So over at Canadian Cynic there was a link to a post by Canadian Cincinnatus wherein Cincinnatus writes that while there are goons on the right-wing they're far outnumbered by the hordes of angry, slavering trools and psychopaths on the left.
The whole kafuffle between myself and Canadian Cynic over his fraudulent quotation of me has gotten me asking the following question: why is socialism such a nasty movement? Oh, I know, there are plenty of trolls and thugs in the right, but it seems that the number of goons per capita is much higher on the left side of the spectrum. And what’s more, those that are on the left tend to be respected their more moderate peers while right-wing goons are almost universally shunned by the mainstream right.
I took issue with this and responded thusly:
Dear Mr. Thwap:
Those first two comments you cite from small dead animals, are they real comments or have they been planted there by a left-wing activist?
Since I assume you are cool with Canadian Cynic's attribution policy, I gotta ask.
Whereupon I typed something that'll be my post for the day:
No it won't. Okay, yes it will!
Cinn,
"GaryinWnpg" appears to be a regular poster at SDA. If he's a leftist impersonating a rightist then it appears to be a full-time job.
"penny" is the real deal. She's a suburban mother from (I believe) Caledonia who I've debated with when I used to haunt SDA's comment section.
Here's the thing. You're wrong.
"Small Dead Animals" is one of Canada's most popular blogs. It's owner has called for the re-opening of the residential schools.
She's not a fringe-dweller so far as the Canadian political internet goes.
Rabble.ca was always compared to freedominion.com, equally angry, equally deranged. There's no comparison.
Michael Moore is referred to as the left's Ann Coulter. When did Michael Moore advocate killing SCOTUS Justices he didn't agree with. When did Michael Moore ever joke that he wished the terrorists took out Wall Street, or the WSJ? I defy you to find something Moore ever said that's the equivalent of the worst that Coulter said.
And, just recently, an anti-Obama protestor was seen with a gun strapped to his leg holding a sign alluding to watering the tree of liberty with the blood of a tyrant.
When did bush II or Cheney ever have to deal with something like that?
You're trying to create an equivalence that's not there.
Thanks for posting my comment.
Could you find me a left-wing discussion board or comments section like this one -
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/005503.html#comments
regarding allegations of Canadian soldiers beating prisoners in Afghanistan?
Some quotes:
"I honestly do not know what the problem is. Ok, a few prisoners are slapped around. If it is that much of a hassle, simply take no prisoners, shoot every SOB."
"I'm with GaryinWpg, just shoot them dead as you find them since the liberal MSM moonbats are too cowardly to embed themselves with the troops they can only speculate."
"Prof. Amir Attaran, I thinks 6 weeks basic at Petawawa and a trip to Afstan is in order, and not as a concientious objector. Maybe you will get more of an appreciation of things local, from a combat soldier's and the local Afghani's perspective when you are on the receiving end of all those poor "insurgents" that you weep for. "
"In the past, Amir Attaran would have been arrested as an enemy spy. His purpose is not so-called 'human rights abuses'. That is his clever cover. He is using our laws and values against us, in order to support the jihad."
"(The enemy infiltrator known as) Attaran's last effort was to have the Geneva enemy combatant rules applied to jihad prisoners. The problem is jihadi Islamofascists, especially the Taliban, are not recognized soldiers of any country's military. So, in its present form, the Geneva rules do not apply. But, obviously, he's still trying to cripple our military effort any way he can."
"What the MSM should be concentrating on is questioning the motives of the oppostion and this
professor in bringing this crap forward.
Additionally, this all happened under the LIBS did it not? Where were they. How does this reflect on the current government? "