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Edited on Tue May-02-06 03:32 PM by rpgamerd00d
So, I was over on a "neutral website" (similar to DU), where both sides were allowed to talk and debate. Apparently, this site was spun off of a "conservative website" (similar to DU), by some conservatives that weren't really happy just talking to conservatives all day. When this so-called "neutral" site was first launched, they made quite a few claims as to how really neutral it was, and how they would be "fair and balanced" (rofl) to both sides of the aisle.
I looked at the make up of the site, and it was roughly 3 to 1 in favor of conservatives, as far as registered users went. This seemed good, because I wanted a chance to really knock some Neocon heads together, expose their lies and their intolerance. It seemed like it could turn out to be a decent place to wreak some havok.
It wasn't too long after I started posting there that I noticed that the admins of the board were clearly biased to the conservative side. Many of the liberal posters would get ganged up on in threads, and the mods and admins would do nothing. Yet, in other threads, a liberal would make a comment that the admins didn't like, and the thread would get deleted or locked. Certain topics were Off Limits, like talking about the "conservative website" they came from, or so-called "bashing our troops", yet it was perfectly ok for them to attack DU and insult liberals for being anti-war. They really didn't even try to hide the conservative bias.
But be that as it may, I plodded along, slapping down neocon after neocon, exposing the lies, the intolerance, the blatent bigoty (much of which would turn your stomach if you read it), the racism, the gay-bashing, and of course the fundie religious nuts. As usual, the Neocons would get their asses handed to them, then deny it, launch some personal attacks, and claim victory in the thread. Pretty much what neocons do on every message board. No real surprises there. Whenever a liberal would start a thought provoking thread, the first thing a neocon would post would either be a personal attack, or a "link? proof?" post. Not a braincell amongst them, I tell you.
The double standards were particularly fascinating. A liberal who made a claim was "wrong until they provided proof" and Bush was always "innocent until proven guilty." They claimed it was ok to use the word "gay" as an insult, because to them its not insulting. What? Nice logic, there. When they got caught telling lies or posting incorrect information, it was the liberals job to prove it. When caught undeniably, they simply denied being wrong. Many of them were absolute masters of pulling apart a paragraph or sentence and misquoting and taking out of context whatever you wrote. It really was artful, albeit pathetic.
Every news article from the MSM that was critical of Bush was "crap", an every one favorable was "In your face, Libs!" Certain news sources went from credible to suspect within the span of a single post, according to what the neocons needed them to be at the time. All the liberal-biased sites were a joke, but the neocon sites were, of course, totally credible. The media was "liberal", even Fox News, according to neocons.
In the end, I witnessed perhaps the saddest thing of all during my experiment. Liberals were being corrupted by the Neocons. Yes, as sad as that sounds, the liberals that weren't careful began to drink the Koolaid. As I watched it happen, I was able to see just how the neocons did it. They just ganged up on people. Alone, a neocon is pathetic and insignificant, and no match for a Liberal. But they sensed that weakness, and overcame it through group attacks. We always joke about the Neocons always acting in lock step, but its really not a joke. Its real. Even though they would have no arguement, even though they knew for a fact they were wrong, they would wade in, one after another, with insults and derrogatory comments, and "owned!" pics, like a gang of thugs until continuing rational debate was impossible.
This is the lesson that we, as liberals, should learn from this experiment. Neocons are worthless and pathetic alone. They have no power, no valid position on any topic, and are dying out in America. Liberalism is the rising force, as it always has been. The way to defeat the neocons is to deny them the only power that they have - the power of peer pressure. The power of brainwashing thru repeating lies over and over, and en masse. Keeping them divided is the easiest way to victory for Democrats in 2006 and 2008.
Whats the most satisfying from this, is that the Neocons are obsessed with me. In fact, I bet they will quote this post on their site. You know you're doing something right when they are obsessed with you. :) (Right, Kobati?) :rofl:
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