tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2682390756516613145..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: When Privileged, "Libertarian" Elephants Fight -- UPDATEdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11886393586596413492013-05-27T21:45:15.701-05:002013-05-27T21:45:15.701-05:00There you go....bad mouthing Macgyver again...Patt...There you go....bad mouthing Macgyver again...Patti and Selma always just waiting to pull the trigger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72252969908735954782013-05-27T16:11:51.809-05:002013-05-27T16:11:51.809-05:00You consider that a defense of drones? It seems t...You consider that a defense of drones? It seems to me to be asking about how war is waged, not to mention pointing out that drones are merely a manifestation of airborne warfare. How are they different from bombing Cambodia? <br /><br />in the end of that piece, driftglass asked what he termed a fundamental question: are we at war, and if so, with whom?<br /><br />So in that, he actually agrees with you and Greenwald; if there is no war, the deployment of drone bombings, or military incursion, is kind of over the edge.<br /><br />I think, as Greenwald said recently, you are reading into the post what you want, not what's there. And it seems that since driftglass disagrees with Greenwald on SOME things, he must oppose GG on everything, and so you coin a juvenile name for him.<br /><br />Might as well start calling me Zombie Rotten McDronelover too, because I ain't a fan of Greenwald either.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73509295913258295562013-05-27T14:41:09.185-05:002013-05-27T14:41:09.185-05:00http://driftglass.blogspot.ca/2013/02/death-from-a...http://driftglass.blogspot.ca/2013/02/death-from-above.html<br /><br />"If [we are at war], what are we permitted to do when the people with whom we are at war have no capital city to capture and no leadership with whom peace treaties can be signed?"<br /><br />He was more explicit in one of the podcasts in January or February of this year. <br /><br />Several other commenters at the time (and since) called him on this more eloquently than I could.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585724033790292974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63994839932130573772013-05-27T14:02:01.536-05:002013-05-27T14:02:01.536-05:00@ Lumpy: If the misruling classes of the United St...@ Lumpy: If the misruling classes of the United States Of Fubarica had any smarts left, they'd be divesting themselves of the putrefying empire with all possible speed, as their British equivalents did after WW2.<br /><br />Also, while I share your anti-imperial sentiments, I think your calling Drifty "Droneglass" goes a bit over the top. <br /><br />I'm sure the man doesn't like blowing up swarthy kids as "collateral damage", but as long as it happens in a Dinocratic administration, his Windy City cultural reflexes will hobble his ability to denounce the carnage. I expect that he'll find his righteous anger again if the carnage continues under a Reptilian administration, assuming we ever have another one of those.Hamfast Ruddynecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3557887979771474512013-05-27T12:07:05.341-05:002013-05-27T12:07:05.341-05:00Oh. I see your mistake LL. You are under some ki...Oh. I see your mistake LL. You are under some kind of impression that Sullivan and Greenwald are not working the same side of the street.<br /><br />Oh, and let me tell you how clever I find the "droneglass" construction. When talking about someone who has never -- not once! -- expressed any support for the drone bombing program. no really! I've been reading driftglass since he spun off from Gilliard's joint, and if you can find an instance, I'd be shocked. Go ahead, I'll wait.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1784123769037693302013-05-27T11:31:19.960-05:002013-05-27T11:31:19.960-05:00GG: "I think the answer lies in the very firs...GG: "I think the answer lies in the very first sentence Sullivan wrote when responding to my column: "I really have to try restrain my anger here." It's an intensely emotional reaction, not a rational one." <br /> <br />Droneglass: "was too hilariously clueless not to mention."<br /><br />Look what's happened here. Greenwald's point of substance has just been vindicated (in DG's own update), and Sullivan again exposed as a racist a-hole... <br /><br />So DG (with his lame 'Elephants fighting' metaphor in tatters) reverts to channeling David Brooks: decrying Greenwald for 'throat ripping invective' (with no example provided, how typical).<br /> <br />Once again, Droneglass offers only a more sophisticated, leftish version of the "Both Sides" mantra. If the U.S. ruling class had any smarts left, they'd start paying him for his loyalty... though it still won't end up saving the putrefying empire.