En Tequila Es Verdad/progressive conservatism/post/2009/05/21/0418
May 21, 2009 4:18 AM - Woozle
Woozle said...
Can you be more specific -- point me to something any of those folks have written which you pretty much agree with? ...especially if it relates to core beliefs, or disagreements with the liberal point of view (or disagreements with mainstream conservatism, for that matter). I remember we discussed Douthat once before -- you linked to an Atlantic piece about abortion; Douthat's argument was full of logical fallacies and fuzzy thinking, and made no sense. So I hope that's just a bad example.
I can't think of anything Olbermann has said that I didn't pretty much agree with, sometimes with tremendous gratitude that someone in the mainstream media is apparently still able to not only disagree openly with the GOP party line, but explain clearly and unambiguously how completely wrong and evil it is. (Feel free to show me why I shouldn't...)
I do consider that at least some of the folks I mentioned earlier seem to be actively trying to destroy civilization so they can feast on its entrails after they're done selling off the useful bits to the highest bidder.
Limbaugh, for one, is only funny if you have a particular fondness for kicking puppies and laughing at their pathetic yelping and whining as you grind them underfoot with your steel-toed boots. I don't think Godwin's Law would be invoked if I said he would be right at home in Nazi Germany, because I can completely justify that statement. I guess the people who enjoy his work were never bullied or teased as schoolkids because they were the ones doing the bullying and teasing, and nobody ever explained to them (preferably with a baseball bat) that it's wrong.
Coulter would be indistinguishable from a really good parody of the worst mainstream-conservative impulses (liberals should be killed, tortured, etc.) if it weren't for the existence of Stephen Colbert, who shows how parody is done -- Bush apparently thought he was a genuine neocon, and the rest of us laughed our butts off when Colbert roasted him at the White House.
But enough about me. I turn the mic back over to Mike...