{"id":62264,"date":"2017-02-24T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62264"},"modified":"2017-04-21T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:38:15","slug":"shame-in-shame-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62264","title":{"rendered":"Shame In?  Shame Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;The only reason you didn&#8217;t vote for Obama was because he&#8217;s black!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;Er, yeah, right. \u00a0Because if a while socialist were running or office, I&#8217;d vote for him\u00a0<em>because\u00a0<\/em>he was white. \u00a0Right? \u00a0That&#8217;s freaking ingenious! \u00a0You must be one of those &#8216;smart liberals&#8217; everyone keeps talking about&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;The alt-right is an outlet for White America&#8217;s endemic racism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;The &#8220;white supremacist right&#8221; is a fraction of the size it was 25-35 years ago &#8211; but has suddenly gotten a surge in mainstream media coverage. \u00a0So the &#8220;white supremacist right&#8221; is really more of an outlet for the Big Left&#8217;s hatred of Middle America, and a clumsy, Alinskyite attempt to frame Middle America. \u00a0 But keep trying, genius&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;You&#8217;re insensitive to the plight of transsexuals and gays&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m a working stiff who has to bang out all kinds of overtime to break even. I don&#8217;t have time to be &#8216;sensitive&#8217; to my own sexuality, ifyacatchmydrift, much less anyone else&#8217;s. \u00a0Carry on your little tantrum elsewhere, snowflake.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;Stand your Ground&#8217; allows white people to kill black people, no questions asked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;Riiight. \u00a0Go buy a gun, go to Florida, kill a black kid\u00a0at random, plead &#8216;I don&#8217;t like hoodies&#8217;, and see what happens. \u00a0Wave &#8216;hi&#8217; from the electric chair, genius. &#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THEM (in this case, a woman with a German\u00a0last name playing at being Native American): \u00a0&#8220;Have some Brawndo, Christianists. \u00a0You won&#8217;t be happy until the earth is dead and cold&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;Reel it in, lapsed-Catholic-with-Daddy-issues playing Native American dress-up. \u00a0Pollution is a fraction of what it was 40 years ago, at least here. \u00a0 But science is hard, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;HItler was elected. \u00a0Just like Trump!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US: \u00a0&#8220;No. \u00a0Hitler was elected, just like Al Capone was elected. \u00a0Learn your history, you gabbling illiterate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tired of being &#8220;shamed&#8221; by our society&#8217;s useless yellow buildup\u00a0of Social Justice warriors?<\/p>\n<p>As Glenn Reynolds says, it&#8217;s &#8216;time to punch back twice as hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THEM: \u00a0&#8220;The only reason you didn&#8217;t vote for Obama was because he&#8217;s black!&#8221; US: \u00a0&#8220;Er, yeah, right. \u00a0Because if a while socialist were running or office, I&#8217;d vote for him\u00a0because\u00a0he was white. \u00a0Right? \u00a0That&#8217;s freaking ingenious! \u00a0You must be one of those &#8216;smart liberals&#8217; everyone keeps talking about&#8221;. 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