Daily Kos Week in Review: The He-Man Woman-Haters Club
A key part of the left's narrative about American politics is that conservatives hate not only minorities (e.g., blacks, Latinos, gays) but also a majority group: women, who, according to the 2010 census, make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population. Of course, it's absurd to accuse anyone of misogyny (and worse) simply because he or she is pro-life, but that didn't stop two Kossacks from doing so this past week.
As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
BroadBlogs: Pro-lifers resemble totalitarians
...The 20th century’s most loathsome regimes focused on controlling women’s reproduction. The Nazis closed family planning centers and outlawed abortion, eventually making it a capital offense...Stalin banned abortion...Today China forces abortion and sterilization...
America’s right-wing extremists look eerily similar to these despots, lending an ironic twist to their claim of being all about freedom through free markets.
Markets must be free. But women must be controlled?
Kaili Joy Gray: Nyah, nyah, the personhood amendment lost
Suck it, forced birthers.
...Mississippi voters...decided to reject "biological ignorance." So for now, pregnant women won't be cruising in the carpool lanes...
Hunter: Modern conservatism = conspiracy theories...
...Conservatives losing an election is considered not a blow to their ideology, but a plot against them...
It is this lack of separation between mere "conservatism" and the far-right that is eminently blamable for these constant episodes of minor, major or thwarted domestic terrorism...
...The conservative right at this point can do little else but fearmonger...There is nothing but the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories, at this point. I have never been one to take the intellectual side of conservatism seriously, but at least there once was an intellectual side. You would be damn hard pressed to find such a thing now...
Hunter: ...many of them racist
...It seems a given at this point that tea party-ism seems to go so strongly hand-in-hand with racist conspiracy theories. It was supposed to be about taxes, of course, but they gave that up long ago; now it's just the same far-right crowd moaning about Agenda 21 and immigrants and those suspicious brown people over there. It's old, tired and dull, but apparently prejudice is the only thing that can reliably rally conservatives to meetings...
Kwik: Cain is dumb and submissive
...I guess it's OK [for conservatives] to act like you support a black man, as long as he's a stupid one who bows to the thrones of Limbaugh and the Kochs...
Daniel Koeker: Socialism isn't scary
...For some, bringing up this word in conversation is like jumping out of a closet and grabbing them by the shoulders as you scream, 'Boo!' It's a buzz word that has taken America by storm as a way to make people afraid of just about anything. Just include this word to describe a bill, measure, idea or proposition and you'll immediate have immense support to shut it down. Knowing what socialism actually is or what the idea entails is irrelevant...
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Judging by the vitriol aimed
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 4:14pm.
Judging by the vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin and ANY conservative woman politician or commentator, it's the left that has a problem with hypocracy.
I've never considered stupid
Submitted by ant on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 4:18pm.
I've never considered stupid as creepy. But in the hands of libtards,ignorance equals potential horror, the slavery of free-minds.
These people live in a world
Submitted by Average_JoeMN on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 4:38pm.
These people live in a world so foreign to reality one has to wonder about their sanity.
Well, I for one am convinced...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 5:22pm.
Kossacks do not particularly care for conservatives and conservatism. Good work, NewsBusters...the liberal slant of dKos has been exposed beyond any shadow of a doubt. That palpably lefty website can no longer hide behind the phony banner of non-partisanship.
Jer
*sigh*
Submitted by kata on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 5:42pm.
.
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 5:58pm.
do you have to constantly suck the color from our site?
If that be true.
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 6:11pm.
'tis no mystery;
NewsBusters 'orange'
would be history.
Jer
Well, Jer
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 6:02pm.
Kudos for recognizing the intent of this weekly feature; so much so that you confidently omit the usually requisite <sarc> tag from your weekly responses to it.
Obviously this weekly article isn't meant to "expose" liberal bias at dKos, but rather to expose the over-the-top ravings of some of its contributors to those of us sane enough not to read the site itself.
Since the feature likely will continue, and you likely will continue your good-humored rebuttal to it, may I suggest you save your latest post and just paste it in every week to save yourself some time? ; - D
Model...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 6:28pm.
I think at this point it is generally expected that I will post a brief but obnoxiously sarcastic comment on NB's weekly Kos thread. While taking no particular pleasure in the practice, a sense of duty outweighs the burden.
Jer
just enjoy the pixy stix Jer.
Submitted by kata on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 6:39pm.
Geez.
Just a thought, Jer...
