April 01, 2010

Matthew Yglesias' Readers Now Spamming Other Sites With the N-Word
— Ace

Yesterday, after I pointed out Yglesias' no-harm no-foul attitude towards the n-word, a few of his readers, having not commented upon the inappropriateness of the word all day, finally got angry about it... accusing conservatives of planting the slur on the site.

Odd that they didn't seem bothered by the word at all until the finally came up with a conspiracy theory by which to blame it on conservatives.

And they go on to prove their racial tolerance bona fides by reprinting the comment on our site. It's not been Tollbusted to something else, but yeah, originally it was a reprint of the Yglesias bon mot.

And how do I know it was an Yglesias reader? Well, I know it wasn't one of mine: a search for the unique hashmark used to differentiate all commenters' IPs demonstrates that the hash in question has never before appeared on the site. Since I haven't noticed the dispute being picked up by any other big sites, I'm wondering where else this new unwelcome commenter may have come from.

Stay classy, Matthew Yglesias and Matthew Yglesias' racist readers.

BTW: This from a post about Michael Steele, posted late yesterday even as one of his commenters had first-posted the n-word about Steele and it remained up all day long:

I mean, I love accusing conservatives of being motivated by racism...

Emphasis in original.

Oh, My: This Yglesias reader also posted this in the top headlines thread:

162 Michael Steele is a house nig! What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and Sarah Palin's c**t? Retarded shit only came out of her c**t once.

Posted by: Paulie Carbone at April 01, 2010 10:51 AM (KK69A)

I redacted the c-word. Paulie Carbone didn't.

Since he left his handle on that one, I can now confirm he's a regular Yglesias reader (scan down for "Paulie Carbone").

Remember: Matthew Yglesias loves (his italics) accusing conservatives of being motivated by racism.

Hat tip to Y-Not for putting me some information.

Posted by: Ace at 08:42 AM | Comments (158)
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1 I have no idea what you are talking about. Boy.

Posted by: Kilgore Trout at April 01, 2010 08:54 AM (AZGON)

2

Stay classy, Matthew Yglesias and Matthew Yglesias' racist readers.

You might as well ask that darkness doesn't follow day.  It's just as futile as asking those gits to be classy.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 01, 2010 08:56 AM (9hSKh)

Posted by: Hobo at April 01, 2010 08:56 AM (V8B//)

4

You fucking idiot!  You posted a link DIRECTLY to AoSHQ in this thread!  Don't punch down!

Crimeny, now they're gonna get all sorts of hits off of us...  Real talent, here, folks!  Real fucking talent.

Posted by: sumguy at April 01, 2010 08:56 AM (F26eZ)

5 No offense to Ace meant, but this whole thing is getting a bit Charles Johnsony.

Posted by: TTC at April 01, 2010 08:57 AM (olPJr)

6 Mmmmmm .... punch. Goes good with cake and pie.

Posted by: Rum Guy at April 01, 2010 08:58 AM (PLvLS)

7 Internet accusations of racism are some of the dumbest posts on any online discussion and surely contain an element of projection.  It's what I'd expect from anybody stupid enough to read the vapid meanderings of Matthew Yglesias.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 01, 2010 08:59 AM (EbYty)

8 Kilgore Trout up to his old tricks?

Posted by: pat at April 01, 2010 08:59 AM (vZL64)

9 I think Phil Jones contributed to the "pie over cake" study using the same methodology he used for his climate models.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at April 01, 2010 08:59 AM (9hSKh)

10 Libtards - can't live with them, can't legally harvest their organs.

Posted by: 141 Driver at April 01, 2010 08:59 AM (LEynS)

11
They've been spamming rap records with the N-word for years.You know the brothers don't talk that way.

Posted by: Atomic Roach at April 01, 2010 09:00 AM (Oxen1)

12 Rrrrrrrrum-punch.

Posted by: Mary Poppins at April 01, 2010 09:00 AM (F26eZ)

13 I like the cut of this Yglesias fellas' robe jib.

Posted by: Robert Byrd at April 01, 2010 09:00 AM (muUqs)

14 Nullification?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 09:01 AM (mR7mk)

15 For some incomprehensible reason, Hugh Hewitt used to have Yglesias on regularly, perhaps two years ago, but he hasn't been on in a very long time since then. Often Hugh needs better judgment in choosing guests.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:01 AM (AZGON)

16
5
Only if you are immediately banned for that comment.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 01, 2010 09:01 AM (tf9Ne)

17
Who?

Posted by: Dang Straights at April 01, 2010 09:02 AM (fx8sm)

18 I love reminding people that the democrat party was the party of the KKK and was PRO segregation.

They always get pissed off and say "that isn't the point" or "that doesn't matter" ... funny to watch the blinders go up.

Posted by: Mjim at April 01, 2010 09:02 AM (V8B//)

19 Good detective work Ace, remind me not to cheat on you w/20 bimbos, porn stars and a hobo. 

Posted by: dananjcon at April 01, 2010 09:03 AM (pr+up)

20 think Phil Jones contributed to the "pie over cake" study using the same methodology he used for his climate models. I love pie squared, even cubed. Throw in delicious cake and we've solved global warming and racism in one stroke.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:03 AM (AZGON)

21 Who?

 He's that famous singer from the seventies.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 01, 2010 09:04 AM (tf9Ne)

22 perhaps two years ago, but he hasn't been on in a very long time since then. Often Hugh needs better judgment in choosing guests. Posted by: George Orwell

Uh, doesn't the act of not having him on the show demonstrate 'better judgment.' You know, maybe it was something Yggy wrote?

Posted by: Test at April 01, 2010 09:06 AM (w8ddH)

23 expect alot more false flag attacks in the next few months ...

