tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2165147697086880857..comments2024-03-28T12:19:08.635-05:00Comments on Althouse: "You're talking a time when the big blogs attracted 200 visitors a day. Dissent against the president was considered treason."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30984928477080949202007-08-04T13:03:00.000-05:002007-08-04T13:03:00.000-05:00"Brownshirt" is also a term used heavily on kos an...<I>"Brownshirt" is also a term used heavily on kos and other left wing blogs</I><BR/><BR/>And by Al Gore, to refer to you and me.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3551294983123293932007-08-04T11:23:00.000-05:002007-08-04T11:23:00.000-05:00Funny, the only time I have seen this sentiment ex...<I>Funny, the only time I have seen this sentiment expressly stated on this thread was by Cedarford.</I><BR/><BR/>"This sentiment" you're referring to is being called a "brownshirt." I was referring specifically to that word and its historical associations. When dave-tm calls me a brownshirt, he's not merely saying I like wearing shirts that are brown. <BR/><BR/>Or maybe he is! <BR/><BR/>"Brownshirt" is also a term used heavily on kos and other left wing blogs to refer not just to Bush/Cheney, but also to Joe Lieberman and other Democratic narrative-disrupters (O'Hanlon and Pollack are this week's).John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46664234660825004882007-08-04T10:11:00.000-05:002007-08-04T10:11:00.000-05:00There was a massive growth in blogging after 9/11....There was a massive growth in blogging after 9/11. Instapundit was already established as a leading blog, if not the most popular one.<BR/><BR/>To say that in 2002, there were only a few small blogs is to re-write history so Kos can claim he invented political blogging. The man has some Kim il-Sung tendencies.<BR/><BR/>As for the line that dissent was treated as treason, that's just inane. Considering how so many Kossacks are enamored of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, it's a complete joke.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538069201622292752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56316480058773217322007-08-04T08:09:00.000-05:002007-08-04T08:09:00.000-05:00Cedarford obviously posts under a number of pseudo...Cedarford obviously posts under a number of pseudonyms...(google Chris Ford and the WaPo to see his writing style)...but he hasn't used Larry, Moe or Curly on here yet.hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62537736424789658202007-08-04T07:22:00.000-05:002007-08-04T07:22:00.000-05:00You see it happen almost daily on this blog's comm...<I>You see it happen almost daily on this blog's comment threads. We're not just wrong if we disagree with dave-tm, or luckyoldson: We're "brownshirts," which assuming they actually have read history is supposed to mean all of their critics are part of a secret movement that will eventually show up outside their homes and beat them up, maybe even kill them, in order to silence them.</I><BR/><BR/>Funny, the only time I have seen this sentiment expressly stated on this thread was by Cedarford. And he warned me that my neighbors would be perfectly justified in lynching me if there was another 9/11 style attack in this country simply because I believe we should treat detainees humanely and according to well-established international and constitutional norms.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18179240234620284642007-08-04T04:34:00.000-05:002007-08-04T04:34:00.000-05:00The funny thing, Seven, is that I actually saw Rog...The funny thing, Seven, is that I actually saw Roger Ebert use that argument (that Stalin and the USSR were right-wingers) in a review of some inane Che movie. Motorcycle Diaries, I think?Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65310420526442715632007-08-04T04:30:00.000-05:002007-08-04T04:30:00.000-05:00Come on, Rev. Hitler, the Unabomber, Pol Pot, Leni...Come on, Rev. Hitler, the Unabomber, Pol Pot, Lenin, Stalin, Robespierre, Osama, Saddam...<BR/><BR/>They are all righties. They are all bad. Right = Bad. Bad = Right.<BR/><BR/>All of these people supported lower taxes, laissez faire economic policies, and less government interference in peoples' lives. They weren't for free healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40778788515026004442007-08-04T03:15:00.000-05:002007-08-04T03:15:00.000-05:00orry, the Unambomber was not a left wing lunatic a...<I>orry, the Unambomber was not a left wing lunatic as you describe. Other way around Einstein.</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds like a left-wing lunatic to me. Radical environmentalist, hates corporations and technology, professional academic... yep, lefty.