Submitted by 26CX on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:01pm.
Why don't you forego your burdensome missive for a couple of weeks and see if anyone complains about its absence?
I can't believe after all this time I still
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:17pm.
have a tendency to post a reply as if it were a general comment. Response is below.
Jer
I saw that, Jer!
Submitted by 26CX on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:25pm.
I was going to suggest that you use your newly found free time to practice replying to comments, but thought it was a little unkind given your willingness to entertain my suggestion. ;)
Try Googling "Hate Mail Palooza"
Submitted by Clevenative on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:28pm.
...If you'd like an example of a weekly feature at Daily Kos that you will NEVER see reprinted here.
It's my weekly entertainment exposing the types of email "your kind" throws to K0S day in and day out. Just in case you are wondering why a few of their bloggers might occasionally seem a bit "over-the-top".
Saturday hate mail-a-palooza: recycling 40 year-old sexist slurs edition
(Click the "hate mail' link at the bottom - there's plenty more in the archives.)
The usual projections (from hate to insanity) and self-gratifying "righteous" indignation for all things liberal that oozes from this website - and every right wing blog, is as predictable as tomorrow's weather - and it's further exposed and exemplified in the weekly Hate Mail Palooza. And you wonder why people balk at your "Christian" label?
No, thank you.
Submitted by kata on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:47pm.
I don't understand why people take the time to write to them. It doesn't seem to be a great use of time or energy. I tend not to even read the items posted here. I don't see much value in it. But I do recognize that it's NBs perogative to do whatever they wish with their webspace.
Clevenative
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:48pm.
The generalizations you make about conservatives in your post are exactly the kind of "projections" and "self-gratifying "righteous" indignation" you are accusing conservatives of.
I can't decide if that's ironic or hypocritical.
Which do you think it is?
Hydro
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:00pm.
It's dumbass stoopid.
But of course...THAT goes with the territory (liberal seminar posters).
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Blonde
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:17pm.
Now, now... I'm sure any moment now they will respond with an insightful post which clearly explains how I've misinterpreted what they wrote.
Or they'll accuse me of not being very Christian like - which would be pretty amusing.
Yes, well, hydro
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:28pm.
I was ever so helpful to Cleve, earlier...when he was totally befuddled by Ken Sheperd's blog....I spent quite a bit of time, going through Ken's blog, sentence by sentence, in order to help Cleve understand the MEANING.
He's yet to respond.
Natch.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Blonde
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:47pm.
Yea - I saw that.
I'm guessing Cleve is wrapped up in a Hello Kitty Snuggie, rocking back and forth, repeating "I am smart, I am smart" over and over again - probably why you haven't gotten a response yet.
It hurts my feelings, Hydro
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:52pm.
I take off my mean conservie boots, and try to be nice, and helpful, to the pathetic little liberals.
And what do I get?
SILENCE!
Am I still typing over their heads? I've tried, really really hard to dumb it down so they'll understand it. What says you, Prof?
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Blonde
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:18pm.
I think you did a very good job in that post and I think it was written at the appropriate level for a not so bright individual.
After years of teaching I've had to accept the fact that some people just aren't capable of getting certain ideas. And even though you could try to dumb it down further, there's always the danger of morphing what you are trying to get across into something which is only a cartoon version of the original ideas.
But maybe Cleve likes cartoons - so maybe they would like that.
Thanks, Hydro
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:23pm.
Alas, I have no picture posting privs here.
Else I'd draw my lessons in MS Paint.
Oh well....
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
J, I saw that
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:55pm.
And I was LMAO, too.
LOL - My guess is the little red ba$tard is still trying to noodle it out.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Hey Slick, did you notice something?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:18pm.
You're free to post in the open here. At Kos, no one who doesn't toe the party line can post, the comment gets deleted, or sent to "hate mail-a-palooza".
Do yourself a favor, go back and wallow in the insanity, hate and bile displayed by the minute at Kos.
Daily Kos changed their format a few months ago
Submitted by Clevenative on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 4:41am.
I haven't even tried posting there since. But I never had problems posting under the old format.
I can imagine what that place would look like if they allowed the hate that pours out of the rabid right to be left unmonitored. Just reading the nature of most of the posts on this site gives you a good idea.
The vile sophomoric hate rants and circle jerks that go on between "family" here has me headed for a shower.
And your freshman posts
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 5:19am.
And your freshman posts aren't don't even make the minor leagues around here.........so if it bothers you so damn much, meat, nobody will miss you if you don't come back.
