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| 2007-09-17 |
| Prof. Ann Althouse Jane Hamsher adopts a scary, weird tone of voice and tells Elizabeth Edwards what to do. She'd better show some respect for MoveOn. They're out there on the left so you can look “moderate.” They’re saying what needs to be said, opening the conversation up so John Edwards isn’t considered the left-wing fringe loon that nobody should listen to. Which seems like it should be exactly the reason why John Edwards needs to make his independence from them clear, but according to Hamsher's tirade, this is why Edwards can never criticize the netroots. Well, this is Hamsher jockeying for netroots power. [W]e’re not very happy when the people we defend turn around and start kicking them... "I love you. Do as I say or I'm going to hurt you." Sounds like something the whacked-out stalker chicks in Fatal Attraction or Misery would've written. I'm sure she realizes that since Edwards is using them because they are useful that he will only use them to the extent they are useful. He wants power, not true love. And so does she, obviously. More commentary at the "Villainous Company" blog: You have to love watching Lefties twist themselves into rhetorical pretzels. All the high-minded talk about 'questioning authority' and how dissent is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy goes right out the window when they are the ones being questioned. Then - suddenly - it becomes "My side right or wrong! And don't you DARE question my authority, much less stray off the intellectual reservation!" Hit the link for a really good cartoon/illustration. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 No. But I see mine. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-17 15:52 |
| #2 Um, does anyone else see my nym in the bottom couple of lines there? If so, how'd that get there? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-09-17 15:43 |
| #1 The leftist mind makes much more sense when you think of it as a mental condition. Narcissism + Projection + Envy = Leftism |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-09-17 13:06 |