I've been following a number of political blogs since about mid-summer, when the rhetoric around health care (and now everything) started getting to its current level of unhinged nuttiness.
What I don't get is how, after 4-5 months, I keep seeing the same level of credulity at how these guys could make this or that outrageous claim, or level such and such an insult with a straight face.
Can't the reaction to this crap evolve a little? Just a bit? How about a little coverage of our side? What's our emotional message? Who cares about what we have to say?
Following leftish bloggers is like watching a posse of Vulcans at a Klingon convention. Sure, you're right, but you'll get your ass kicked anyway, and nobody will care.
It was true in 2nd grade, and it's true today.
The right wing messaging machine sucks the oxygen out of any policy debate just by saying something crazy... a perverse form of 'framing the argument.'
Do our nation a favor, smartypants bloggers. Try not to debate back, and certainly not on their terms. Doing that only makes crazy positions look like reasonable alternatives.
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