From Mickey Kaus at the Daily Beast: “It’s not because Breitbart was combative.”
Of course it isn’t. It’s because he was a conservative, and an unapologetic one.
Somewhere in my archives, which I’m still having trouble accessing, is a collection of “liberal” commentary on Tony Snow’s death that I caught as word came in that he’d succumbed to his cancer [update: found here. Thanks to golem14]. The outpouring of hate then was just as atrocious as the commentary aimed at Breitbart this past week, complete, in the aftermath, with requisite and self-serving rationalizations the left used in that instance to justify the most vile and vicious utterances they could attach to their ironic internet handles. The brave souls. (In fact, I believe it was that post of mine that occasioned that verbose special pleader for the left, SEK, to peck out a rather infamous column in which he actually argued that by my collecting in one place examples of the ghoulish glee with which “progressives” and “liberals” met Snow’s death, I was in fact treating Snow worse than were the ghouls themselves, concentrating all that hatred in one place, etc.
It was typical strained SEK sophistry, the kind of “argument” that passes muster with dull-eyed undergrads but that the rest of us just kind of roll our eyes at.)
In any event, the point is that when you hear justifications for the way Breitbart’s death has been treated, just think back to Tony Snow’s death. No post-hoc justifications can hide the grubbiness of their souls. It’s who they are. It’s what they do.
It’s who they are. It’s what they do.
Well, yes, but it’s because we deserve it. On account of we’re a cancer. Standing in the way of progress. On the wrong side of history. Mean. Or whatever.
Oh, and raaaaaacist.
There used to be a bar in NYC that had a little sign announcing that drinks would be free on the day Reagan dies. The sensible thing would have been to not go to the place, but I settled for never quite hitting the toilet when I’d relieve myself.
I’ve been reading PW for years but never bothered to register before now. Too lazy, I guess.
But you stood up for Rush so at least there’s one conservative blogger who gets it. I’ve run out places it seems.
I think I found the Tony Snow post:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080730024038/https://proteinwisdom.com/?p=12821
“I’ve run out places it seems.”
You’re not the only one. I used to spend way too much time at an “edgy” conservative blog, commenting heavily. It’s sad how it has become obsessed with “tone” while pretending to be so daring.
New idea for a tag line. “protein wisdom: because I’m your last resort”
It’s all part of that “New Civility” they profess to be all about; you know, the kind displayed towards Sarah Palin-most recently when she was blamed for Gifford’s shooting.
But there are countless examples that can for this recurring theme-one that, as Abe noted, has been around since Reagan’s time.
And they want to be self-righteous, and finger wag about AB discussing factual episodes of Ted Kennedy’s personal history being their “excuse” for behaving like the spoiled children they truly are…
So, if I call Sandra Fluke a self-righteous demagogic hatchetman taking up the liberal crusade left behind by alcoholic, philandering murderer Ted Kennedy, would that be an example of acceptable tone? Because, no epithets. Everything was polysyllabic and isnt’ there some rule about epithets being one syllable, like “slut?”
Besides, Fluke looks like a man anyway.
How about “Protein Wisdom: Because classical liberalism means never having to say ‘I’m sorry.'”
Or “Protein Wisdom: Conservative, but not severely.”
Protein Wisdom: Saying what they want you to be afraid to think.
Protein Wisdom: fuck you.
It is kind of ironic that Shirley whats her name lady he allegedly slandered responded with more class than any of the allegedly neutral talking heads.
protein wisdom: I told you so
Shirley wants people to forget about Shirley. And Pigford.
Protein Wisdom: an island of reality in a sea of bullshit.
Protein Wisdom: Even Republicans hate it.
I gotta go with George O on the tag line.
Seconded on Orwell’s tag line.
commies
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Shirley “Pigford” Sherrod. So classy she’s persisting in her defamation suit after Breitbart has died.
Though the truth of it is that “you are your last resort”, seeing as “you” found your way here already.
Anybody else remember the vile ugliness when Spot died?
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So they “re-launched” all of Breitbart’s “Big” sites today, and I don’t get it.
E.g., http://biggovernment.com/
Ain’t that funny, Benedick? At your link, there’s a headline that says “Ron Paul Unimpressed With Limbaugh Apology”. And here I am, unimpressed with Ron Paul!
