tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post7424761861946722354..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: National Brotherhood WeekMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-88423216205540472032009-08-11T13:32:31.146-05:002009-08-11T13:32:31.146-05:00I think we're largely in agreement, Amanda. Th...I think we're largely in agreement, Amanda. The point I'm making is that there has always been a lot of name-calling involved and it's risible for the Andrew Sullivans of the world to be shocked, shocked that such things happen. That's why I dug back 45 years into the archives for the Tom Lehrer.<br /><br />We Americans are a contentious lot. That's what makes the "shut up, they explained" tactics I'm seeing so problematic to me. I don't like government sponsored snitch lines and I don't like SEIU thugs beating down protestors. Nor do I like people shouting other people down. But I'm working my side of the street here. :)Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-12829304187442998572009-08-11T13:24:23.273-05:002009-08-11T13:24:23.273-05:00Half of those 420,000 hits are probably people com...Half of those 420,000 hits are probably people complaining about the other half saying Bush is a Nazi. (The same with Clinton, etc.) Personally I find it uncreative and meaningless when people are accused of being Nazis (unless of course they are literally championing a Nazi-similar cause or agenda).<br /><br />I don't think "all Republicans are knuckle-draggers." But it does seem to me that to be so specific about <i>whose</i> bad behavior ought to be criticized, is another way of condoning the bad behavior of their opposition.my name is Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484587200951022679noreply@blogger.com