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Liberal Condescension: Twitter Style
Jun 20th
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about Twitterspace, but every once in awhile I run into some crazy liberals there. Today I was just minding my own business, watching the Braves play and following the #Braves hashtag on Twitter. That’s when I ran into this guy. KCYeti is another member of the not-so-kind-and-gentle progressive left. I should add that his Twitter feed isn’t exactly family friendly. Here’s his take on Braves fans:
I know, I know, I’m picking on one guy in Kansas and frankly he’s had worse things to say about the Twins. This is just another example of a faux enlightened individual who cloaks his disgusting personality under the guise of progressive political superiority. This is what happens to people when they spend their free time reading The Daily Kos. That type of leftest fringe thought process makes anything easy to believe. It’s easy to pick on Atlanta Braves fans when you believe they’re all inferior racist tea party nutjobs. Just imagine if I ran across this guy and the topic was the Astros or Rangers! Hitler analogies, here we come!
It’s one thing when some Manhattan snob looks down at the South, but as I mentioned earlier Kirk Harris is from Kansas (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Who knew that Kansas was the new bastion of elite philosophical political thought? Then again, maybe it’s not. How stupid do you have to be to Tweet about the Braves anyway?
Twitter Agitators
Feb 19th
Over the last six months I’ve really enjoyed using Twitter. At first I didn’t see a real use for the platform, but now I’m not sure I can live without it. For breaking news and politics Twitter is essential. There is also a lot of riff raff to deal with. This really isn’t a indictment of “progressives” because I’m one person and I can’t really generalize a whole ideology based on a few bad apples, but lately I’ve run into some really partisan hacks.
Now on to the tweet of the day. As I mentioned a few days ago @top20reos has been a real joy to read the past few days. I pointed this fact out today and someone rallied to his defense. After a few exchanges (none, of which were logical) here’s the classic tweet from @ilovemytroops.
Actually, I don’t know who exactly I was talking to, but if her website is any indication it wasn’t anyone who was well respected. The liberal condescension here is amazing. I’m a fool and inferior? I tried four or five times to get a direct answer from this person, but all I got was random name calling and comments about Sarah Palin. What is it about Sarah Palin that is driving some of those on the left to derangement. I just don’t get it.
RE: Why So Condescending?
Feb 13th
I learned something very valuable today after my brief post on liberal condescension. It all started when Jeff Beck (no, not that Jeff Beck) came across my link on Twitter. I guess liberal RE/MAX real estate agents will not ever be fans of The Daily Plunge.
There’s something heartwarming about the use of “not” in that bitter assessment of my entry. Even though it’s not 1993 anymore some people still think using “not” is funny. Now, I’m not going to pick too much on @top20reos. Although I’m sure he won’t mind. As Bob Wiley once said: “He’s so high above us, we’re like ropes on the Goodyear blimp.” For someone who acts like they don’t care about what conservatives think he spends a lot of time trying to agitate people on the right.
Needless to say I engaged Mr. Beck via Twitter but it was a lost cause. He didn’t want to directly answer anything I had to say. It was easier to hurl insults about the quality of The Daily Plunge. I guess I would be upset but I’m not sure I really care about the opinion of a liberal tweeter who uses his real estate agent account to attack conservatives. Anyway, the only reason I bring this up is because of Jeff Beck’s last meaningful tweet to me.
@top20reos: Intelligent people rarely, if ever experience condescension. Think about it.
That really sums it all up. People like Jeff Beck feel like they’re intellectually superior to any conservative. Is it really surprising that every prominent conservative’s intelligence is attacked? The reason why true liberals will never be honestly elected nationally in the United States is because they don’t understand the average American.
Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
“But Henshaw, Obama was elected and he’s liberal.” Oh, I know, but he didn’t run as a liberal. Obama ran as a post-partisan centrist. He was helped by his sparse record and the fact he ran in 2008, a year any Democrat could have won. The fact is if Obama ever wants to be reelected he’ll have to act more conservative. If intelligent people rarely ever feel condescension, then liberals like Jeff Beck must never be happy. It must be depressing to know that your political beliefs are a pariah to the average American.
