This really gets under my skin.   Whenever someone sticks (should I say clings) to his guns (and presumably religion), the media labels him or her a "polarizing figure."   When a liberal holds tight to his or her liberal political philosophy, they are called visionary, free thinkers, etc.   This phenomenon is very similar to the media's tendency to label conservatives as incapable of compromise while claiming that liberals are peacemakers, coalition builders, etc.   The truth is liberals invoke a strategy of constantly seeking give from conservatives while never actually engaging in the practice themselves.   The media paints almost every conservative as a "polarizing figure."   For example, 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl interviewed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and brought up the subject of Scalia's originalism.   CBS News describes the exchange and labels Scalia "a polarizing figure who invites protesters and picketers."   Stahl says, "I'm surprised at how many people really, really hate you.   These are some things we've been told: 'He's evil.'   'He's a Neanderthal.'   'He's going to drag us back to 1789.'   They're threatened by what you represent and what you believe in."

Liberals are fond of calling any strong conservative a whole host of silly names.   They think "polarizing figure" will make anyone who pretends to be intelligent dislike the guy right out of the box.   Conservatives are always accused of not being forward thinkers while liberals are embraced as dragging us reluctantly into the future.   When is this garbage going to stop?   When are they going to listen to the sound of us changing the channel?   When are we going to see some reasonable balance in the media?   We got rid of story fabricator, Dan Rather.   Now we need the rest of the liberals, like Stahl, to pass on into retirement.

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