Conn Carroll of the Washington Examiner offers "How to fight the left-wing hate machine" ( peekURL.com/zMda76h ), yet another example of the incompetence of GOP leaders (very broadly defined).

He writes:

Progressives want marriage to be redefined in every state to include same-sex relationships. And they will not stop there, either. As the court was listening to oral arguments Wednesday, progressive blogger and former Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee member Chris Bowers wrote, "The step after victory in legal LGBT rights will be social ostricization of those who oppose it."

Don't think for a second that Bowers' desire to punish those who disagree with the progressive agenda is an isolated case. The Center for American Progress, or CAP, the nonprofit organization founded by President Clinton's Chief of Staff John Podesta, has also labeled anyone and everyone who opposed redefining marriage as a bigot...

...Same-sex marriage is not the only issue progressives are looking to punish and isolate people over. Companies that have dissented from progressive views on health care have also been attacked...

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So how should conservatives respond to liberal efforts to label all opposition to progressive ideology as bigotry? One California Chick-fil-A owner may have the answer.

...when gay marriage supporters held a rally near Corey Braun's Chick-fil-A franchise in Rancho Cucamonga this past Monday, Braun saw an opportunity. He gave the protesters dozens of free entree tickets and invited them to get to know Chick-fil-A better.

"We serve everyone. We're happy to serve the community, and this was an opportunity to have this group come in and show them our hospitality regardless of their beliefs, sexual orientation or whatever," Braun told the Los Angeles Daily News.

Republicans should keep Braun in mind as they try to rebuild their party's image.

This site covers immigration and doesn't take a position on gay marriage. However, it's not entirely clear what Carroll's point is. Give Chris Bowers a Chick-Fil-A coupon? Invite gays to GOP mixers? Invite GOProud to CPAC? Change the GOP platform to embrace gay marriage?

Whatever Carroll would have the GOP do, it's not going to be effective against the "left-wing hate machine". Whatever Carroll is suggesting might be necessary, but it wouldn't be sufficient. Those on the far-left will continue trying to silence those who disagree with them (and rightwing crazies like the Tea Parties and libertarians will be doing the same). Outreach (or whatever) won't deal with "hate machines", those machines have to be dismantled.

If you've been reading this site for a while you can probably guess how I'd suggest dealing with "hate machines". If you haven't been reading it for a while, compare my real plans to those you'll hear from those like Carroll. For instance, this plan. Which is more likely to be effective: Carroll's plan (whatever the heck it is), or my plan? And, which one did you hear about from sites like HotAir?