Apparently I Helped Create the "Climate of Hate" in Today's Politics

Apparently I Helped Create the "Climate of Hate" in Today's Politics

On Saturday, Jan. 8, I was horrified at the news coming out of Tucson, Ariz., concerning the senseless killing of six innocent people by a deranged gunman. Within hours, my horror turned to disgust as the liberal left took the opportunity to play politics by accusing the right of causing this massacre. With straight faces, I might add. What should have been a unifying moment for our country with a national discussion on mental health quickly became a political hit job.

As a conservative columnist, I stand accused of helping to create the supposed "climate of hate" in today's politics that incites tea party members to violence. As hard as it is for those on the left to swallow, there is little evidence of any actual violence other than the occasional broken window or tasteless placard.

In the warped universe of liberals, however, voting out members of the Democrat Party is akin to violence, even as Nancy Pelosi described the recent transition of power in Washington as "peaceful." But if ultra-liberal columnist Paul Krugman of that bastion of objectivity, The New York Times, says it's so, then I must be guilty.

In the interest of ridding the world of language that might encourage violence, start a revolution or hurt someone's itty bitty feelings, I — your humble conservative — will try my best to refrain from using the following terminology. These are hardly George Carlin's "seven words you never say on television," but in the mind of a liberal they are tantamount to a declaration of war.

From this point forward, I will no longer refer to people as liberals or conservatives, as that implies division.

In future columns, President Obama will not be "spineless" when it comes to terrorism and other foreign policy issues. That might offend the invertebrates of the country and cause an earthworm insurrection.

I will not write about winning elections because if someone wins, then someone loses, and we don't want to label anyone a loser.

For some strange reason, liberals believe that verbiage such as "unconstitutional," "eliminate earmarks," "keep more of my money" and "bankrupting the country" are hurting the political discourse. I'm not sure why, but I'd better avoid those phrases just in case the freedom of speech police are on patrol.

I will stay away from the expressions "cutting" spending and "taking a knife" to the deficit, as that infers a brutal act. While I'm at it, I might as well stop using metaphors altogether, so as not to confuse the readers who might literally hang on my every word. Oops, better not use the word "hang," either.

I will discontinue using facts, figures, statistics and polling data, as that could be used to prove somebody wrong. People become irritated when they are proven wrong.

I will refrain from accurately quoting politicians and using their own words against them. That seems to upset people, especially the politicians, and we can't have that when President Obama is telling us to be more civil. The old saying, "Do as I say, not as I do," comes to mind when I hear our president lecture us about civil discourse.

Finally, I will stop implying that Nancy Pelosi is a witch, as that is considered vitriolic rhetoric. Besides, it hurts the self-esteem of witches all across the country, including Christine O'Donnell.

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