Lefty Blogs - Deconstructed While Self-Destructing

Posted By Blackfive

First, Greyhawk takes a look at a recent Washington Post article that examined a lefty blog and a righty blog.  Greyhawk is one of the best writers around.  Here's a bit of his take on the lefty blogs' self-destruction:

...You might notice I don't use the terms "liberal" or "progressive" when addressing the Left here. They have been neither for quite some time. (See "rigid orthodoxy" above.) They still refer to themselves in such terms, of course. I blame Rush Limbaugh for maintaining their delusion.

Individuals on the Right also often shut down opposing views, of course, but the spectrum of opinion on virtually every topic I can name seems broader across the Right. Perhaps that's because it's currently defined as anyone who doesn't adhere to the left's strict orthodoxy on every conceivable point.

There are liberals who are left of center, of course, but the signal to noise ratio is falling fast...

There's a lot more.  That was just a bit of his post.

Next, Hugh Hewitt examines the left blogosphere more thoroughly.  Here's a taste:

...The lefty blogs are training an entire generation of activists to conduct themselves outside of those rules, to develop habits which are not only handicaps to persuasion, but are actually almost insurmountable barriers between the lefty blogs and a huge portion of the independent vote and even a large slice of Democrats...

Hugh goes on to discuss many aspects of the rancor on the left and winds up discussing MilBlogs - and our dismissal by the left blogs. 

I would venture a guess that many MilBloggers are, in fact, Democrats.  That's right.

But with the recent possibility of a *shudder* President Kerry and the left's willingness to roll over anyone (including the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan) in order to destroy President Bush, you find many of us on the Center-Right.  What other serious choice do they have?

You can blaim George Soros or Teddy Kennedy or Media Matters or Howard Dean or Terry McAuliffe for that.  If the Democrats took back the center of their party, they'd have a chance at winning some of the MilBloggers back.

Attention Democrats - Gangrene has set in.  It's time for the true Democrats to decide whether to allow the infection to spread or to amputate.

You have bleed first before you can heal...

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Lefty Blogs - Deconstructed While Self-Destructing

First, Greyhawk takes a look at a recent Washington Post article that examined a lefty blog and a righty blog.  Greyhawk is one of the best writers around.  Here's a bit of his take on the lefty blogs' self-destruction:

...You might notice I don't use the terms "liberal" or "progressive" when addressing the Left here. They have been neither for quite some time. (See "rigid orthodoxy" above.) They still refer to themselves in such terms, of course. I blame Rush Limbaugh for maintaining their delusion.

Individuals on the Right also often shut down opposing views, of course, but the spectrum of opinion on virtually every topic I can name seems broader across the Right. Perhaps that's because it's currently defined as anyone who doesn't adhere to the left's strict orthodoxy on every conceivable point.

There are liberals who are left of center, of course, but the signal to noise ratio is falling fast...

There's a lot more.  That was just a bit of his post.

Next, Hugh Hewitt examines the left blogosphere more thoroughly.  Here's a taste:

...The lefty blogs are training an entire generation of activists to conduct themselves outside of those rules, to develop habits which are not only handicaps to persuasion, but are actually almost insurmountable barriers between the lefty blogs and a huge portion of the independent vote and even a large slice of Democrats...

Hugh goes on to discuss many aspects of the rancor on the left and winds up discussing MilBlogs - and our dismissal by the left blogs. 

I would venture a guess that many MilBloggers are, in fact, Democrats.  That's right.

But with the recent possibility of a *shudder* President Kerry and the left's willingness to roll over anyone (including the troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan) in order to destroy President Bush, you find many of us on the Center-Right.  What other serious choice do they have?

You can blaim George Soros or Teddy Kennedy or Media Matters or Howard Dean or Terry McAuliffe for that.  If the Democrats took back the center of their party, they'd have a chance at winning some of the MilBloggers back.

Attention Democrats - Gangrene has set in.  It's time for the true Democrats to decide whether to allow the infection to spread or to amputate.

You have bleed first before you can heal...

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