tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6033218193370692888..comments2024-03-17T17:09:51.505-05:00Comments on driftglass: Dead Center, Ctd.driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-895888888970164592011-07-10T21:28:39.455-05:002011-07-10T21:28:39.455-05:00I recall you read that recent Rolling Stone interv...I recall you read that recent <i>Rolling Stone</i> interview of a group of mainstream pundits, and Matt Taibbi was allowed to crash the party. Matt T. basically told it like it was about the Tea Party, and David Gergen got all pearl-clutchy and accused him of being elitist. Now let's say that instead of the Tea Party, the movement in question was a populist movement from the far left, and our party-crasher was Bob Dornan. You could imagine what Dornan would have to say about a nationwide movement of firebrand progressives, and you know it wouldn't be kind or tolerant at all. And do you think there would be any pearl-clutching on David Gergen's part in this hypothetical scenario? I think we all know the answer to that question, right?Mister Robotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724938709642010624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-84803208347693001472011-07-09T16:03:14.924-05:002011-07-09T16:03:14.924-05:00Enjoying your endless verbal graffiti, driftglass....Enjoying your endless verbal graffiti, driftglass. It expresses your disgust, no doubt grounded in idealism, at the mud crawling we humans do, compared with what we could do, were we not human.<br /><br />Do you understand humans from a cognitive science view as well? And do you find hope in genetic engineering to perhaps slightly modify the aggressive and competitive tendencies, a la ancient Chinese Confucianism?<br /><br />Just askin'...Ormond Otvoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218783352148219090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-22767557507061628522011-07-09T13:45:29.553-05:002011-07-09T13:45:29.553-05:00Interesting viewpoints. Our political system is t...Interesting viewpoints. Our political system is terrible. Makes us a gigantic laughing stock.Audreyhttp://www.evrmemories.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6913170868752719242011-07-09T13:11:02.663-05:002011-07-09T13:11:02.663-05:00"Just in case you were wondering why I spend ..."Just in case you were wondering why I spend so many hours and pixels making this point and sharpening the argument from every angle I can think of :-)"<br /><br />Well, I'm still wondering. (As much as we all love your writing, you do tend to repeat yourself some...)<br /><br />But this post seemed to be making a couple new points:<br /><br />1: In order to win, the left needs either the right or the center to vote with them.<br /><br />2: but the the right is hopeless and invulnerable, whereas the center (albeit banal, amoral and repugnant) may respond to certain kinds of pressure.<br /><br />This led me to expect that you must be going to the obvious conclusion: that the left needs to apply the right kind of pressure to the centrists, and that you were going to suggest a political stragegy: what kind of pressure that was and how to apply it.<br /><br />That was precisely when the article ended... Strategis interruptus. No satisfaction.<br /><br />What gives?muluousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-70691882454692163712011-07-08T23:48:57.377-05:002011-07-08T23:48:57.377-05:00I can haz Howie Doody Clown Puppet plz?I can haz Howie Doody Clown Puppet plz?Rokethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409177509254516312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29365003249853448202011-07-08T21:48:30.600-05:002011-07-08T21:48:30.600-05:00Explicitly calling out evil scumbags on their war ...Explicitly calling out evil scumbags on their war crimes & monkey-business = NASTY PARTISAN RHETORIC.<br /><br />Equating anti-war & anti-poverty activists with suicide-bombers = AN INTERESTING VIEWPOINT.jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840719620959481121noreply@blogger.com