The left has figured out how to successfully push through its agenda by using one simple tactic: demonizing the right. Even if there is no truth to the cruel labels the left has figured out they work. Repeat the words bigot" hate" sexist and intolerant enough and they will start to stick. Its known as the framing war" and Republicans arent very good at it probably because were too nice. Were the party of Judeo-Christian morality so calling the opposition names isnt considered polite. Instead we naively think we can stick to debating the substance of issues and the truth will win out.
We saw how a very small minority within the left the gay community less than three percent of the population was able to implement same-sex marriage. A small group of radicals labeled anyone who disagreed with their approach as bigots full of hate. They launched a clever ad campaign with glamorous photoshopped pictures of celebrities in white wearing No H8 stickers on their faces and duct tape over their mouths. The approach worked and the movement picked up steam. Support for same-sex marriage increased from 27 percent in 1996 to 60 percent this year culminating in last weeks sweeping Supreme Court decision.
The irony was many of the activists were full of hate for anyone who disagreed with their methods - even libertarians who simply wanted government completely out of marriage. There was no room for compromise or alternative solutions. Christians found themselves on the receiving end of a barrage of profanity. But it didnt matter the mantra had already been successfully set that Christians were full of hate. In the biggest show of irony the activists brazenly tweeted out profanity using the hashtag #LoveWins toward anyone who disagreed with their methods after the Supreme Court announced its decision.
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The left has figured out how to successfully push through its agenda by using one simple tactic: demonizing the right. Even if there is no truth to the cruel labels the left has figured out they work. Repeat the words bigot" hate" sexist and intolerant enough and they will start to stick. Its known as the framing war" and Republicans arent very good at it probably because were too nice. Were the party of Judeo-Christian morality so calling the opposition names isnt considered polite. Instead we naively think we can stick to debating the substance of issues and the truth will win out.
We saw how a very small minority within the left the gay community less than three percent of the population was able to implement same-sex marriage. A small group of radicals labeled anyone who disagreed with their approach as bigots full of hate. They launched a clever ad campaign with glamorous photoshopped pictures of celebrities in white wearing No H8 stickers on their faces and duct tape over their mouths. The approach worked and the movement picked up steam. Support for same-sex marriage increased from 27 percent in 1996 to 60 percent this year culminating in last weeks sweeping Supreme Court decision.
The irony was many of the activists were full of hate for anyone who disagreed with their methods - even libertarians who simply wanted government completely out of marriage. There was no room for compromise or alternative solutions. Christians found themselves on the receiving end of a barrage of profanity. But it didnt matter the mantra had already been successfully set that Christians were full of hate. In the biggest show of irony the activists brazenly tweeted out profanity using the hashtag #LoveWins toward anyone who disagreed with their methods after the Supreme Court announced its decision.
Read the rest of the article at Townhall