tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post114202954728126513..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142322387689969252006-03-14T02:46:00.000-05:002006-03-14T02:46:00.000-05:00As a 'male lesbian', I share your bafflement on th...As a 'male lesbian', I share your bafflement on the sex part, LL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142292505857815202006-03-13T18:28:00.000-05:002006-03-13T18:28:00.000-05:00Ann Coulter is living proof that sex and violence ...Ann Coulter is living proof that sex and violence sell, maybe even especially in combination. Though, frankly, I can't relate to the sex part - I'm just accepting the testimony of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142209782176337772006-03-12T19:29:00.000-05:002006-03-12T19:29:00.000-05:00That's right. Because 'objectively' is so five mi...That's right. Because 'objectively' is so five minutes ago. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142053838383744452006-03-11T00:10:00.000-05:002006-03-11T00:10:00.000-05:00Patently.Patently.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142050102938542442006-03-10T23:08:00.000-05:002006-03-10T23:08:00.000-05:00I think it's patently obvious which party's curren...I think it's patently obvious which party's current elected representatives have the more offensive rhetoric:<BR/><BR/>http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Retired_Supreme_Court_Justice_hits_attacks_0310.html<BR/><BR/>And as for relative lunacy, and a sense of perspective, how about the ACTUAL POLICIES today's 'conservatives' are implementing?:<BR/><BR/>http://www.thepoorman.net/2006/03/03/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142050057654798582006-03-10T23:07:00.000-05:002006-03-10T23:07:00.000-05:00I have compared the ratio of truth between Coulter...I have compared the ratio of truth between Coulter and Moore, and have given my opinion. Still, they are sideshows.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I am willing to defend Ward Churchill, and it follows all the other ladies and gentlemen you name as well. People should say stuff, no matter how unpalatable, how unthinkable, how unspeakable. Especially if they have something to say besides partisan claptrap. <BR/Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142044344661263542006-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:002006-03-10T21:32:00.000-05:00Well, not sure what to do with that, but here's a ...Well, not sure what to do with that, but here's a quickie:<BR/><BR/>1. Right--I'm sure that SOME of what Coulter says is true, too. I stand corrected... Compare the ratio of truths to falsehoods in her books, however, to that in _Lies and the Lying Liars_ or Farenheit 9/11. They won't be close.<BR/><BR/>2. You can't be serious about the Clinton comparison. Just because ONE more central Dem Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142041596431056792006-03-10T20:46:00.000-05:002006-03-10T20:46:00.000-05:00Well, I meant to write that I don't find her attra...Well, I <I>meant</I> to write that I don't find her attractive either, but I guess that got obscured by my ambitions toward clever if not entertaining prose. It is a failing.<BR/><BR/>No, I don't think she's crazy, nor do I think anyone named here is. I think they all know precisely what they're doing. I kinda liked Ward Churchill's riff, that a people is ultimately responsible for the sins ofTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142034513213361612006-03-10T18:48:00.000-05:002006-03-10T18:48:00.000-05:00Well, I checked out your Coulter piece, bro...Um, ...Well, I checked out your Coulter piece, bro...<BR/><BR/>Um, well, I think you might agree with me that she's crazy, though I came away unsure. <BR/><BR/>That you would compare her to Michael Moore--who's a partisan hack, but not crazy--seems questionable to me, though the comparison is telling. Moore, like Coulter, is a single-minded partisan drone (though he's not really partisan...he's some Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142033828476226052006-03-10T18:37:00.000-05:002006-03-10T18:37:00.000-05:00Tom, that's just silly, and you know it isn't true...Tom, that's just silly, and you know it isn't true.<BR/><BR/>The right has been by far the more rhetorically excessive at least for the last 12 years or so. They started all this with their crazy Clinton-bashing, maintained it through their absurd accusations that Gore (Gore!) was trying to steal the election (presumably by, you know, counting the votes)...and it's all just gotten worse since 9/Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1142033081553563152006-03-10T18:24:00.000-05:002006-03-10T18:24:00.000-05:00It certainly is jarring to hear a conservative tak...It certainly is jarring to hear a conservative take on the rhetorical excesses of the left, which by now are so routine I barely notice them anymore.<BR/><BR/>For the record, <A HREF="http://reformclub.blogspot.com/2006/02/strange-bedfellows-or-what-to-do-about.html" REL="nofollow">I took on Ms. Coulter</A> a few weeks ago.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com