The 8 Stages Of Liberal/Progressive Discussion When
They Are Busted


Exactly how do liberals/progressives go about discussion
of stories that do not bode well for them? (cross posted
at Right Wing News)

1. Ignore the story - pretend it is not happening, or
deflect like crazy.

2. Find some sort of moral equivalence or a story from
30 years ago saying a Conservative did something sort of
similar.

3. Come up with some conspiracy theories. This is
usually the most amusing part, reading and hearing all the
strange stuff they come up with in their reality based chat
rooms.

4. Blame Conservatives for bringing the truth to light.
How dare they do dat!!!!

5. Concoct strange defenses based on wild psychological
discourse, which no one understands, including the writer,
but it sounds good, and allows a liberal/progressive to say
there is no problem.

6. Whine about the discussion of the topic, proclaiming
that it means nothing, and why aren't we talking about X?
This is usually the point where Liberals/progressives truly
understand how bad the issue really is for them, typically
when even the NY Times cannot ignore it, so, now they
want to have an in-depth discussion on the point of the
Iraq War, which you have had 1,000 times, but, they
strangely have never had.

Alternately, this is the point where some liberals
realize that they did not receive their talking points
emails, so haven't a friggin' clue how to respond.

7. Declare victory! Those dastardly Conservatives have
been proven wrong again, and why do you keep asking so
many questions?

8. Ignore the issue. It never happened. This is similar
to the 10 Stages Of Success. See below the fold.

Many may wonder why the irrational seething, virulent
vitriol and disgusting language, personal attacks, and
abject hatred has not been mentioned. Well, this of
course is the natural state of the modern liberal/progressive,
and can not only occur at any time, but will occur
throughout any discussion. It is a pervasive state of
nature for those on the Left.