Soflasnapper
03-07-2012, 03:53 PM
From Michael Kinsley, at Bloomberg, here. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-06/the-case-against-the-case-against-limbaugh-commentary-by-michael-kinsley.html) I think his reputation is as a screaming liberal (he played one on Crossfire against Pat Buchanan and the late 'prince of darkness,' Robert Novak).
I agree, and have said before that these demands of people that they address and denounce the offender du jour amount to Stalinist thought police lock-step demands.
Don't much care for them when they are ambushing Democrats to force denunciations of the radical du jour, and to be consistent, therefore must equally dislike the same done to the Republicans for righties out on the fringe, despite the temptation to enjoy seeing it done to certain prominent asses.
Shadenfreude, and all that.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> [...]These umbrage episodes that have become the principal narrative line of our politics are orgies of insincerity. Pols declare that they are distraught, offended, outraged by some stray remark by a political opponent, or judicial nominee, or radio talk-show host. They demand apology, firing, crucifixion. The target resists for a few days, then caves in and steps down or apologizes. Occasionally they survive, as Limbaugh probably will, but wounded and more careful from now on.
[...]
Nevertheless, the self-righteous parade out the door by Limbaugh’s advertisers is hard to stomach. Had they never listened to Rush before, in all the years they had been paying for commercials on his show? His sliming of a barely known law student may be a new low -- even after what he’s said about Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Obama -- but it’s not a huge gap. “We hope that our action,” said David Friend, the chief executive of a company called Carbonite, “will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse,” as the company withdrew its ads. Ultimately! Where was this hope for “civilized discourse” a week ago? </div></div>
I agree, and have said before that these demands of people that they address and denounce the offender du jour amount to Stalinist thought police lock-step demands.
Don't much care for them when they are ambushing Democrats to force denunciations of the radical du jour, and to be consistent, therefore must equally dislike the same done to the Republicans for righties out on the fringe, despite the temptation to enjoy seeing it done to certain prominent asses.
Shadenfreude, and all that.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> [...]These umbrage episodes that have become the principal narrative line of our politics are orgies of insincerity. Pols declare that they are distraught, offended, outraged by some stray remark by a political opponent, or judicial nominee, or radio talk-show host. They demand apology, firing, crucifixion. The target resists for a few days, then caves in and steps down or apologizes. Occasionally they survive, as Limbaugh probably will, but wounded and more careful from now on.
[...]
Nevertheless, the self-righteous parade out the door by Limbaugh’s advertisers is hard to stomach. Had they never listened to Rush before, in all the years they had been paying for commercials on his show? His sliming of a barely known law student may be a new low -- even after what he’s said about Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Obama -- but it’s not a huge gap. “We hope that our action,” said David Friend, the chief executive of a company called Carbonite, “will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse,” as the company withdrew its ads. Ultimately! Where was this hope for “civilized discourse” a week ago? </div></div>