We at SDP are used to being called names (see a recent kerfuffle here and here). Dennis Prager argues that the Left uses words like "bigoted" and "racist" as a way of silencing debate and also to convince themselves of their own moral superiority ("if my opponents are bigots, that puts me on the side of the angels"). Some examples:
Harry Reid, as noted above, supplied a classic one. Instead of grappling with the enormously significant question of how to maintain American identity and values with tens of millions of non-Americans coming into America, the Democratic leader and others on the Left simply label attempts to keep English as a unifying language as "racist."...
..."Phobic" is the current one-word favorite among liberal dismissals of ideological opponents. It combines instant moral dismissal with instant psychological analysis. If you do not support society redefining marriage to include members of the same sex you are "homophobic" -- and further thought is unnecessary.
Prager's tone is a bit over-heated, but he is essentially on the money. It's amazing how intolerant the "tolerant" can be.
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