tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5771988030911654171..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Temporary (I Hope) IncoherencyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-61460368987811197352012-11-16T19:17:52.897-05:002012-11-16T19:17:52.897-05:00Some people like to be offended, and will find off...Some people like to be offended, and will find offense in most anything. They also are terribly offensive, and just can't see why anyone would be offended by what they say.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11304618431258401072012-11-16T16:52:16.763-05:002012-11-16T16:52:16.763-05:00I'm not up on all the details...
Are Al Frank...I'm not up on all the details...<br /><br />Are Al Franken and Rush Limbaugh equivalent? <br /><br />I've never listened to Franken, but he did have a reputation for being caustic and abrasive towards supporters of the GOP.<br /><br />My broader point: if anyone wants to name names, we can go on for quite some time.<br /><br />The original post about moral superiority seemed to be that the Democratic Party and its friends are comfortable using slander to defame their political opponents. The opponents aren't just wrong, they are evil (or dupes for evil manipulators).<br /><br />Pointing out that Republicans-and-friends can't claim the title of being morally superior feels like a <i>non sequitur</i>. <br /><br />If I (or terri) wish to argue that we support a party because the other party is rude/obnoxious, we have to ignore what our own favorite party is doing.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35509802545140715232012-11-16T12:38:20.048-05:002012-11-16T12:38:20.048-05:00This may not be entirely related, but it's wha...This may not be entirely related, but it's what sprang to mind upon reading this...<br /><br />I think my take on much of the offensiveness in political speech today is that it matters not so much who is saying what or about whom, but rather how okay you are with it if they then don't vote for you. <br /><br />In the post election recaps, I've been more critical of Republican offensiveness, but a large part of that is because they didn't win. I watched some of Fox news in the days after the election, and some of the stuff they were saying about single women was fairly offensive...but when you realized they were only talking about that demographic because they believed the (lack of) single female vote lost them the election, it just felt bizarre. I'm no political strategist, but my guess is almost every demographic responds better to "you're great and hard working and our vision for this country includes lots of people like you" than to criticism. <br /><br />I guess my rule of thumb would be "if you lost, try toning it down next time". bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.com