When Teddy Roosevelt would mumble the word "Bully," was he offering conservatives attitude advice on how to respond to complaints about working conditions such as those described in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?
During World War II, there was a Broadway production of "Arsenic and Old Lace" that featured juvenile actors. Will the repeal of child labor laws speed the demise of union?
The description of the striker's involvement in the curb side example of freedom of speech reminded this columnist of a pro-management conservative in Los Angeles who also happens to be well versed in martial arts. He often cites kung-fu movies as being an example of how individuals should be prepared to fight their battles with management alone. Is the legend about one lone Texas Ranger single-handedly backing down a mob based on a true incident?
The fellow in L. A. ignores the implications of the axiom: Negotiate together or beg alone. He seems blissfully unaware of just how unrealistic those movies are. In a film, Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee may beat-up a group of thugs but the bad guys always come at the hero one at time like the "take a ticket and wait for your number to be called" customers at a busy deli. In real life (fact questioning trolls are referred to Hunter Thompson's book on the Hell's Angeles), if a karate expert blundered into a confrontation with a motorcycle gang, they wouldn't fight him one at a time. They would swarm over him (insert bear, bees, honey metaphor here) and beat the crap out of him.
Fact checking trolls who challenge this are invited to go into a biker's bar and learn first hand how inaccurate the kung-fu films' level of reality is. Do the actors in those quaint films belong to the actors' union? Can't they fight their own labor disputes by themselves?
Reality has never been a serious consideration for those presenting the conservative point of view and it never will be. Fox Views (News?) has legally established their right to tell lies as part of their efforts to report and let the audience decide. If they really want you to decide about important issues, then we have a question: How would you rate Fox's coverage of the Murdoch hacking scandal?
We know of one particular conservative in L. A.'s South Bay area who asserts that the voices in his head have the call waiting feature.
If annual awards for hypocrisy are ever initiated, conservatives will be expected to dominate the yearly results.
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