Check out rule number 5 in Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals:

“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

The insults that these liberal bloggers are levying are nothing more than intimidation tactics that seek to steer any conservative dissent into silence. If these posters were true intellectuals, they would base their opinions on the strength of their arguments as opposed to name-calling and methods of intimidation.

Oh, how I wish I could get it right the first time. Just once.

But how many times do you hear a Republican saying things like this, i.e. thoughtful and reasonable?

How likely do you think a Republican is to speak up openly around here, when the usual discourse consists of calling them names, implying they should be shot, & etc? Nor, I suspect, are you likely to go to a place where they are holding reasonable discussions (sample bias, anyone?). If you you don’t seek out the reasonable discussions, you’ll end up at their equivalent of here. And what will you think of them after that?

Look, it’s your hangout, and your rules. I don’t want to spoil your fun. I’m just saying that there might be an alternate explanation of why you don’t see many thoughtful and reasonable Republics saying things. Since this is scienceblogs and all.

‘high-IQ Republicans’ is an oxymoron.

I seem to recall one Bill Buckley. You didn’t have to like him to see that he had a full load of marbles and then some.

Look, this is scienceblogs, right? Have a look over here. A bunch of Democrats and a bunch of Republicans took some tests. Some were stupid, some were middling, some were really smart. You’ll be pleased to note that the Democrats have been getting smarter than the Republicans in recent years, if this data is any good. One explanation of that might be that the smarter Republicans have been crossing over. However, you will note that there are still enough smart Republics left that “oxymoron” won’t work.

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Grandma Pam is 63, . . . seized an opportunity through an AmeriCorps program that teaches reading to kids who have fallen behind.

Of course Bachmann is worried. The last thing the Republicans (the ones that are left) want is a population that can read.

Just to be fair, the article did note two ‘mainstream Republicans’, one of whom said:

“My concern is these ludicrous comments play to the worst aspects of those who are more interested in fear-mongering than moving our country forward,” Horner said. “It would be horribly short-sighted to not be enthusiastically in favor of programs like this. As a Republican who favors a focused and limited government, I think AmeriCorps is a great value.”

But how many times do you hear a Republican saying things like this, i.e. thoughtful and reasonable?

…high-IQ Republicans were running away from the party

‘high-IQ Republicans’ is an oxymoron.