"[And I have to tell you that I am loathe to keep citing this
miscreant, but he pretty perfectly sums up what has become of
conservatism. Truth and facts don't matter. Attacks are good, repeated
attacks are better... you repeat the attacks and the lies and
name-calling enough times and some people will start believing the
disinformation. At least, the useful idiots will. (Trump has gone on
record as saying this deviant "positive thinking" strategy is part of
what he embraces.) Just to be clear, Trump is not the cause of this
cancer on modern conservatism - conservatives have brought it on
themselves. But he is the epitome and poster boy for what has become of
modern conservatism. /end rant.]"
The above was lifted from a post to which I will be responding later. But this bit was especially galling in my opinion, both because of the author being crazed in his hatred as well as for the hypocrisy and falseness. It's what "embracing grace" apparently looks like. Let's review:
"And I have to tell you that I am loathe to keep citing this
miscreant, but he pretty perfectly sums up what has become of
conservatism."
This is from someone who continually proves a decided lack of understanding of what conservatism is. I wouldn't dare suggest that the GOP hasn't lots of problems. They do. Part of which is the truest conservatives within the party are few in number. Regardless, Trump's policies demonstrated more conservatism than anyone who paid attention expected to get from him. Yet he isn't the face of conservatism. He's just one person who may still be far less conservative politically than his policies would suggest. In short, support for the guy is based on those policies he implemented, promoted and hoped to see enacted...not on his personality necessarily.
In any case, to refer to him as a "miscreant" is rather rich coming from a "progressive" who supports the Democratic Party.
"Truth and facts don't matter. Attacks are good, repeated
attacks are better... you repeat the attacks and the lies and
name-calling enough times and some people will start believing the
disinformation. At least, the useful idiots will."
This is Olympic Gold Medal level projection. Trump exaggerates. He deals in marketing level hyperbole so common among business people. Lefties are abject and inveterate liars. Whether it's politics or religion, the lefty has very little regard for truth, and their attacks on their ideological opponents...their betters, more often than not...is legendary. A current example is the common reference to some who aren't Fauci sheep as "anti-vaxxers". Aside from the lie that what is being pushed through the syringes into the arms of the people is a vaccine, those who are "hesitant" are so because of the data, most of which one has to pulled like a bad tooth from the "experts" who lack the honesty to allow the use of alternatives like Ivermectin or the reports of the successes hundreds of doctors have experienced with its use.
Yet the name calling so common among the lefties, including the Louisville Slug who makes the charge, is distinct in it's lack of justification, as the "anti-vaxxer" example clearly illustrates. (Yeah. I know. I just engaged in name calling. Sue me.) What names are hurled in the port side direction are easily justified with clearly seen examples. I won't say name-calling is particularly "Christian", but there's a time and a place for everything and calling a liar a liar is at least truthful.
As to "useful idiots", that would imply one from the conservative side is incapable of rationally, intelligently and truthfully defending why one aligns one's self with the conservative side in the first place. I'm not talking platitudes here. I'm referring to solid fact and logic. While not every conservative is a genius, a scholar, even necessarily bright and articulate, even the "best" among the lefties can't persuade any of them to their dark side.
"Just to be clear, Trump is not the cause of this
cancer on modern conservatism - conservatives have brought it on
themselves."
There is no greater cancer on the American experiment than the leftist ideology promoted and enabled by the Kentucky Wild Turkey who asserts the above. They've brought that cancer upon the entire nation and believe themselves to be have done us a solid. That's just how stupid they are.
And truly, we didn't even bring Trump upon ourselves or the nation. The left did (as did weak Republicans) by celebrating the incompetent and disastrous Barack Obama and by promoting the likes of Hillary Clinton. Oh, yeah. They promote the socialism of Bernie Sanders, too. While I believed we had a couple of options that would have done well, I don't know if any of them would have fared as well as did Trump, especially in light of the lies and attacks perpetrated against him from the very moment he threw his hat in the ring. They repeated those attacks and lies and continue to do so still. And they do so while ignoring the pathetic Joe Biden they elevated to the lofty position of Leader of the Free World, where we've become less and less free since they first began lying about Covid-19.
Talk about a useful idiot!