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37530568198622877962007-08-03T23:38:00.000-05:002007-08-03T23:38:00.000-05:00Lunch -- The Khmer Rouge was a bunch of Republican...Lunch -- The Khmer Rouge was a bunch of Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20618201638077050202007-08-03T22:54:00.000-05:002007-08-03T22:54:00.000-05:00RevenantSorry, the Unambomber was not a left wing ...Revenant<BR/>Sorry, the Unambomber was not a left wing lunatic as you describe. Other way around Einstein. Read the Wiki entry you yourself linked to. Doh! <BR/><BR/>From Kaczynski's 35,000 page manifesto:<BR/><BR/><I>Industrial Society and Its Future begins with Kaczynski's assertion that the "Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race."[13] In his opening and closing chapters, Kaczynski condemns leftism and leftists as anti-individualistic and pro-collectivist, because they cause people to spend energy trying to change things that are not important in the long term -- as opposed to radicals who attack problems at the root.[14] The "leftism" described in the document works in opposition to achieving what the document envisions as "anarchy" (individuals and small-groups having the ability to make decisions without being intimidated).[15]</I>garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64901096506713436322007-08-03T21:08:00.000-05:002007-08-03T21:08:00.000-05:00But thanks, Naked Lunch, for revealing that you kn...<I>But thanks, Naked Lunch, for revealing that you know the anthrax was mailed by right wingers</I><BR/><BR/>He's referring to the sick person who mailed the soap powder to Keith Olbermann.<BR/><BR/>Reportedly, he was a visitor/poster at the Free Republic.<BR/><BR/>A linkage that is usually called guilt-by-association but let's not quibble over things.<BR/><BR/>SMGSteve M. Galbraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728237625873443198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30883457410796265812007-08-03T18:53:00.000-05:002007-08-03T18:53:00.000-05:00Haven't heard of any Kossacks sending white powder...<I>Haven't heard of any Kossacks sending white powder to right wing personalities like Freepers....</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, no left-wing <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unabomber" REL="nofollow">lunatic</A> would ever commit acts of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Liberation_Front" REL="nofollow">terrorism</A> or try to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_%28organization%29" REL="nofollow">kill</A> anyone on the right. That's just crazy talk! They're not like those Freepers, who have been implemented in countless(*) terrorist attacks.<BR/><BR/>But thanks, Naked Lunch, for revealing that you know the anthrax was mailed by right wingers -- we should have guessed, what with Princeton, New Jersey being a hotbed of right-wing extremism and the New York Post being a notoriously popular newspaper among left-wingers. Now if you could just share your knowledge with the FBI, maybe they'd finally solve the case.<BR/><BR/>(* in the sense that it is hard to count to zero, anyway)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54003336886798056772007-08-03T17:57:00.000-05:002007-08-03T17:57:00.000-05:00>> It's the "Che" syndrome...“It’s kind of like wh...>> <I>It's the "Che" syndrome...</I><BR/><BR/>“It’s kind of like when Bobby Brady idolized Jesse James... You expect kids to go through a phase like this, but grown adults..?”<BR/><BR/>http://pungeon.blogspot.com/2006/01/sewer-at-pier-one.htmlLordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84948453774173703232007-08-03T17:54:00.000-05:002007-08-03T17:54:00.000-05:00Let's be real. If you wanted the crazies to get ah...Let's be real. If you wanted the crazies to get ahold of your personal info -- like your address -- it wouldn't be the crazies on the right that you'd want to have it. Freepers, or Kossacks. Haven't heard of any Kossacks sending white powder to right wing personalities like Freepers....garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44934689915245743802007-08-03T17:47:00.000-05:002007-08-03T17:47:00.000-05:00Anyway, DailyKos is a bit like a live action role ...<I>Anyway, DailyKos is a bit like a live action role playing game where the Kwazy Kos Kids live in a fantasy world of danger and intrigue and they pretend they're doing stuff about it.</I><BR/><BR/>Lightning Bolt!!! Lightning Bolt!!! Lightning Bolt!!! Lightning Bolt!!!<BR/>Magic Missile!!! Magic Missile!!! Magic Missile!!! Magic Missile!!!Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78293991861476410662007-08-03T17:03:00.000-05:002007-08-03T17:03:00.000-05:00"Kos is treasonous"Uh, no.I suspect Titus is the s...<I>"Kos is treasonous"</I><BR/><BR/><I>Uh, no.</I><BR/><BR/>I suspect Titus is the same left-wing troll who has been putting up fake "conservative" posts here for the past week, since he's never showed up here before, is over-the-top in his supposed right-wing attitudes, and is posting from a brand-new account. That's the troll's M.O.