Good idea, Clevenative---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 5:22am.
Clean up your act while you are showering.
You're just miffed cuz the "rabid right" around here kicked your arse.
Poofter.
MD
Jeez, MD..............between
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 5:47am.
Jeez, MD..............between this twerps 'teabagger' and 'circle jerk' comments..........you gotta kinda wonder if he's got some 'personal issues',huh??? Maybe 'better latent than blatent'?????
And he admitted to being a KOSSACK............as well as a union member!!!
Where's Doc Sam when we need him????
"Better latent than blatent"....
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 3:00pm.
Nice job, Killa. And, Doc Sam didn't even have to waste any time on it.
Well, CX...it's against my better judgment,
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 7:13pm.
but I'll give it a shot.
Jer
Hey Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:07pm.
What is a couple of weeks of silence? Is that 10 days or 14 days? And how does one measure silence from Jer since it is a profound phenomenon?...;-)
cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:24pm.
-
In response to this,
Submitted by Kaleidoscopic God on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:52pm.
Daily Kos's theme song of the day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxrhRitq_zU
Joe Scarborough is not a conservative in any way, shape, or form
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 8:57pm.
This has been a test of The Emergency Shmoe Response Network.
Repeat, this is only a test.
Sorry for the delay, SoL...but I was poring over the veritable
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:24pm.
flood of PMs from concerned NBers urging me to reconsider my commitment to refrain from commenting on the Kos threads for the next couple of weeks. Well, not exactly a flood, but a definite trickle. Okay, it was one PM from Matthew Dean urging me to perform an extremely difficult and, I would think, highly uncomfortable anatomical maneuver about which, in deference to those of delicate sensibilities, I'll forgo any further description.
Now, what's this nonsense about Scarborough?
Jer
I must call "No Joy", on that remark, Jer;---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:38pm.
even allowing that sometimes an attempt at humor falls flat.
No one rags on you more than I, but to imply that I aimed a PM at you such as you described, is not cool if you leave out the smiley face emblem or a /sarc tag.
Nome sayin' ? :o)
MD
Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 10:01pm.
Do you honestly believe anyone could read my post--especially in light of the other related comments on this thread and my self-mocking and frivolous wording in that reply to SoL--and reasonably conclude that I was being serious?
If there were ever a case where a smiley or winking emoticon seemed completely superfluous, I thought that one surely qualified.
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 10:19pm.
Are you serious?
I would say "Gotcha", but for the fact you just might be.
Or did you not see the smiley face I had tacked on after "Nome sayin" ?
;o) - :o) - :o(
In the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn (again) - - -
MD
Yes, I was serious, MD...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 10:31pm.
and I did see the :o) after 'Nome sayin', but I wasn't sure it was intended to also apply to the portion of your post preceding "Nome sayin'.
So, I guess you GOT me.
Congratulations, a-hole.
;-)
Jer
That's Mister a-hole---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 11:02pm.
to you, lib. (BIG smiley face).
MD
Question to "Hunter"
Submitted by Keef Olbermann on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:12pm.
In essence: conservatives are unwilling to accept extremists as disproving their ideology, instead interpreting criticism as an attack on them.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that the guy who flew his plane into the IRS building was an ideologically-driven conservative. In that case there's nothing particularly wrong with his (ideological) motives, in this case distaste for paying taxes. Where he went wrong is flying an airplane into the IRS building. (Where he went right was staying in the cockpit, but that's another story)
Flying planes into buildings as a form of tax protest is a Wrong Thing To Do (so morally primitive and judgmental of me!). Conservatives believe that tax protestors should instead use existing societal institutions - for instance, the ballot box - because that is what ideological conservatism is.
Dumbass.
Question to "Hunter"
Submitted by Keef Olbermann on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 9:12pm.
In essence: conservatives are unwilling to accept extremists as disproving their ideology, instead interpreting criticism as an attack on them.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that the guy who flew his plane into the IRS building was an ideologically-driven conservative. In that case there's nothing particularly wrong with his (ideological) motives, in this case distaste for paying taxes. Where he went wrong is flying an airplane into the IRS building. (Where he went right was staying in the cockpit, but that's another story)
Flying planes into buildings as a form of tax protest is a Wrong Thing To Do (so morally primitive and judgmental of me!). Conservatives believe that tax protestors should instead use existing societal institutions - for instance, the ballot box - because that is what ideological conservatism is.
Dumbass.