To Read More……
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