A Comment About

There Will Be Blood: Conservative in Liberal’s Clothing

April 8, 2008 - 1:00 am - by Kyle Smith
OnlyConservativesHaveFamilies
2008-04-09 19:16:45

“I think we’ve run into somebody who has genuine psychological problems, and I don’t mean that as a cheap shot — I really think our little adolescent has very serious issues related to her sexuality.”

Your pride won’t allow you to admit that you’ve made a bad assumption. I am a male.

“Look, OCHF, you should get some help. And I’m not saying this out of spite, I’m talking to you as a full-fledged adult who has seen people twist themselves into emotional pathologies when they try to use aggression as a form of psycho-therapy. It simply doesn’t work. In the end you’re only going to hurt yourself (if not others) and turn yourself into a basketcase in the process. And you sure as heck aren’t going to convince anybody of anything — you need to have a grip on reality in order to influence others.”

Your response to me, summed up: “I am going to dismiss you as crazy because I have no reply to your arguments. I will not admit defeat, therefore, you must be crazy.”

“Sorry kid. Right now you’re showing classic signs of paranoia in addition to a whole slew of other markers that indicate a disintegrating personality.”

You are exhibiting classic signs of being a total asshole who now fancies himself a psychologist.

Paranoia? How am I exhibiting signs of paranoia? Where is my mistrust of you? Where are my beliefs in schemes against me in particular? I’ve been trying to engage you in a rational debate on the issue, and instead you try to sidestep it by bringing up irrelevant matters and finally accusing me of being insane. Maybe I put a little too much faith in you – I thought we were having an honest discussion!

“Even if you’re oblivious to it yourself, right about now everybody knows that for you same-sex marriage is proxy for personal issues that actually have absolutely nothing to do with marriage, and for that only a professional can help you work things out.”

Well, that certainly allows you to wriggle out of your own bigotry without facing it. You are the one with submerged psychological problems – that is why you are opposed to same sex marriage.

Please, give me a real reason for your opposition to same-sex marriage. You have failed to do so, and from this point onward, I am only going to take you to task for this, so that you cannot bury the real issue under an avalanche of unrelated issues.