The Hypocrisy of the Anecdote and the EITC. part 1

So last night I was listening to the radio and as I was scanning through some stations I happened on a certain liberal show that is on every night but I usually don’t listen to.
The host had a call at the time from a woman who was talking about a friend of hers who is a grandmother.

This Grandmother is trying to make ends meet and raise her grandson while working at two minimum wage jobs. She is barely able to make ends meet and relies on the Earned Income Tax Credit in order to make up some of the difference to help her out. (“it was only because of the EITC that she was able to get a mattress, before that she was forced to sleep in a chair that was full of holes.”)

Immediately after she told her story the radio host said “that story was not anecdote. This is what half of our population is going through out there.”

MY JAW DROPPED!!!!!!!!

If that call had been made by a conservative or was against the hosts viewpoint he would have declared it anecdotal and said that it was not real or not what we ought to base anything on. I know because that is exactly the response that many conservatives have gotten on that show.

So the Hypocrisy is revealed. If it agrees with the liberal agenda then it is not anecdote but if it is against their ideals then it doesn’t count it is just anecdote.

Apparently all the liberals out there have a special dictionary.
See MY dictionary describes anecdote as…
“n. A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person:
an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay…”
(Oxford dictionary of English; Second Edition, revised.)

I guess, based on the way they use the word, the Liberal dictionary has to say
Anecdote n. A farcical story told by Conservatives that we must ridicule and throw out as useless if it does not suit our needs, please note, any story that sounds anecdotal but supports Liberal Ideology is NOT anecdotal.

Interestingly there was another point in what was in the (NOT ANECDOTAL) story that I want to address but since I do not want that message to get lost in this “rant” I will post that issue next time (look for it tomorrow.)

Please people do not fall for the stupidity being exhibited by these people. Use your mind and see the truth.

Until tomorrow.