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One of the big right wing guys who loves to go on the O'rielly show and spouit his conservative point of view has written an article about the radical right fundamentalists who do not want free speach or debate, but who really just want confirmation of their beliefs and are not willing to listen to anyone who disagrees with them even if it comes from him who is one of the big conservative philosophy people out there. He even goes as far as to call them ayatollahs and compare them to the left fundamentalists.
An Open Letter to the Ayatollahs
This is not the left wing anymore saying the right wing ignorant obstinant dolts are this way, but now even the people who are important in their movement and on their propaganda machine are telling them to STFU and grow a brain.
An Open Letter to the Ayatollahs
But what I’ve learned is that while many of you claim to respect people in the public eye who stand up for their views, no matter how unpopular, what you really mean is you respect people in the public eye who stand up for your views. What I’ve learned reading your comments over several years now is that many of you only want your views validated. Nothing else is good enough. You don’t simply disagree with the other guy. You don’t want to even hear the other guy. You want the other guy dead (in some cases, I suspect, literally dead!). So this feel-good nonsense that you spout – that you admire people who stand on principle – is just something you say to make yourself feel good — about yourself. But you don’t mean it. Like the other ayatollahs, reasoned dissent scares you. You talk tough. But you’re weak.
This is not the left wing anymore saying the right wing ignorant obstinant dolts are this way, but now even the people who are important in their movement and on their propaganda machine are telling them to STFU and grow a brain.