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Or "How Liberals have supplanted conservatives as moralizing busybodies" It's an interesting article and I agree with much of it. Often it's not what we say that's so irksome, but how we say it; smugness and condescension go a long way in alienating people. Fake html tags around the quoted portion below. (quote) The SUV you bought because it was easier to install car seats in doesn't get good enough gas mileage. Why don't you have an electric car? The gender-reveal party you held for your most recent child inaccurately conflated gender with biological sex. ("Cutting into a pink or blue cake seems innocent enough but honestly, it's not," Marie Claire warned earlier this month.) You don't ride the subway because you have that gas-guzzling car, but if you did, the way you would sit on it would be sexist. No item in your life is too big or too small for this variety of liberal busybodying. On the one hand, the viral video you found amusing was actually a manifestation of the patriarchy. On the other hand, you actually have an irresponsibly large number of carbon-emitting children. All this scolding this messaging that you should feel guilty about aspects of your life that you didn't think were anyone else's business leads to a weird outcome when you go to vote in November. (/quote)

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yawn, another "Trump didn't cheat and libs need to change" rant ... its like the left is gaslighting uponit7771 Jul 2017 #1

This is bullshit. Quanta Jul 2017 #2

Oh joy. Another conservative brain fart about what they think liberals are like. Squinch Jul 2017 #3

'busybodying' like forcing women to give birth? leftstreet Jul 2017 #4

What a bunch of stupid stereotypes. bettyellen Jul 2017 #5

Thank you, Business Insider gratuitous Jul 2017 #6

But those things aren't annoying, see. Talking about patriarchy is annoying. Squinch Jul 2017 #10

The current prevailing mindset at DU just doesn't get you. DefenseLawyer Jul 2017 #7

Idiots find me annoying? johnp3907 Jul 2017 #8

There will always be irritating followers zipplewrath Jul 2017 #9

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)

1. yawn, another "Trump didn't cheat and libs need to change" rant ... its like the left is gaslighting

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:52 PM

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... itself

Quanta

(278 posts)

2. This is bullshit.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:55 PM

Jul 2017

Don't listen to the bs they are trying to sell.

Squinch

(60,076 posts)

3. Oh joy. Another conservative brain fart about what they think liberals are like.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:55 PM

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Chock full of stereotypes and insults.

leftstreet

(41,258 posts)

4. 'busybodying' like forcing women to give birth?

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:59 PM

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or telling a same sex couple they shouldn't marry?

Classic projection

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

5. What a bunch of stupid stereotypes.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:00 PM

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gratuitous

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6. Thank you, Business Insider

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:03 PM

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Telling us all how to be moral and stuff from the same regulation-killing folks who brought you the economic meltdown of 2008, the leveling of West, Texas, and the poisoning of Flint, Michigan. Thanks for your thoughts, boys. We'll be sure to give it all due consideration.

Squinch

(60,076 posts)

10. But those things aren't annoying, see. Talking about patriarchy is annoying.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:18 PM

Jul 2017

So now, remember. Destroying the world economy and poisoning water systems are OK. Discussing manspreading on a subway is not OK.

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)

7. The current prevailing mindset at DU just doesn't get you.

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:05 PM

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But frankly I'm surprised that so many of them took time out from constantly winning to tell you how stupid you are.

johnp3907

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8. Idiots find me annoying?

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:06 PM

Jul 2017

Good!

zipplewrath

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9. There will always be irritating followers

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Mon Jul 17, 2017, 09:08 PM

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The GOP has irritating leaders. Their moralizing comes from their leaders. Yes, I do think our leaders could occasionally point out that people are occasionally overbearing in their points of view. That is difficult of course because often the underlying point is valid (certain diets are unhealthy, we do have a carbon problem, misogyny does exist) so one is stuck trying to differentiate between WHAT is said and HOW it is presented.

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