An Open Letter To Conservatives

[Zomby Woof]

An open letter to conservatives
March 22, 2010, 3:16PM

This was linked by a friend on my FB page this morning:


Dear Conservative Americans,

The years have not been kind to you. I grew up in a profoundly Republican home, so I can remember when you wore a very different face than the one we see now. You've lost me and you've lost most of America. Because I believe having responsible choices is important to democracy, I'd like to give you some advice and an invitation.

First, the invitation: Come back to us.

Now the advice. You're going to have to come up with a platform that isn't built on a foundation of cowardice: fear of people with colors, religions, cultures and sex lives that differ from your own; fear of reform in banking, health care, energy; fantasy fears of America being transformed into an Islamic nation, into social/commun/fasc-ism, into a disarmed populace put in internment camps; and more. But you have work to do even before you take on that task.

Your party -- the GOP -- and the conservative end of the American political spectrum has become irresponsible and irrational. Worse, it's tolerating, promoting and celebrating prejudice and hatred. Let me provide some expamples -- by no means an exhaustive list -- of where the Right as gotten itself stuck in a swamp of hypocrisy, hyperbole, historical inaccuracy and hatred.

If you're going to regain your stature as a party of rational, responsible people, you'll have to start by draining this swamp:



Moe here, plus some major pwnage in the comments section over the tea-toons:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/a/m/americandad/2010/03/an-open-letter-to-conservative.php/

[WVRICK13]

1. I Agree We Cannot Tolerate

the very things that would destroy our democracy. As it is, after 8 years of the Bush administration, there is very little left of what once was America. I can't believe these conservatives have profited in the last 8 years yet they scream for actions that will take away more corporate control, inflate control of the population and destroy more freedoms while making the rich even richer. The ploy being used by the wealthy is to set fire to the outhouse while they raid the barn. Wake up conservatives you are being used to orchestrate your own demise and the demise of our country.

[Occulus]

2. Now THAT'S called a smackdown.

This is a great example of what we need to do (or, more accurately, what our elected Democratic representatives need to be doing). Yesterday, I posted a response to DUer ixion regarding the sort of attitude that has been, until now, causing us to lose (you can find that post here). This blog entry is the sort of thing I was thinking of when I wrote that post. This is what we need to do, and what we need to continue doing, not until the Republicans "cry Uncle", but until they're left sobbing in the trash-clogged gutter and pleading "enough! Enough! We get it! WE GET IT!"

[Bryn]

3. Bookmarked

K&R

[salin]

4. k & r ... and

:hi: :bounce:

[Zomby Woof]

5. SALIN!!!!!!!11

:D :loveya: :bounce: :yellowbeanbagchair:

[salin]

6. It's yours!

the yellowbeanbagchair, that is! :loveya:

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[TicketyBoo]

8. I was pleased to find a link to this blog entry

on my college-student son's Facebook page. I have myself a budding liberal. Yay!