Comments on: Withers: Kristol has no sense of irony http://www.365gay.com/blog/123008-kristol-complains-about-the-left/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jim Guinnessey http://www.365gay.com/blog/123008-kristol-complains-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-37956 Jim Guinnessey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:18:02 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4682#comment-37956 I suppose that nitwit revisionist William Kristol would have labeled Jews in Germany critical of Hitler's rise to power as "the intolerant left." I suppose that nitwit revisionist William Kristol would have labeled Jews in Germany critical of Hitler’s rise to power as “the intolerant left.”

]]> By: drewski http://www.365gay.com/blog/123008-kristol-complains-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-37929 drewski Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:18:00 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4682#comment-37929 Bill Kristol is a tool. He's an elitist who argues a populist line when it's good for keeping the proles in check. Whatever native intelligence he has is compromised by a fundamental disrespect he and his ilk have for The Other. Who on the Left is like that? I'm not talking about some self-righteous second-year grad student who has family money to fall back on when they finish protesting in some godforsaken Flyover town; outside of academia, who gets a pass as good as Limbaugh's gotten? When have any of the Kristols or the Buckleys or the Scaifes or Lindners--ANY of the Wingnut Brigade--really had to live life without the privilege they so carefully maintain for themselves? I wanna see Ann Coulter go undercover for a year--no mannies and pedis, no touch-ups on that hair color, no primping--I wanna see her assigned two kids and see her make it on her own, based on the assumption that she has a BA that she never used 'cause she was married, but now she might get to be assistant manager at the Hardee's out on the Bypass. Let's see her keep her head on when it's a choice between pontificating on the glorious American Capitalist System, or choose between thyroid medication so she can stay employed, insurance co-pay so her kids are covered, or car insurance. Show me a "leftist" who wouldn't be honest about either having done it, or at least admitting it was beyond their full imagining because they'd always had it better. For that matter, show me five widely-known American authors/commentators who would qualify as true leftists in Canada or the EU. I'm Missouri--show me. Bill Kristol is a tool. He’s an elitist who argues a populist line when it’s good for keeping the proles in check. Whatever native intelligence he has is compromised by a fundamental disrespect he and his ilk have for The Other. Who on the Left is like that? I’m not talking about some self-righteous second-year grad student who has family money to fall back on when they finish protesting in some godforsaken Flyover town; outside of academia, who gets a pass as good as Limbaugh’s gotten? When have any of the Kristols or the Buckleys or the Scaifes or Lindners–ANY of the Wingnut Brigade–really had to live life without the privilege they so carefully maintain for themselves? I wanna see Ann Coulter go undercover for a year–no mannies and pedis, no touch-ups on that hair color, no primping–I wanna see her assigned two kids and see her make it on her own, based on the assumption that she has a BA that she never used ’cause she was married, but now she might get to be assistant manager at the Hardee’s out on the Bypass. Let’s see her keep her head on when it’s a choice between pontificating on the glorious American Capitalist System, or choose between thyroid medication so she can stay employed, insurance co-pay so her kids are covered, or car insurance. Show me a “leftist” who wouldn’t be honest about either having done it, or at least admitting it was beyond their full imagining because they’d always had it better.

For that matter, show me five widely-known American authors/commentators who would qualify as true leftists in Canada or the EU. I’m Missouri–show me.

]]> By: Alan http://www.365gay.com/blog/123008-kristol-complains-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-37661 Alan Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:28:15 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=4682#comment-37661 The important thing missing in human interfaces is not documentation of other's faults. It seems obvious that life on any planet cannot enjoy itself, much. Why? The important thing missing in human interfaces is not documentation of other’s faults. It seems obvious that life on any planet cannot enjoy itself, much. Why?

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