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Liberal Style

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===Conservatism===
#Calling conservative free speech "hate" speech <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservapedia_talk:Deletion_Policy&rcid=279869 Before the article was deleted, it said "New page: [[American Taliban]] You site is nothing but a Democratic hate site".</ref>
#Calling conservative humor "unprofessional and meaningless, and degrades the quality of your encyclopedia." <ref>--Tmcfulton 17:36, 13 November 2007 (EST) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#Democratic_National_Convention--Tmcfulton 17:36, 13 November 2007 (EST)]</ref>
#Inability or unwillingness to differentiate between genuine conservative arguments and parodies of conservative arguments.
#Attempting to portray [[conservatives]] as callous or uncaring; bait them into making insensitive remarks; falsely describing them as angry
#Calling others "extremist" or "racist"
#[[Bully]]ing conservatives who disagree with liberal views.
#Believing that [[conservatives]] will fail, and refusing to accept when they succeed, as when [[George W. Bush]] won in 2000and when [[Donald Trump]] won in 2016.
===Debate and rhetorical tactics===
#Refuses to admit the truth in debate, even if a conservative compromises in a conciliatory manner
#Resorts to bringing religion into a political discussion to use against a conservative opponent when the liberal feels they are losing the argument.
#Like to use the phrase "reflects poorly on the site" when talking about the liberal articles on Conservapedia .<ref>do a search on [[Special:Search|"reflects poorly"]]</ref>
#Uses the term "controversial" to describe what he opposes (e.g., [[classroom prayer]]), but not to describe what he supports (e.g., [[theory of evolution]])
#A lack of originality and a predominance of copying and imitating.#Like Likes to use the phrase "Silence Speaks Volumes" .<ref>
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/us/28vigil.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/U/Urbina,%20Ian New York Times - When silence speak volumes - example]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volumes], Huffington Post
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volumes]</ref>
#Call Calls something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like "[[global warming]]".#Respond Responds with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence.#Uses [[condescension]] against a conservative opponent to belittle the conservative and his viewpoints and to avoid addressing a subject for which the liberal has no logical response.
#Declaring that one is insulted as a response to an argument<ref>"One of [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s most prominent black supporters [Bob Johnson] said Sunday ''he'' was insulted by the characterization by rival [[Barack Obama]]'s presidential campaign of ''her'' remarks about the civil rights movement." [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/johnson_obama_bet/2008/01/13/64032.html]</ref>
#Insistence on talking more and having the last word in a discussion or debate, or [[last wordism]].#Over-reliance on accusations of hypocrisy .<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24193 God and the Presidential Election], [[Bill O'Reilly]], [[Human Events]], December 29, 2007</ref>#Over-reliance on [[mockery]] ,<ref>Your use of the first amendment sounds like [[Liberal_logic|liberal logic]]. Careful, you're on thin ice trying to utilize that amendment. The only amendment that counts is the second. For the rest of the Constitution, just refer to the Ten Commandments for everything you need to know. --[[User:Jdellaro|Jdellaro]] 14:18, 20 February 2008 (EST) [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=391932]</ref> <ref>"adolescent berating of Liberals" [[Talk:Main_PageMain Page/archive23#Burma|User:Graham 07:47, 23 September 2007 (EDT)]]</ref> <ref>"I would appreciate a little less paranoia'' [[User:Graham|Graham]] 09:07, 23 September 2007 (EDT)[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=45295&diff=298366&oldid=298314#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref> <ref>"IN fact, this should be regarded as 'idiot's style'" Graham 08:26, 23 September 2007 (EDT)[http://www.conservapedia.com/Template_talk:Examples_of_liberal_bias#Its_just_funny]</ref> <ref>"The toilets overflowed at school today...if only the [[liberal|liberals]] s had allowed religion in school, this never would have happened." BillOhannity on October 1, 2007</ref>, even resorting to outright abuse when mockery fails#Using Uses non sequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that.#Draw Draws an analogy between opponents and racists, no matter how illogical.
#Deleting a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread.
===Liberalism===
#Virtually never criticize hateful comments or behavior by a fellow liberal.#Ignoring or failing to recognize abstract concepts and denying obvious correlations between liberal beliefs and destructive behavior. ege.g. [[Hollywood values]] and [[San Francisco values]].#Converse to conservative humor, liberals resort to vulgarity, profanity, bigotry, lies and sophomoric behavior in mischaracterizing conservative public figures and their supporters and call it "humor" or "comedy", even though such attempts at "comedy" are invariably juvenile, unprofessional, pathetic and unfunny (i.e. [[Samantha Bee]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[John Oliver]], etc.).#Denial that people can grow out of a liberal viewpoint, such as [[atheism]]. See: [[Atheism has a lower and its retention rate compared to other worldviewsin individuals]]
#Calling the use of the term '''liberal''' when used in a derogatory context "stupid"<ref>"Stop candying Liberal around like that... It just looks stupid." Graham 19:55, 22 September 2007 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/archive26#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref>
#Will often deny being a liberal, or will claim to be a "true conservative", while spouting liberal and [[Democrat]] talking points and criticizing basic conservative beliefs and principles.
#Often declare that an adversary should be "ashamed of himself," while rarely saying that about a supportive co-liberal (such as [[Ted Kennedy]]).<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930225839/http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#I.27m_Done]</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rnc-scam_us_570e3860e4b08a2d32b86d13?utm_hp_ref=politics "Reince Priebus should be ashamed of himself." -- Donald Trump, April 2016.</ref>
#Willing to give away everything held dear by the majority to avoid serious conflict (such liberals who wish to pull our troops out of Iraq, and embolden the [[terrorist]]s).
#Thinking in terms of what someone likes or doesn't like, or has or doesn't have, or belongs or doesn't belong.
#"Contrariness is creativity to the untalented" - Dennis Miller's general observation about liberal behavior.
#Attempting to appear smarter than others, when often the opposite is true
#Attempting to appear more reasonable than others, when often the opposite is true
#Preference for obscenity and profanity<ref> [http://newsbusters.org/node/11171 When It Comes to Profanity, the Left Can't Help Itself] by [[Matthew Sheffield]] at [[NewsBusters]] </ref>
#Silly demands for apologies.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RPBHO80&show_article=1 Senate Condemns "General Betray Us" Ad]</ref>
#Dismissing legitimate criticism as "a joke" <ref>[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Essay:Liberal_Style&oldid=266960]</ref>
#Resistance to quantifying things, such as [[liberal bias]] or [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindedness]]