<BR/><BR/>Then again, Titus might just be a fruit loop like Cedarford or Paul. Who knows.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44428568971995500472007-08-03T16:56:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:56:00.000-05:00I pray for my compatriots the return to their sens...I pray for my compatriots the return to their senses, but that's not going to happen. Since Bush II was elected they've all gone feral. They supported Jay Bennish and Ward Churchill, they've read but one book, Howard Zinn's People's History. They see nothing ironic in South Park's Big A Al recoiling from his own diorama, "Oh no! The oppressors! Christians, Republicans and Hitler." That was perfect. The oddest thing at my own dinner party; a guest refers to an elderly woman he visits and tends to every Sunday. A new guy, he automatically gets big points for altruism. Frowning, he mentions the woman is Republican and all guests moan on cue. He adds, "She's a die-hard Bush supporter." Everybody groans together even louder. "Well, she's from Texas so she thinks everything from Texas is the best." As if that explained her retardation. Everybody groaned in unison. Odd guy out, I'd have to piss on my own party to point out their success with conformity. I thought in that moment, and I suppose I still do, if any one of them had an independent political thought their head would explode. <BR/><BR/>Please don't link me to Kos anymore without warning.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71165350688953079822007-08-03T16:52:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:52:00.000-05:00Impeach Kos!for giving aid and comfort to the enem...Impeach Kos!<BR/><BR/>for giving aid and comfort to the enemy!vet66https://www.blogger.com/profile/07138153738393721582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50187682027893214182007-08-03T16:38:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:38:00.000-05:00"Kos is treasonous"Uh, no."Kos is treasonous"<BR/><BR/>Uh, no.EnigmatiCorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596092527748619763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58077451288748777632007-08-03T16:19:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:19:00.000-05:00Actually I think the Kos crowd is fully on board w...Actually I think the Kos crowd is fully on board with democracy and love this country...as long as they are running the show. Lose an election, take to the streets.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892213227811281098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22923127009893113042007-08-03T16:03:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:03:00.000-05:00The Kossacks are losers and hate the country but I...The Kossacks are losers and hate the country but I would stop short of calling them treasonous. <BR/><BR/>I believe they would be treasonous but most of them are pussies. Sorry for the slang but it is the best way to describe them. There is no better way to put it. Nothing but dweebs, runts and girlie men.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69280335596924182652007-08-03T16:00:00.000-05:002007-08-03T16:00:00.000-05:00Mr. Moulitsas' observations are easily the most "r...Mr. Moulitsas' observations are easily the most "reality based" assessment of the national mood back in 2002 that I've ever seen.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35716887631703792112007-08-03T15:31:00.000-05:002007-08-03T15:31:00.000-05:00I agree with most everything that is said here. K...I agree with most everything that is said here. Kos is treasonous and his website is poisoining the democrat party.<BR/><BR/>These antiamerican comies would love for the US to lose the war in Iraq just so the president could look bad.<BR/><BR/>How sad that the democrat president contenders feel they have to go to this garbage "loserfest" as Dennis Miller called it and kiss Kos's ass.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453105284440845619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31204086113576299192007-08-03T15:19:00.000-05:002007-08-03T15:19:00.000-05:00This may seem a rude question, but after reading t...This may seem a rude question, but after reading the various sources for my news, I have reached an interesting question.<BR/><BR/>Were there any leftist bloggers ant that meeting?Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77688962468843843642007-08-03T15:00:00.000-05:002007-08-03T15:00:00.000-05:00...and their putative parents, the democratic part......and their putative parents, the democratic party elders that should know better, tut tuts their behavior, pats them on the head while smiling indulgently sparing the rod the kids so desperately need, and congratulate themselves on their fine parenting skills as they pop their Xanax, comb their hair, and step into the adoring spotlight.<BR/><BR/>Kwazy Kos Kids! <BR/><BR/>Excellent!vet66https://www.blogger.com/profile/07138153738393721582noreply@blogger.com