The Blue and the Red - civil war in the 21st Century

Ever since the 2000 election, the term "red stater" has been used by the liberals as an insult. (Actually, its usage died down after a while, but the latest election brought it back.) It's used in place of terms the liberals are afraid to use: stupid, uneducated, backwards, religious fanatics, hateful, bigotted, etc. In fact, its usage has an intolerant, almost racist feel to it, which is really not surprising considering that liberals are the worst or the worst when it comes to hypocrisy. They say that everyone has a right to believe and be and do whatever they want to "as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else," but then they turn around and vomit out insults at "red staters" for believing and being and doing what they want even though it doesn't hurt anyone. Liberals try to claim that "red staters'" do cause harm in what they believe and are and do, but such arguments are as flimsy as they come. "Intolerance!" they cry, weeping bitter tears while avoiding the truth of their own intolerance. "Hate is not a family value!" they caterwaul while spewing foul-mouthed epithets at any conservative who crosses their path. If you missed coverage of President Bush's trip to Canada, tune into the circus the liberals are going to hold during his presidential inauguration (or, as they often mindlessly repeat, his "coronation") later this month. You'll see very clearly what I mean.

I live in a blue state, unfortunately, but hopefully that's changing. We have a Republican governor, our Representatives are split 50-50, and one Republican Senator, which will hopefully become two in 2006 with all the garbage the Democrat is pulling. The last two presidential elections have been fairly close - within 4 percentage point - so it possible this state could turn red at some point in the near future.

Now despite living in a blue state, I consider myself a "red stater" and I am very proud of that fact. I'm not stupid, uneducated, a fanatic or anything else the liberals want to pigeon-hold me as just because I'm a "red stater." I love to read (and not just the Bible! *gasp*), I enjoy all sorts of music (not just Christian music! *gasp*), and I don't hate or look down on homosexuals or anyone else (*gasp*). Other "red staters" I know here and elsewhere around the country are pretty similar to me, too. In fact, I'm sure that liberals would be hard-pressed to find anyone outside of characters like Fred Phelps who fit their prejudiced view of "red staters."

But, of course, the epithet will stand for now because liberals are too afraid to look beyond it and see the actual people they are insulting. They're are also so bitter at losing more and more ground every election that they can't bring themselves to examine their own shortcomings and instead fabricate shortcomings for conservatives in order to explain away their loses. This attitude will only result in the further destruction of the Democratic party. They will continue to lose more and more voters and more and more elections because their vile rhetoric turns people off. It's become a war of words. The Blues are losing and it's their own fault.