tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4080937737396275313..comments2024-03-29T08:43:02.679-05:00Comments on Althouse: "House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sided on Monday with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) over Breitbart News..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5245480888520322022014-04-09T08:59:31.724-05:002014-04-09T08:59:31.724-05:00chickenlittle said...
Must one speak up against e...<i>chickenlittle said... <br />Must one speak up against everything with which one disagrees?</i><br /><br />Only if you're on the right. testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86573687477732841332014-04-09T08:10:54.890-05:002014-04-09T08:10:54.890-05:00"Must one speak up against everything with wh..."Must one speak up against everything with which one disagrees?"<br /><br />That's the standard being argued for in the post, so I think it should be applied across the board to all parties and those involved in the discourse.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57836983360542663142014-04-09T08:04:38.709-05:002014-04-09T08:04:38.709-05:00The Crack Emcee said...
The Right can't run f...<i>The Crack Emcee said... <br />The Right can't run from what it's become. The hits will just keep on coming. Racism here, sexism there, homophobia, paranoia, and pseudoscience anywhere else. <br /><br />They're too practiced at it now,...<br /><br /> 4/8/14, 4:25 PM </i><br /><br />Let us just say for one minute that you are right. I don't agree but for the sake of argument, we will let your statements stand. Why do you give the left a pass? All that you claim the right does, the left does so much more. They enact social programs designed to hurt blacks. They enact laws designed to hurt blacks. They specifically say and do things designed to hurt blacks and yet you poke at right-side shadows while not even noticing the hypocrisy of the left. The left stands for everything until any of it gets in their way. They believe and act as though as long as something feels right, it is right, facts be damned. The left is nothing but racists and homophobes and women denigrators and science deniers and you, the media and higher ed, etc., etc. give them all a pass. You and the left have all the depth of character of puddle in the street after a sun shower.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837407567105543162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-130210817326496892014-04-09T07:38:24.797-05:002014-04-09T07:38:24.797-05:00Crack - you don't believe for one minute the c...Crack - you don't believe for one minute the crap you spew about white people. If you did, you would never leave your house, considering:<br /><br />1) The majority of Americans are white.<br /><br />2) They are statistically much more likely to be armed.<br /><br />3) They are statistically much more likely to have experience and training in the police/army.<br /><br />4) They dominate the courts.<br /><br />The reality is that most whites aren't doing jack shit to you, and are self-policing the ones who would. Old bullshit is old.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716675561659357006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51470624810191602402014-04-08T22:38:19.961-05:002014-04-08T22:38:19.961-05:00"But you are right that it won't change t..."But you are right that it won't change the deep-seated assumption that Republicans are bad for women. One gesture can't turn that problem around, but no use entrenching the assumption any further."<br /><br />The Democrats elected a rapist to the Presidency, and protected him and attacked his accusers when his crimes were found out. So, perhaps instead of "assumption" you should say "baseless stereotype".Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87444256625585696452014-04-08T22:28:27.364-05:002014-04-08T22:28:27.364-05:00I completely reject the premise of the "deep-...I completely reject the premise of the "deep-seated assumption."<br /><br />Is is untrue and pure political BS that only non-thinking people could possibly believe.<br /><br />A $1 billion smear campaign run by a desperate flailing incumbent will try anything and ths is what he tried and honorable people chose not to stoop to his shameful level. It fooled enough people. That time. To the country's detriment.<br /><br />The pendulum will self-correct. Like any such lie it can only be kept alive, contrary to evidence, for so long and that time is running out quickly.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136257757561409957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36699705787057752242014-04-08T22:17:49.633-05:002014-04-08T22:17:49.633-05:00I think Althouse and Democrats need to publicly di...<i>I think Althouse and Democrats need to publicly distance themselves from that assumption otherwise I will assume they see married women as lesser.</i><br /><br />Is silence a valid form of distancing? <br /><br />Must one speak up against everything with which one disagrees?chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72153053884359713612014-04-08T21:11:29.022-05:002014-04-08T21:11:29.022-05:00The Crack Emcee said...
The Right can't run fr...<i>The Crack Emcee said...<br />The Right can't run from what it's become. The hits will just keep on coming. Racism here, sexism there, homophobia, paranoia, and pseudoscience anywhere else. <br /><br />They're too practiced at it now,...<br /></i><br /><br />blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah racism blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah racism blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah .<br /><br />Jesus you're a boring one-trick pony. We've seen the trick. Give it a rest.SomeoneHasToSayIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648946322945404947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73940288164362254862014-04-08T20:25:48.283-05:002014-04-08T20:25:48.283-05:00Crack: "seudoscience anywhere else."