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585724033790292974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-23518959237940858262013-05-26T11:26:14.365-05:002013-05-26T11:26:14.365-05:00Actually, when verbs such as "worship" a...Actually, when verbs such as "worship" add a suffix, such as "-ed", "-er", or "-ing", it is acceptable either to double the final consonant of the original word or not to do that.<br /><br />I would provide a link, but, being an antique flatulence who did not grow up clicking mice, I don't know how to make links on Blogger's bare-bones, user-unfriendly comment threads. :PHamfast Ruddynecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40571544733869387082013-05-26T01:58:53.828-05:002013-05-26T01:58:53.828-05:00Hey Anonymous:
I was quick AND "brutal"...Hey Anonymous:<br /><br />I was quick AND "brutal" in calling out the many, many Greenwald worshipers who came here to troll?<br /><br />I don't remember being brutal, but hey, you have a demi-god to shill for, so spout your bullshit.<br /><br />Also, I spelled worshiper correctly.<br /><br />Welcome to the English language!Cinesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996950964848333121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-22759891574405861022013-05-26T00:10:29.822-05:002013-05-26T00:10:29.822-05:00"The driftglass worshipers [sp] are quick and..."The driftglass worshipers [sp] are quick and brutal about trolling someone who doesn't toe the line on reflexive GG hatred!<br /><br />Congrats all around!"<br /><br />FTFYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11960937972000816802013-05-25T21:36:06.517-05:002013-05-25T21:36:06.517-05:00it's okay to detest both of these guys, right?...it's okay to detest both of these guys, right?chrome agnomennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-69765002776715898652013-05-25T19:31:05.500-05:002013-05-25T19:31:05.500-05:00Droneglass has finally convinced me! It's like...<i>Droneglass has finally convinced me! It's like he always says:<br /><br />"Both sides do it!" and "Both sides are wrong!"</i><br /><br />I am pretty sure he never says that. Do you moonlight as an overhead projector?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11302510921760487122013-05-25T16:33:54.965-05:002013-05-25T16:33:54.965-05:00Jesus God and Heaven Above!
The Glen Greenwald wo...Jesus God and Heaven Above!<br /><br />The Glen Greenwald worshipers are quick and brutal about trolling someone who doesn't toe the line!<br /><br />Congrats all around!Cinesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996950964848333121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-52157788470861188322013-05-25T14:28:38.713-05:002013-05-25T14:28:38.713-05:00Is there anyone left who doesn't understand th...Is there anyone left who doesn't understand that ideologies always have their extremists?<br /><br />A better use of time would be weaving ponchos from navel lint.Ormond Otvoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218783352148219090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-20146080561360319432013-05-25T02:03:28.573-05:002013-05-25T02:03:28.573-05:00The usual suspects are in and name-calling as usua...The usual suspects are in and name-calling as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62634741388728283222013-05-24T22:59:58.493-05:002013-05-24T22:59:58.493-05:00Once again it is unclear what your problem is with...Once again it is unclear what your problem is with GG here. Your personal animosity for the fellow seems to be greater than any actual differences of substance. Thus the grass suffers, not because GG takes on Andrew Sullivan, but because driftglass takes on GG again for no apparent reason.mahakalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649042340743257076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-64185423409095386632013-05-24T22:57:46.082-05:002013-05-24T22:57:46.082-05:00Droneglass has finally convinced me! It's like...Droneglass has finally convinced me! It's like he always says: <br /><br />"Both sides do it!" and "Both sides are wrong!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14585724033790292974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-25668111825129469892013-05-24T17:42:52.460-05:002013-05-24T17:42:52.460-05:00Thank god for Hope and/or Change, ehh drifty?
~Thank god <a href="http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/whiskey_fire/2013/05/moore-booze-please.html" rel="nofollow">for Hope and/or Change</a>, ehh drifty?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-16671320343644817932013-05-24T17:13:59.325-05:002013-05-24T17:13:59.325-05:00Elephants don't tweet, not even privileged one...Elephants don't tweet, not even privileged ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com