But the reality is, as I experienced over and over again in the Lamont-Lieberman race, this is the liberal blogosphere’s standard-less operating procedure. They have decided that the best way to fight the “right-wing smear machine†that they so despise is to create an even more venomous, boundary-less, and destructive counterpart and fight ire with more ire.
Lots of love in the comments.
Ya think? “Even with global warming, you’re not going to keep that cold air bottled up in Alaska and Canada forever,” Easterling said.
The Comments demonstrate his point almost entirely. That particular irony seems lost on the commenters.
Gerstein, sigh. Go ask the FBI about him.
If the words are true, then why should it matter who speaks them Bill?
I’d post that in the comments over there, but it would only bring down a torrent of hate, and I’m tired of dealing with that.
Look, Mummy! I spoke truth to power!
Power: “Don’t make me come up there.”
So the crux of the article is that left-leaning bloggers need to tone down the “boundary-less” rhetoric in order to persuade better, and within two comments we have a rant about Condi and PDBs, neither of which have squat to do with the article.
Hmmm.
TW: investing in leftist nuttiness will return45%, year-over-year.
No wonder Soros is so wealthy.
It made it on to Digg. That should be good for a few chuckles….
Digg
Is irony deficiency an indicator or an effect of global warming, you think?
Both indicator and effect of a false and stupid earnestness.
I wouldn’t call that love. Unless he’s into S & M or something.
Gerstein should have labeled the comments “Exhibit A.”
You can accuse them of having a tin-ear or lacking in irony, but the bottom line is that they are just a bunch of children. God help us if they ever get power.
This is your future: a world where January in Verkhoyansk averages -49F instead of -58F. Tremble, people!
Maybe it isn’t nuanced enough.