Say It Ain't So
A really bad piece in Time by Joe Klein. He intimates he's going to discuss "a fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance that has overtaken the left-wing sector of the blogosphere," but his heart's not in it. (By the way, "overtaken"?--that's a hoot.)
What he mostly says is how evil Republicans are, and how Bush 43 is one of the worst presidents ever. Then he goes on to note how wonderful most leftists are, and lauds the great work they're doing. And even when they lose it, they're justified by Bush's actions. But lately they've gone too far--i.e., they've attacked Joe Klein.
He concludes if the worst Democrats get even worse, they're in danger of being as bad as average Republicans. Why do people take this guy seriously?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:06 AM
2 Comments:
Totally agree.
Apparently, the cause of all these attacks is Republican talk radio! Not, mind you, radical leftists, anarchists, jew-haters and, no doubt, posters from outside the US who are now influencing American politics (as never before) through blog participation.
But he said very little about his "liberal" attackers - the article was all about those evil Republicans.
To ascribe an ideological to intolerant behavior on the web and in blogs is a bit of misdirection. What it reveals is that much of humanity are jerks no more what reigning superstition (religion, ideology, etc....) they follow.
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