SW, I was kind of more meaning that there is currently no way (that I can find) to actually access any of the “Big” sites — just the Breitbart newswire which, frankly, I don’t have much use for. But also, I am unimpressed with Ron Paul.
I realise that Benedick – it’s just ironic how the Only Saviour Of Our Liberty is all hat and no cattle.
As has been pointed out on other blogs:
Tony Snow was a chipper guy who smiled more than he frowned and he rarely if ever said anything bad about anyone. He was a grown up even when he disagreed. He was poised and civil. His style was to listen to the other side and then responded in a friendly way. When he opposed something he was polite and informed. He avoided viciousness. He was not a finger wagger. He went out of his way to be nice and see the best in people, even those he disagreed with.
He was not a possessed frantic ideologue. He was not boisterous or confrontational. He just reported the news with a smile on his face and did guest hosting on Rush Limbaugh, and was eventually Whitehouse press secretary for a while.
For the most part, he was positive, warm, open, and friendly and he played it nice and classy when others were reduced to breathing fire, banging shoes, and waving sabers.
When Tony Snow died of cancer the left celebrated just as they did with Breitbart. Being nice changed nothing. They still hated him.
The pattern is painfully easy to see.
Since we are voting, +1 for McGehee
” Protein Wisdom : Not trying to hide a nastily submissive spirit of vacillation and confused prissiness behind a bellicose iconoclastic H. L. Menken quote ”
“Protein Wisdom : Because hating Napolean doesn’t mean you have to like Snowball”
” Protein Wisdom: Why? Because she gave me #@#$ing water Frolo. See you on the streets dude. ”
” Protein Wisdom: Because you’re all clear kid. Time to blow this thing and go home. Or maybe just give it a quick handy. Whatever. ”
” Protein Wisdom: We won’t tell you it’s raining because we know that you already know that it’s not rain. ”
” Protein Wisdom: Pizza Hut was better when they still had a juke box and Pac-Man.”
” Protein Wisdom: Billy Idol must be about to ride in the the front passenger seat of his sister’s car because he just called ‘shotgun’. ”
” Protein Wisdom: Mostly made up of smaller poly-peptide wisdoms”
“Protein Wisdom: Take back your voice and put your back into your vote.”
“Protein Wisdom: This stuff matters the way media wishes it did. ”
” Protein Wisdom: Barking at the Meter Man as long as he’s in the yard.”
I don’t think that’s it, Benedick. https://twitter.com/#!/DLoesch/status/176415384239476736
Protein Wisdom: restoring liberty one amino acid at a time.
Protein Wisdom: Because that sugary and starchy shit all those other guys are peddling only makes you fat, slow and stupid.
Protein Wisdom: Still the only blog to which I ever contributed.
Protein Wisdom: Tirelessly explaining authorial intent, but secretly wanting to write smutty double entedres for Gene Rayburn’s Match Game
Come on people, Dumb Dora was so dumb…………
Hey, no reason these all can’t be a rotating subtitle, right?
Protein Wisdom: Liberally spraying mental Lysol on the babbling brooks of frummery.
Hmm.. A resort would have umbrellas over the tables and free mai tais until 5. This is more of a foxhole, but you do have a commanding field of fire!
Protein Wisdom: home of the redoubting Thomas’?
Protein Wisdom: Because you’re sick to death of watching Mighty Boosh reruns.
Protein Wisdom: Unwilling to confuse progressivism with progress.
Protein Wisdom: You can’t parry from a sitting position.
Protein Wisdom: Refusing to trade the Statue or Liberty for a ‘statue of social justice’.
Protein Wisdom: Sometimes the elephant needs reminding.
Protein Wisdom: Sweeping away hopeless changes.
Protein Wisdom: Those coffin nails aren’t going to hammer themselves.
Protein Wisdom: On your feet or on your knees!
Protein Wisdom: Home of the Mushroom Bruise®.
How about a little Tony Snow music.
Protein Wisdom: because really, who else would have you?
I mean that in some other sense than the Biblical one. But that one might work, too.
…and right on cue, he blows the HTML tag.
No, that’s just ice cream.