Next Thursday at Blog World, I am going to be on a panel entitled rather portentously: Raising the Level of Discourse in the Political Blogosphere. Others on the panel with me will be Michael Medved, Jeralyn Meritt, Sean-Paul (The Agonist), Jim Hoft and Ed Morrissey.
Suffice it to say, Kevin Drum will not be among them. He was too busy lowering the level yesterday with a post ALL-TIME WINGNUTTIEST BLOG POST CONTEST.
Kevin’s explanation for why is doing this is:
But why focus on the all-time worst in the wingnut blogosphere anyway? Isn’t that mean? What’s driving this besides sheer bloody-mindedness?
History, that’s what. A century from now, even the very best blog posts will be long forgotten. Let’s face it: they aren’t that good. But bad blog posts will still be every bit as bad as they were on the day they were spawned. They’ll endure. So really, we’re doing this for the children. And the grandchildren.
Uhuh, Kevin, I see… it’s for your grandchildren… not to fan dissension and create attention for yourself. With all due respect, you are either a liar or your lack of self-knowledge is extraordinary. I hope it’s the latter.
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1. Buddy Larsen:I try to make sure that all my blog comments shall live forever (except maybe this one, which may be considered a ‘working’ comment).
Nov 5, 2007 - 4:42 am 2. Lem:Kevin is trying to make up for the fact that most of the left leaning blogs out there are from the loony left. There may be more (in sheer numbers) right leaning blogs, but I would venture that the right kooks are not as influential (nor as loud) as the lefts loons are to the main stream.
So when it comes to ‘best of’ the odds are mathematically in the right leaning blogs favor. To elevate the left (and himself) he must lower the right.
It’s an old playbook.
We need a hazard duty volunteer to look at their worst.
Nov 5, 2007 - 5:45 am 3. salvage:It was a joke.
Are you being deliberately obtuse because you are so lacking in wit you can’t come up with a rebuttal or are you just an idiot?
A mix of the two I suspect.
Nov 5, 2007 - 6:58 am 4. Buddy Larsen:Lem, that’s surely one of the more depressing blog-surfing adventures. Starts with the spelling, grammar, and sentence construction. Then the thought will enter “And these people get to vote ?”
And to that thought there is little remedy but strong drink and/or the grim satisfaction that pampered drawing-room lefties will in time be cured by nature itself of the main problem, which is, lives so secure & easy that thought itself doesn’t seem to be a requirement of long-term survival.
Nov 5, 2007 - 7:01 am 5. Buddy Larsen:Jokes need rebuttals?
Nov 5, 2007 - 7:06 am 6. salvage:>Jokes need rebuttals?
Well the technical term is “comeback” and no, not always.
But going “You liar!!!” in response is the ultimate version of removing all doubt in regards to the fool status.
Nov 5, 2007 - 7:30 am 7. Lem:That’s right Bud. Let’s do it by the book.
First the volunteer must go thru an intensive Hazmat training.
We don’t want to loose anymore people
Nov 5, 2007 - 7:35 am 8. JK Ribera:Kevin Drum was joking?
Well, he’s no threat to Colbert.
Nov 5, 2007 - 8:12 am 9. Lem:To further illustrate the contrast btw the two blog fringes I spoke of earlier lets suppose a thought experiment.
Let’s imagine Denny Haster running for cover because the blogers are after him.
Or let’s imagine Nancy Pelosi running scare because the blogers are after her.
Witch one would you have a harder time convincing yourself that it could be possible?
Nov 5, 2007 - 8:17 am 10. Buddy Larsen:dunno, Lem, but the mental image of the two of ‘em jogging side-by-side is something i can’t thank you enough for.
Nov 5, 2007 - 8:29 am 11. Captain Hate:“It was a joke.”
Jokes work so well when they have to be explained. Another humorless wank from what passes for the left. Get the hook.
Nov 5, 2007 - 6:04 pm