Tuesday, April 19, 2011

"They Can Dish It Out, But They Can't Take It"

Truer words have never been spoken. The upside, all the Conservative whining and moaning turned the Liberal health care ad into THE story, the more attention the better.

The Ignatieff quote is a thesis I've subscribed to for years, very much a bully that kicks sand, but if nary a grain gets in his/her own eye, runs to mommy blubbering. It's an amazing group characteristic, generalizing of course, and maybe it's what binds the right in this country. I note a study down last week in the U.S. that found brain distinctions between right and left, those on the right more prone to paranoia, which is an extension of this "everyone is out to get us" mentality that permeates through every issue. The left wing media, out to destroy, civil servants out to usurp, people lurking in crowd ready to ask a question, everywhere you turn, the common thread exists.

The reaction to the Liberal ad, the indignation that the Conservatives have been wronged by a quote they themselves thought dear Leader said, is a hilarious concoction of Conservative sensibilities. I enjoyed the attention, so it was all good from my perspective. But, the sheer GALL on display from Conservatives, as I say, like a skunk complaining about the smell, was remarkable. This is the party running lying ads everywhere, all day, no basis in fact, everyone agrees and yet the moment return fire comes, they CRY foul. At least the Liberal health care ad represents the spirit of Harper's thoughts, and that explains why nobody say fit to have a fit for days, it wasn't really off at all. Contrast that with ads that talk about non existent taxes, and all the more comical the INDIGNATION from this band of epic hypocrites.

Sometimes I think modern conservatism is more a psychology thesis on group think. Again, generalizing, but there is almost a bloody theorem to what should be subjective reaction, so predictable. Ignatieff's quote, "they can dish it out, but they can't take it" is a thread that finds constant concrete example. Look at the election coverage, evidence of a Conservative media lean, but this movement is convinced everyone is out to get them. Watching Conservatives become unglued over the Liberal health care ad is quite typical, immediately the victim. Maybe it's because this sensibility really isn't the mainstream, it's always been on the margins, so wider society as a whole is somehow the enemy because it doesn't share their view of the world. Whatever, but one thing is clear, a whiny Conservative is a study in contradictions.

7 comments:

Jerry Prager said...

Political ads need to be subject to truth in advertising laws. Same with debates, any time someone repeats a lie at a debate there should be a gong, too many lies and you're gonged off the show.

Tof KW said...

"...too many lies and you're gonged off the show."

Harper would have been gone just 5 minutes into the debate.

Jerry Prager said...

Yes, Harper has a mastery of the lie. And his supporters don't care.

Dame said...

Plus the added pack of lies whenever they open their mouth...the shameless bold faced lies and hypocrisies that is what they made of ...when I see Harper talking as a programmed robot without ANY human content it makes me really feel We are talking to a sociopath a very sick " damaged " person ...
that is what explains his Teflon cover a” sicko “ who are unaffected by reasons...

Dame said...

We must do more of the same tell people the truth and the real agenda of the Harpercons..

A Eliz. said...

Take a good look at his eyes when he is speaking. someone who has lost it, cold as ice. Now pressure on and on, can make one insane eventually. He also should have been charged with putting out ads between elections. Are their donors that rich.. or is he lying again.Did the taxpayers pay for them?

Dame said...

That is exactly what Eliz and I see in this man.

Harper talking as a programmed robot without ANY human content it makes me really feel We are talking to a sociopath a very sick " damaged " person ...