LO...Crack: "seudoscience anywhere else."<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />Says the anti-nuke, anti-GMO, anti-vaccine, "lost my homework" AGW alarmists side!!<br /><br />Thanks for the laugh crack!Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86001394516556434702014-04-08T18:47:54.678-05:002014-04-08T18:47:54.678-05:00"the deep-seated assumption that Republicans ..."the deep-seated assumption that Republicans are bad for women."<br /><br /> Only single women count as women? Now that's a deep-seated assumption. Married women supported Romney at about 56 percent. <br /><br />Why do some women get to define their gender. That's privileged and exclusionary. I think Althouse and Democrats need to publicly distance themselves from that assumption otherwise I will assume they see married women as lesser.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5494043702850608002014-04-08T16:43:03.015-05:002014-04-08T16:43:03.015-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37919121951646421562014-04-08T16:25:43.333-05:002014-04-08T16:25:43.333-05:00The Right can't run from what it's become....The Right can't run from what it's become. The hits will just keep on coming. Racism here, sexism there, homophobia, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/03/20/rand-paul-and-the-power-of-paranoia/" rel="nofollow">paranoia,</a> and pseudoscience anywhere else. <br /><br />They're too practiced at it now,...<br /><br /><br /><br />The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21733321114458798062014-04-08T16:25:35.879-05:002014-04-08T16:25:35.879-05:00I believe that the English army band played "...I believe that the English army band played "The World Turned Upside Down" when Cornwallis surrendered in Virginia.<br /><br />Certainly the world has turned upside down when Debbie Wasserman Schultz can give lectures on civility and political ethics.<br /><br />Kind of like having a madam from a Nevada whorehouse become the Mother Superior in a nunnery--somehow it just doesn't seem to fit.Skeptical Voterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766112542617494866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25678008674866764232014-04-08T16:02:55.505-05:002014-04-08T16:02:55.505-05:00I may be repeating a few observations stated in pr...I may be repeating a few observations stated in previous comments, but this is my "recap":<br /><br />1) Not aware that Breitbart is necessarily a "mouth piece" for the Republicans - I suspect there are times when the establishment Republicans wish Breitbart would go away. Kudos to Breitbart for getting this visibility courtesy of Pelosi & Wasserman-Schultz.<br /><br />2) I sense a "preemptive" move here - the items were "street art" - see how this plays next time some publicly funded artist thinks a jar of urine with a cross in it is untouchable because it is "art".<br /><br />3) I also sense another preemptive move - next time some liberal does something similar to the examples already mentioned (Bachmann, Palin, future candidates, etc.), Breitbart will able to drag this stuff out to compare levels of outrage expressed and by whom.<br /><br />This is classic Breitbart! Everything is done with a purpose.alan markushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765437265476376917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53205334187661060492014-04-08T16:00:03.124-05:002014-04-08T16:00:03.124-05:00If it weren't for double standards, the Democr...If it weren't for double standards, the Democrats would have no standards at all.<br /><br />"The Republicans are hurt by apologizing for something they had nothing to do with because it will encourage the left to do this again. By "this" I mean make all republicans responsible for the actions of one or a few.<br /><br />It works on Althouse every time, and she's not alone."<br /><br />I'd say it works on a majority of women. I wouldn't limit it to Althouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10616402811276584022014-04-08T15:52:19.479-05:002014-04-08T15:52:19.479-05:00Yes, of course. You keep to the Marquis of Queens...Yes, of course. You keep to the Marquis of Queensbury rules whilst getting kneed in the groin and clothes-lined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43578009298282477782014-04-08T15:36:36.072-05:002014-04-08T15:36:36.072-05:00Someone with a video camera: "Debbie Wasserma...Someone with a video camera: "Debbie Wasserman Schultz, when Martin Basher of MSNBC called for the torture and degradation of Sarah Palin, in the grossest possible terms, you refused to condemn him. Do you consider his remarks to have been "foul", "offensive", or "disrespectful to all women"? Were they "reprehensible against any woman - regardless of party"?<br /><br />"When Saturday Night Live displayed an image of your colleague Michele Bachmann, similar to the Breitbart image, you refused to condemn it. Do you consider that image to have been "foul", "offensive", or "disrespectful to all women"? Was it "reprehensible against any woman - regardless of party"?<br /><br />"Do you have any comment about this inconsistency? <br /><br />"Do you support degrading comments about women?<br /><br />"Isn't it true that you support the degradation and sexualization of women - in some cases?"<br /><br />Etc.<br /><br />And never mind the "oh my gosh someone said [or pictured] something nasty about Pelosi so we must crawl and then maybe they'll be nice to us!!!!" reaction. It's understandable that people want to do this.<br /><br />But kowtowing to a bully never makes the bully back off. Ever. It makes it worse. This is doubly true when it comes to moral bullies.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12773655739952127782014-04-08T15:18:18.575-05:002014-04-08T15:18:18.575-05:00Apparently Maureen Dowd is calling for the techniq...Apparently Maureen Dowd is calling for the techniques of the "Game of Thrones" to be applied to Republicans<br />http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/07/maureen-dowd-fantasizes-about-games-of-thrones-characters-murdering-republicans/<br /><br />This same show had Bush's head on a stake awhile back. Well, I never said there wasn't a double standard.wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5737080917066042022014-04-08T14:58:29.022-05:002014-04-08T14:58:29.022-05:00I remember arguing with someone on this exact issu...I remember arguing with someone on this exact issue - fighting fire with fire - and hearing this argument: "To me the media are dogs and I throw them red meat." This person got on TV all the time so I guess he had the media figured out. But winning the argument in the wider society by that method - no, I just don't think so. wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49616529992251173202014-04-08T14:34:04.125-05:002014-04-08T14:34:04.125-05:00Fen said...
