One of the reasons I say very little about who I am and what my experiences are is that in the online world, it matters not. That is to say, I can be anyone I want from behind this computer screen. That is true for all of us here in the virtual world. There are two paths we can all take with this set of facts. In my humble opinion, those of us who are more conservative choose to eschew our supposed identities and will try to form arguments which will stand up, even if offered anonymously. Also, in my humble opinion, those on the left will claim some mantle of credibility based on assuming the identity of an unimpeachable expert.
How many times have we busted some phony claiming to be a soldier or a former soldier who decided that it would bolster their arguments against the war in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, War on Terror, or even military spending? How many times have we busted wide open the claims of business ownership by people on the left who were in fact union thugs arguing for increased regulation and or the asinine health care monstrosity? How many degrees in Chemistry or Physics have been conferred by unknowing universities and colleges upon those arguing vehemently that man kind is responsible for a quick future destruction of the planet? This list could go on for several pages, and would be fun to compose, but something happened last week that tops it all.
The two most popular web sites and forums for Lesbians were outed as having been run by middle aged white men, both of whom were perpetually stuck in their adolescent stages of development and existing on the public dole as college students. Without referring to the sites, as I’m sure you’ve all heard of it by now, I would encourage you to get your giggles out of the way. There is something going on beyond the problems of two assholes who were so irrelevant in their real lives that they were reduced to finding validation in the virtual world by pretending not only to be women, but women with gender confusion. (O.K., another cheap laugh here. If you call a man who dresses in women’s clothing a transvestite, what do we call these two?) One of these, “lesbians,” made it a point to use his status of expert as a member of a victim class in this world to point out that America was by far the least tolerant society in the world. He claimed that Syria, a place where lesbians and gay men are immediately executed when found out, was far more tolerant a place than our country. ( I know of at least two major U.S. corporations which force diversity training upon its employees in the case that anyone is caught joking about homosexuality within earshot of another person.)
The remainder of what is going on is a complete lack of supporting facts necessary to back the liberal agenda. One of the many signs that we on the right are in fact winning this debate is that the liberals must continually resort to spin, deflection, projection, astroturfing, and tactics like this in order to state their position. This, reduced to its simplest form, besides being hilariously pathetic, is just another way to restate those famous and untrue words uttered by Al Gore, “the debate is now over.” We have seen this before, and mark my words, we will again. The mantle of expertise is designed for no other purpose than to make a jaw droppingly weak position unassailable. Whenever debating with liberals in the future, we should all remember to start our side of the debate by challenging the premise of every statement. Be wary of those that begin with a position of some sort of expertise. (An example would be, “I am a lesbian who lived both in the U.S. and Syria and I have found the Sharia compliant world of Syria to be much more liberating than the supposedly open society of America.) We will be inundated over the next two years with people claiming to have gotten great health care in Canada, England, or even in Cuba or Mexico. They will probably be lying about it. We will be inundated by people claiming to be soldiers or former soldiers telling stories of American transgressions abroad. They will probably be lying about it. We will be inundated with Marxists claiming to be business owners who will state that the bevy of new regulation of the Obama Administration has been a boon to their non existent businesses, and that the new green economy is allowing them to expand beyond what they ever thought possible. They will probably be lying about it. We will be inundated with people pretending to be doctors who will tell tales of how the Obamacare monstrosity has allowed them to care for patients in a more streamlined and compassionate manner than they ever have before. They will probably be lying about that as well.
All in all, the pretending to be a lesbian thing is my favorite liberal ruse to date. This one will be tough to top. I would be happier if they just gave up trying. I won’t be holding my breath though.
Crossposted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
Tags: Opinion, Progressives
