On Average Who Faces More Intolerance, Liberals Who Live In Red States Or Conservatives Who Live In Blue States ? (Rush Limbaugh, Colin Powell)

[DgoNative]

Really? All I am pulling up is the burning of buildings from which no one was ever injured.

And this is skating around my point, liberals aren't nearly as violent and reactionary as conservatives. A liberal may give you a verbal barrage, but a conservative will drag you behind a truck.

[garmin239]

Did I say that people were injured? NO. Don't put words into my mouth. Arson is a violent act that endangers the welfare of others. You are claiming that liberals don't commit violenct acts. They do.
I can also give you personal experiences of PETA supporters and straightedgers that have attacked me.

[DgoNative]

Originally Posted by garmin239

I can also give you personal experiences of PETA supporters and straightedgers that have attacked me.

No thanks. I can give you personal experiences where everyday conservatives have done the same. It's all subjective, though.

[garmin239]

Well you are the one that claimed that liberals don't commit violence. They do.
But I'm not going to sit here and ignorantly paint an entire group with that brush like you do.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by DgoNative

It isn't true that liberals are the irate and violent side of the political coin. I haven't ever heard of liberals going out with the intention to injure or kill others in the name of their cause. Whereas conservatives have done everything from bombing abortion clinics to beating and killing gays.
Name one instance where liberals have done something as equally deplorable as that. And keep it rational.

There was (maybe still is, I don't know) a video by some ALF person on youtube showing how to booby trap hunters' treestands, including cutting supports so it will collapse, seriously injuring (read: high risk of paralyzing), or killing, people.

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by DgoNative

Name those deeds. And whether they intentionally murdered someone or bombed a building full of people.

Back in the early seventies, I can't remember the year, the Weather Underground robbed a bank and shot a Boston cop in the back as a result.

The SLA killed at least two innocent people in two separate bank robberies in the mid seventies.

One could argue that the Unabomber held left wing beliefs as a motivation for his attacks.

Oh. And you guys can have the Manson Family too.

[clevedark]

Hmm. Yeah. Did you ever hear of that political circle diagram, where far right and far left meet at the same point??? What's the difference between fascism and communism? Not much.

[WiseOwlSaysHoot]

From what I can see, Conservatives seem to be more hostile and antagonistic.

The number of moderate conservative Republicans really seems to be shrinking. Or at least, they are being silenced by the extremists in their party such as Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck. They use Liberal as a dirty word, claim there is a "culture war" going on, and that they need to take "their" country back. It is a very bellicose, us-against-them mind state that I don't see to the same extent on the left.

Unfortunately, this rhetoric leads to incidents like when a man shot and killed two people in a Tennessee church last summer because he believed them to be liberals who were ruining America. Or the man in PA who just shot and killed 3 police officers because he believed Obama was going to take his guns away.

[City Fanatic]

Originally Posted by WiseOwlSaysHoot

From what I can see, Conservatives seem to be more hostile and antagonistic.

The number of moderate conservative Republicans really seems to be shrinking. Or at least, they are being silenced by the extremists in their party such as Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck. They use Liberal as a dirty word, claim there is a "culture war" going on, and that they need to take "their" country back. It is a very bellicose, us-against-them mind state that I don't see to the same extent on the left.

Unfortunately, this rhetoric leads to incidents like when a man shot and killed two people in a Tennessee church last summer because he believed them to be liberals who were ruining America. Or the man in PA who just shot and killed 3 police officers because he believed Obama was going to take his guns away.

Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck are "extremists". Don't make me laugh.

[WiseOwlSaysHoot]

Originally Posted by City Fanatic

Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck are "extremists". Don't make me laugh.

They definitely aren't moderate, and there is currently a dearth of strong moderate voices in the Republican party.