One of my favorite things about blogging is getting to read the opinions of a diverse set of people. As you can tell from my blogroll, a lot of that is liberal voices. From straight white men to gay black women and back to gay white men and straight black women. I love the diversity!
Then there’s the dark side of the Force. An intelligent, well-meaning dialogue is hard to find (notable exception, Adam over at Adam’s Web). For some reason, most of the conservative blogs I read contain lots of invective and name calling, little substantive debate or facts, and an abundance of poor grammar, bad spelling, and abuse of exclamation points.
Today’s example that points out the hideous state of public education and possibly contraindicates the existence of human evolution is a blog called The Angry Redneck, written by “Red Peters” (is that a name or a sexual request?) He posted a note in the comments of one of my posts, saying, “you’ve got to check out my page!”. I did and left copious comments for him. His favorite tagline on his posts is “grow up and vote Republican!”, which I suppose is a call to his intellectual equals in junior high anxiously awaiting their eighteenth birthday.
Now, I know that not everyone can research and type 1,000 word posts like I or even Adam do, nor does everyone want to. But if you’re trying to be taken seriously, the following types of posts (cribbed directly from his front page today) aren’t helping your cause. Note that ellipses (…) indicate a post trimmed from an average of three sentences down to one. If you don’t see an ellipsis, realize that I’ve shown the full post. Titles are linked to his comments:
Libs need to calm down!
After all it is obvious that Republicans are going to be in control for a long time! … Libs have screwed the citizenry for years and are now experiencing the harvest of losses their lies have created! We Won!!! Grow up and vote Republican! [Because “winning” is what’s important. Politics is like football that way.]
Kiss my Republican Butt!
It makes my stomach turn when I hear how some on the left are mad about Christians voting in the last election!… [I don’t recall being mad about anyone voting any way they please; that’s democracy. I do recall being mad that not everyone’s vote was counted, though.]
FLAG BURNERS
If you are going to burn the American flag please wrap yourself in it first! [If you’re going to burn the Bill of rights, please wrap yourself in it first!]
High gas prices are the work of libs!
The gas prices are a direct result of the chickenshit regulations put in place by democrats!… [Sure would like to see some links on that, but Red doesn’t do links, or facts, or research…]
Libs have no platform!
Here is the list of Democrat’s accomplishments over the last 50 years. They are even too afraid to comment! [Not afraid at all. When I listed 51 Democratic accomplishments in his comments, his reply was “And Hillary parted the Red Sea” and calling me a “dumbass”.]
Gay Marriage is Wrong
This is another way of the left to force un-natural behavior down our throats!… [Why is it when rednecks complain about gays, the term “forcing it down our throats” always appears?]
LIBS CANNOT WIN!
THE RIGHT IS IN CONTROL AND YOU SHOULD JUST SIT BACK AND SEE HOW REAL ADULTS RUN A GOVERNMENT… [You mean by record deficits, disappearing cash shipments to Iraq, paying commentators to push your agenda, massive graft, corruption, and theft, secret meetings, and lying to us about reasons for war?]
Support Our Troops
I am getting tired of all of the non-support some of the hippy types are showing toward our troops and their actions in the Middle East… [Which non-support is that? Not enough armor or ammo for the troops? Cutting their combat pay? Underfunding the VA? Extending tours through stop-loss? Overusing the Guard and Reserve? Not planning for the aftermath of an easy military victory? Failing to secure munitions facilities?]
The Minute Men are Patriots!
It is great to see these people defend our nation against the invasion of illegals!… [It’ll be even greater watching them pick strawberries, wash dishes, and mow lawns once they ultimately succeed.]
Filibuster for cry babies
Filibusters are for scared whiny libs. It really shows that they cannot make a decision. [Except when Republicans are using them.]
Kiss my ass lib!
Oh, wait they already do! Conservatives rule! [And so does Metallica, goth chicks, the Oakland Raiders. The Sadie Hawkins Dance is scheduled for Friday Night in the gym. And don’t forget to vote for Freshman Class President!]
I love red staters!
They sure are more in touch with reality! It must be the upbringing! [Funny, I was born and raised in a red state…]
I think Unions are for lazy fat asses!
Just look at any union member…LAZY…BIG ASS MOUTH…FAT! [His ellipses, not mine. And I’m curious to see him express this view to a firefighter or a cop.]
Piss on Global Warming!
It is a lie produced by radical leftist dumbasses! [Dang, they’re on to us! Next they’ll figure out that the earth is only 6,000 years old, round, and we never landed on the moon!]
We won! Now we can all relax and defeat Roe v Wade!
It is about time that the true minority was shown! The vast majority of Americans disagree with abortion and are voting to defeat it!… [Don’t fault poor Red. “Majority” and “Minority” are both big words and mathematical concepts.]
GWB IS THE MAN!
THE ELECTION IS OVER! WE WON! GET OVER IT AND QUIT BEING WHINY! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! [Ah, there’s my crazy HAHA for the day!]
GUNS ARE THE WAY TO GO!
ONLY THE NRA MAKES SENSE! [Um, OK. Three cheers for, uh, guns.]
IRAQ WAR IS COOL!
IT IS ABOUT TIME WE KICKED THOSE NUT JOBS IN THE ASS! [And by the way, conservatives rule!!!]