Hollywood: Okay with Rape
Sep 30th
I find it quite astounding that Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci would sign a petition calling for the release of Roman Polanski. If people in Hollywood wonder why people think they’re out of touch with reality there’s no better example than the reaction to Polanski’s arrest. Polanski pled guilty to drugging and raping a 13 year girl in 1978. Polanski fled the country before the sentence could be carried out. Whoopi Goldberg says that it wasn’t “rape rape,” whatever that means.
It’s astonishing and disgusting that anyone would defend this rapist, but there seems to be no end of idiots defending rape.
One celebrity supporter, the actress Debra Winger, said it was a “three-decades-old case that is dead but for minor technicalities. We stand by him and await his release and his next masterpiece.” Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein said Polanski was a “humanist” who had been the victim of a “miscarriage of justice”. He said: “We will have to speak to our leaders, particularly in California. I’m not too shy to go and talk to the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and to ask him once and for all to look at this.”
I guess if a person is perceived a genius director and a “humanist” he gets to drug and rape all the 13-year-old girls he wants. This is beyond the pale. There should be universal outrage. Goldberg should be forced to apologize or be fired from ABC’s The View. She has the freedom to say whatever she wants, but no TV network should pay a personality who downplays the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
As far as the actors, directors, and insiders who signed this petition, it should be a black mark on their otherwise distinguished careers. I know it’s easy to pick on morons, but just read the tweets from Matti Croft. He is one of the countless people who are rushing to defend Polanski.
Matti09: In Cali you can cut your ex wifes head off & go home, or record top #1 hits and molest little white boys & go home- let Roman Polanski go
Matti09: Roman Polanski – Americans should be concerned with Public Option not 30 yr old cases… Ridiculous
Matti09: If Roman Polanski was a black football star or a black king of pop, would this even be of any concern! NO!!!
Matti09: 13 year old woman isn’t a child!
When I responded to the idiot I predictably got an idiots response.
Matti09: @DailyPlunge – Better be careful you would want to get trouble! That woman knew what she was doing! SEDUCTION! She got paid by settlement!
Matti09: @DailyPlunge – Know your facts be for you open your $%#@&%$ mouth!
I guess I’m a little surprised that pedophilia is acceptable to many people. The girl was raped so it wasn’t even consensual. In this case the girl’s age is irrelevant. To defend Polanski means that after 30 years rape of any kind should be a forgivable offense.
narcissistic twitter wasteland
May 22nd
The world is abuzz with Twitter. It seems like every Tom, Dick, and Ashton has a Twitter account. If one can wade through the narcissistic Twitter wasteland, the service can be helpful. Twitter is great for following real-time events (like the Google crash last week) or to get the first thoughts of journalists/bloggers. There are even fake spacetweets from astronauts. That aside, I come back to the wasteland.
Yesterday President Obama gave speech supposedly about Gitmo that I’d rather not get into at this time. Former Vice President Cheney gave a speech on the same topic shortly after Obama finished. It seems as if both sides of the political spectrum were happy with their guy’s speech (shocking). Evidently, Senator Tom Harkin took a break from creating and supporting bad legislation to give his 2¢ on the issue. I know this because I’m following “Tom Harkin” on Twitter. Well, not really; I’m actually following his name on Twitter.
Every time some person Twitters Tom Harkin’s name I get an email. That’s great when I find out that Harkin calls Cheney “pathetic” for giving a logical speech on Gitmo, but it’s bad when I get an email tweet like this…
Eveofdestructio: sen. Tom Harkin was on and he talked about how obama is following are great constition and Bill of Rights, which cheney threw out .
Really, the words speak for themselves. I guess it was the word constitution that was on the eve of destruction. It still surprises to me that people believe foreign combatants fall under the protection of the United States Constitution. Who knew plotting to blow up innocent civilians and US targets entitles a person to rights as a US citizen? Anyway, that’s a whole separate post in itself. The great world of Twitter debate has begun. Oh, the possibilities are endless.
