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Thursday, July 21, 2005
To be fair
I read this on Norwegianity, cribbing from Billmon:
[TalkLeft’s] anonymous troll picks out the one comment on the thread that suggests Roberts should be opposed simply because Bush appointed him -- a remark posted by someone using the World Socialist Web Site as a return email address. This, our troll screeches, is the "typical lefty reaction."
And I thought to myself, "Self, to be fair, you've done the same damn thing -- gone out to find the craziest Freeper comment you can find and posted it as a view from the right."
Then I got to this part:
You cannot cripple an opponent by outwitting him in a political debate. You can do it only by following Lenin’s injunction: "In political conflicts, the goal is not to refute your opponent’s argument, but to wipe him from the face of the earth."
Then I reread this part:
While liberals sift and weigh the evidence, debate alternative points of view, and reach for that ever elusive "fairness," the conservative machine sifts and weighs alternative propaganda points, debates the best way to manipulate public opinion, and reaches for power -- first, last and always.
And then I thought to myself, "Self, screw fair."
Anyway, I regret missing Drinking Liberally last night, but Ms. Hammer had plans and someone had to watch the kids. I guess.
