Granted, it’s anecdotal, but I say liberals are much more obnoxious than conservatives and they lack our self-control when dealing with an opposing viewpoint. Case in point – my husband and an employee of one of his customers were having a pleasant chat about how they had spent Independence Day. To the employee, “the Fourth” – proving she was a historically-bereft, lazy, pop-culture jackass, because the name of the holiday is Independence Day!!! Every country has a fourth of July on the calendar but only the U.S. celebrates our Independence on that day. And I really don’t care what the losers in Mexico do on Cinco de Mayo; if they’re not bright enough to come up with a real name for their holiday it’s not my problem. Err… what was I saying? Right, talking about Independence Day.
When she asked how he’d spent the day, he told the truth: we had guests over, barbecued, and then caravaned to the Tea Party in Baton Rouge, where a good time was had by all.
She proceeded to shriek her outrageously outrageous outrage at such behavior, demanding to know where my husband was when Bush was running up a deficit and getting us into a useless war and on and on and on and on…. never stopping to hear a response, just yapping out the Daily Kos/Firedoglake/TPM talking points.
My husband, saintly gentleman that he is, bore it patiently and when she eventually paused for breath, apologized for upsetting her and changed the subject. Me, I’d have ripped her a new one. Which is probably not what Jesus would have done, but that’s a post for another day. Although I’m getting better, I’m generally like a pit bull when challenged and the idea of letting that troll “win” by allowing her to berate me, and then apologizing for it, is anathema to me. Had I done that, it quite possibly would have escalated to violence because given his description of her, when verbally frustrated she’d probably have resorted to the physical. So… probably bad idea.
What annoys me is the feeling of entitlement these moonbats feel to berate whomever disagrees – and not even with a discussion; it was a lecture. It’s completely rude. She could have just kept her mouth shut and made a mental note to avoid my husband in the future since he so offended her. She could have engaged in a polite conversation about why he went to the tea party and gently tried to make him see the error of his ways. She could have smiled politely, said, “Well, we really don’t see eye to eye on that, so let’s change the subject.” But, no. She felt perfectly entitled to raise her voice and use a harsh tone and deplorable language. After all, he’s a right winger and therefore not entitled to common courtesy.
Did he do the right thing? Was there any way to make a few points for Truth and Justice and Actual Reality in this situation? When moonbats screech at work, what is the best way to deal with them?
That seems to be a typical Liberal mindset. I call it ‘spewing’ ’cause it reminds me so much of vomit.
Your husband’s a good man =]
BTW – if you ever do go medieval on a Lib, please take good notes because I’d love to read that post.
Nah, Jesus probably would’ve ripped her a new one — unless he was at work and didn’t want to upset his customers.
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I have to say this because I have a Mexican friend who made me learn it. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. It is the celebration of an amazing military victory over the French.
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I think your husband did exactly the right thing. But I would have said to her that I did enjoy discussing these things, but only with people who are familiar with both sides.
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I’m thinking I would have gone with your response, which, same as you said, would not have led to a godly finish. God Bless your hubby for his patience and wisdom. Per Proverbs, a gentle answer turns away wrath. What may have happened in that woman’s head afterward is knowing she blew up on a guy that was merely telling her what she asked for. Maybe she’ll feel conviction about it.
Well you don’t always *want* to turn away wrath. Sometimes you want to stick up for godly principles and fight off wrath.