Oh dear - I'm quite late to the conversation, although I have been reading this thread diligently. I've spent more than enough time at Pitcairn Island the last few days to realize that the inhabitants there make many at DU look somewhat reasonable. How is that even possible? The liberal mantra of do as I say and not as I do has been vomited across the elms like that of the proverbial teenager the morning after an all night kegger. The cognitive dissonance should be deafening, but alas, it is not. I've read so many threads on the AZ incident, and like Ballygrl, I must give credit to ATJ for trying to be the voice of reason. He, Political Heretic, and a couple of others have at least tried to point out that what the left is doing now is seriously jeopardizing credibility with people who don't have an axe to grind, and who can intelligently separate the actions of a mad man from political discourse. Interestingly enough, I've only seen Laelth in a couple of conversations, mainly with Ecarina/crazy Depakid of DU notoriety, extolling the virtues of his benevolence in coming here to educate us on how to make peace.
In real life, nobody ever accuses me of being at a loss for words, but seriously, I've been dumbfounded over the argument Laelth is trying to present here. It's been discussed already in many excellent points in this thread alone, so I won't rehash the argument. I'm just honestly trying to get my brain around how all the toning down of rhetoric is reserved for the right, and how the left can throw any crap at the wall, see if it sticks, and call it a logical argument. For the last few months, all we've heard from the left is how evil the blue dog dems are and how they need to be taken out. Should we just believe that to be figurative speech, or should we start a campaign of justice against progressives for how they talk about their representatives? Is that a different argument because it's made by the left? Now suddenly, since it fits the agenda, the left has forgotten all about their vicious slams of the moderate dems in favor of castigating the right. It seems to be a game, and its one adults should not be playing. While you should be having a heart to heart talk with yourself about integrity, instead you personify the child in your example of pointing and saying, "Make him apologize first." Shame on you if that's what you are modeling in your home, and shame on you for modeling it with your cohorts.
As for Sarah Palin, she's a grown lady and knew the political climate was heated when she arrived on the national scene. Still, the audacity one must have to say that she's playing the victim card here is simply unbelievable. Have we not seen two plus years of her, her family, and many of her associates being constantly mocked for not toeing some imaginary line in the sand? With as much respect as I can possibly muster, I ask you and all the other political do-gooders, who seek to politicize this tragedy, to go pound sand.
