The American Spectator

Margie| 1.24.10 @ 11:46PM

Yup. The Communists always turn on each other. This just proves it again.
But hey! Anyone can turn. May they come to their right minds, and leave their Party. Plenty of room in the Big Tent!

manolo | 1.25.10 @ 1:18AM

This RAAACIST garbage is always a favorite hook. And it is the chief weapon of the Left against just about everyone.

Reaganite Republican| 1.25.10 @ 4:43AM

In my conservative blog's comments section, I have had any number of similar threats... when I track them down it's usually DC area or Chicago.

And always with the "you'll see" threats, same scripted bit re. racism, sore losers, "Reagan's dead and so are his ideas", etc.

Bring it on, Obot trolls- you little worms

Deborah D| 1.25.10 @ 8:28AM

Hey Reaganite -- thanks for standing strong. I checked out your site...love the cartoons and the general feel.

I keep remembering the adage: "Information wants to be free." It really does. The left loves propaganda, loves to muddy the waters, loves to say one thing and do another. They are especially harsh to those who used to be on their side (case in point the Hillbuzz guys) -- they especially hate David Horowitz. It's like Hotel California -- You can check out, but you can never leave! Scary folks...if they'll do this to one of their own...hmm.

S.L. Toddard| 1.25.10 @ 7:11AM

"Remember When the Left Told Us 'Dissent Is the Highest Form of Patriotism'?"

I remember that. Why - have you changed your mind that they were wrong about that?

Le Cracquere| 1.25.10 @ 8:47AM

I thought their slogan was wrong then, and I think it wrong now. Still, as the man said, "'Tis sport to see the engineer hoist with his own petard."

Of course, dissent is neutral in and of itself: there are things that only a fool or monster would dissent from, other things that only a fool or monster could FAIL to dissent from, and the majority of cases in which dissent may be wise or stupid, laudable or wicked, to varying degrees. But in and of itself, it makes the dissenter no greater a patriot than the next man.

As the redoubtable Jonah Goldberg put it: "Dissent isn't necessarily heroic. For every Mandela, Gandhi, or Thoreau there are a thousand—no, TEN thousand—drooling morons, jabbering misfits, and opponents of progress with equal claim to the title 'dissenter,' 'dissident,' 'protester,' 'rebel,' or 'non-conformist.' When a group or society is heading in the right direction, the maverick is no hero for telling everyone to turn around. Even Irish whiskey, taken to an extreme, can be a problem."

Dorothy | 1.25.10 @ 9:57AM

The minute that dear, sweet, open-minded. tolerant liberal from the liberal utopia of San Francisco called Americans who disagreed with her Nazis.

tonypal| 1.25.10 @ 11:57AM

I doubt anyone on the right ever considered dissent patriotic. It's your God-given right, as expressed in the 1st amendment, to dissent in a law abiding manner. But the idea that dissent is a form of patriotism is the kind of "logic" that can only emanate from the adolescent mind of a liberal.

Having said that, it's not so much that we've changed our minds on the subject. We're just curious as to how liberals can pivot so hard without throwing out their collective backs. We also take delight in pointing out the hypocrisy. As we all know, hypocrisy is one of the greatest sins anyone can commit (according to liberals).

wbfrank| 1.25.10 @ 8:53AM

Typical Stormtrooper mentality!
The left, aka. Democrats, have hid this type of thinking over the years. They have been trying to take over the USA in a left style Socialistic Tyranny Dictatorship for over 50 years. They have always been radical; remember Adlai Stevenson... the Dems have had a telling stain on our country. For example: Political Correctness. Slowly but surly our country has become more socialist. For example: a central bank (no I am not a Ron Paul supporter) and income taxes. Both of those are communist in origin.
The Republicans have shown over the years that they have the capacity to overspend as do all Dems.
The T.E.A party has come about because of the arrogance of both parties. This is the rise of conservatism in its raw form.
The chance of Real Change is there in 2010 and 2012 when we can take our country back.

SoCon| 1.25.10 @ 2:01PM

"...the rise of conservatism in its raw form."

The spectacle unfolding before us is awesome to behold. Thank God.

bobby b| 1.25.10 @ 11:17PM

It's all definitional.

When a Democrat talks about "bipartisanship", she means that people from both sides of the political spectrum will have an opportunity to learn about, and publicly buy into and support, her proposed legislation. "Bipartisanship" does not entail the majority ceding anything; it merely describes the situation when minority party members are invited into the voting room and given a chance to agree with the majority party. Refusing an invitation to help vote for the dominant party's legislation is now considered to be simply churlish.

Similarly, "dissent" is real and authentic and valuable only when it involves a progressive effort to correct nonprogressive thought. When a nonprogressive attempts to debate the correctness of progressive policy decisions, there is no true "dissent"; the nobility inherent in that label makes its use inapposite for the urging of incorrect thought.

Sometime Spook| 1.30.10 @ 6:38PM

Just a moment folks, isn't the Chicago Democratic machine part of the crowd that fixed the 1960 presidential election, along with LBJ's cronies in Texas. These guys are gangsters and quite possibly as they operate in the political arena, give gangsters a bad name.

Dissent for some reason is held to be owned by the left when it should be a tool for everyone committed to democracy.