"Thats a loaded assertion. And t...Fen said...<br /><br />"Thats a loaded assertion. And the people that believe that are too stupid and tribal to care who apologized for what. The will find a "Republican War On Women" in everything, so why cater to them?"<br /><br />Yup, yup, yup. Exactimundo.Æthelflædhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332838962205821653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20204792686811952142014-04-08T14:32:16.594-05:002014-04-08T14:32:16.594-05:00Republicans had no choice but to distance themselv...Republicans had no choice but to distance themselves from this -- remember just which side has the MSM megaphone. <a href="http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/mariposa-daily-news-2014/175-april/12768-democratic-national-committee-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultzs-response-to-breitbart-news-offensive-ad-featuring-democratic-leader-nancy-pelosi" rel="nofollow">Debbie Wasserman Schultz</a>, for example, was already running fast and hard with it -- her statement:<br /><br />"To say the least, the Breitbart News ad is foul, offensive, and disrespectful to all women. It is a disgusting new low and would be reprehensible against any woman – regardless of party. It’s no wonder the Republicans are having problems appealing to women. If GOP leaders are serious about their rebrand, then both their elected and Party leadership should condemn this outrageous behavior, call on Breitbart News to immediately remove the ad, and not continue to use this website as a forum for their views.”Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380908751421386368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61092755485677935852014-04-08T14:30:35.615-05:002014-04-08T14:30:35.615-05:00As an aside, I think this is a very effective stra...As an aside, I think this is a very effective strategy. Maybe not for Republicans as a name brand - but screw those guys anyway. But for fighting the statists at the top? Brilliant. They can't stand the indignity and the mockery and the degradation of their own image.<br /><br />It's no longer God who won't be mocked, it's Nancy Pelosi.<br /><br />Alinsky would approve.<br /><br />Every time we see our culture deliberately dragged through the shit, we need to turn it around and do the same thing back, and make *them* the target. We'll see real quick how much value is placed on the idea that there's no right and wrong cultures and ideas, just different ones.<br /><br />And really, if Jon Stewart can publish a book that includes a "pin-the-robe-on-the-naked-Justices", and he's the darling of the left, I fail to see why I should give a moment's thought to Miley Pelosi... especially when that, you know, requires me to <b> think it. </b>Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716675561659357006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22138558943486596422014-04-08T14:13:51.235-05:002014-04-08T14:13:51.235-05:00it won't change the deep-seated assumption tha...<i>it won't change the deep-seated assumption that Republicans are bad for women</i><br /><br />Thats a loaded assertion. And the people that believe that are too stupid and tribal to care who apologized for what. The will find a "Republican War On Women" in everything, so why cater to them? Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43138020702799114612014-04-08T14:13:08.677-05:002014-04-08T14:13:08.677-05:00Different country, granted; but remember when they...Different country, granted; but remember when they made a nude painting of Stephen Harper? Ha ha, boy was that funny!<br /><br />Remember when we kept racing to the bottom at when to start teaching sex-ed to kids? Oh! How about that series of pictures of world leaders making out - boy that really showed us all what a bunch of stodgy old stick-in-the-muds those conservative homophobes were!<br /><br />But now, now we're back to finding our good old-fashioned values, because heaven forbid you turn around the deliberate coarsening of culture - from Miley Cyrus to the next celebrity sex tape to the next dead rapper to a crucifix drenched in piss - and go after a Democrat with it. And if every person on the right doesn't automatically genuflect at the knowledge that someone, somewhere, didn't just do a *very bad thing* against the left, then everyone's a scumbag... because, conservatives.<br /><br />At this point, anything that gives the dems the vapors must have something of merit to it, even if in my own limited wisdom I can't see it. We're well past civility - real or bullshit.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716675561659357006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1421083388639859702014-04-08T14:06:17.713-05:002014-04-08T14:06:17.713-05:00Althouse and her eternal campaign for treating wom...Althouse and her eternal campaign for treating women as princesses unless those women are Republicans, in which case she thinks it's cutting edge.<br /><br />Google "female solipsism". Soon.paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.com