Posted by: Jeff at April 01, 2010 09:06 AM (wr8S+)

24

Who?

Wasn't he left-field for the Astros for a while?

Posted by: reason at April 01, 2010 09:06 AM (F26eZ)

25
This is unexpected.

Posted by: This is The Blog Czar at April 01, 2010 09:07 AM (84JKc)

26 Its always the closet dem racists that post the racist comments.  It comes out in public on a rare occasion as sure as O slips and says "spread the wealth around".

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 01, 2010 09:07 AM (7VvJB)

27 Someone on the street yesterday called me "Pinky" and asked if I waned a "Cracker"... After I said No, this individual said "only with wonder bread?"

Posted by: Hobo at April 01, 2010 09:08 AM (V8B//)

28

accusing conservatives of planting the slur on the site.

Well if that's not the pot calling the kettle...um never mind.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 01, 2010 09:08 AM (RZ8pf)

29 Racism is all they have. They are playing their last card, going for broke. I shall take pleasure in their lamentations.

Posted by: maddogg at April 01, 2010 09:08 AM (OlN4e)

30 Libtards - can't live with them, can't legally harvest their organs.

I could use an new index finger seeing as my old left one nearly got completely  severed by a blender last night.

Posted by: taylork at April 01, 2010 09:08 AM (0Hn5w)

31

"expect alot more false flag attacks in the next few months ..."

Or at least a lot more Tennessee flag attacks...

Posted by: reason at April 01, 2010 09:08 AM (F26eZ)

32 And yes, I mean, I love telling the truth about the racist democrats.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 01, 2010 09:09 AM (7VvJB)

33
I predicted the Left would stage a phony protest outside Obama's immaculation wearing white sheets just to try to make us look bad. I was wrong -- but I still think they'll pull that card out from their sleeves, eventually.

Posted by: This is The Blog Czar at April 01, 2010 09:09 AM (84JKc)

34 Wow, Ace got a detectivy without breaking the intertubes.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at April 01, 2010 09:09 AM (xz7jA)

35 Libtards - can't live with them, can't get enough meat off their bones to make chili.

Posted by: cumguy at April 01, 2010 09:10 AM (wOGfT)

36 What is "The N-Word" now? Niggardly?

Posted by: Hrothgar Salmon at April 01, 2010 09:10 AM (9Too6)

37 n-word on a liberal site ks just identifying with different cultures.

A neo-nazi/tennessee state flag at a teabagger rally is  racist for sure though.

Posted by: Charles Johnson at April 01, 2010 09:10 AM (Q1lie)

38 What a disgusting asshole. Yglesias is filth.

Posted by: darii at April 01, 2010 09:10 AM (RdrW8)

39
You must be wrong about something here ace.

Everybody knows that the Left is always tolerant of others.

Posted by: dan-O at April 01, 2010 09:11 AM (+9Rf8)

40 31 Libtards - can't live with them, can't legally harvest their organs.

I could use an new index finger seeing as my old left one nearly got completely  severed by a blender last night.

Posted by: taylork at April 01, 2010 01:08 PM (0Hn5w)

Obviously you need the maddogg standard helpful advise: don't fuck up (and keep your damn fingers out of plugged in blenders). Yer welcome!

Posted by: maddogg at April 01, 2010 09:11 AM (OlN4e)

41

Ha! But you proving that they did it just proves taht we're all totally racistss!

The only way to prove your nots racistsss is to not be born! Everyone nows that!

 

!!

 

Posted by: William at April 01, 2010 09:12 AM (77TeU)

42 Posted by: Paulie Carbone at April 01, 2010 10:51 AM (KK69A)

I redacted the c-word. Paulie Carbone didn't.

Don't they have basic Moby classes for idiots like Paulie?  He posts as an obvious liberal.  A decent Moby would have praised Palin, not added that asinine slap at her.

Liberals are too funny.  I just wish someone would get them back in their sandboxes, where these children belong and where they can't hurt the nation with their insane, stupid, self-hating ideas feelings.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:12 AM (N49h9)

43

I mean, I love accusing conservatives of being motivated by racism...

It's like there's little or no self-awareness on display here.  No concept of how his own racial motivations might be... bad.  No concept of how projecting them onto others might be... bad.  No concept of a more objective standard of racisim that might apply equally to him.  There seems to be no awareness the he might be capable of racism.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 01, 2010 09:12 AM (9EraU)

44

"I could use an new index finger seeing as my old left one nearly got completely  severed by a blender last night."

Just because it will blend, doesn't mean it should blend.

Posted by: a Blend-Tec technical writer at April 01, 2010 09:14 AM (F26eZ)

45

Paulie Carbone?

I'd say that sounds like some retard extra from the Sopranos but all of those characters were I-talian retards on that show.

What's more retarded than retarded? Hmmm. Hmmm.

 

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 01, 2010 09:14 AM (pLTLS)

46 Well, it's April Fools day which explains the influx of fools trolling this HQ. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 01, 2010 09:14 AM (Kn9r7)

47

"What is "The N-Word" now? Niggardly?"

Nilhilism?

Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at April 01, 2010 09:14 AM (ucq49)

48 5 No offense to Ace meant, but this whole thing is getting a bit Charles Johnsony.

Posted by: TTC at April 01, 2010 12:57 PM (olPJr)

Except for the whole "tea partiers are racist" meme that is going around right now.

Posted by: darii at April 01, 2010 09:15 AM (RdrW8)

49 Nobama!

Posted by: maddogg at April 01, 2010 09:15 AM (OlN4e)

50 Ace banning these commenters and exposing their 'true identities' as Yglassyass readers confirms what I said about ace being just like Charles Johnson.  Didn't you fuckers take poli sci 101?! 

Posted by: someY-not at April 01, 2010 09:16 AM (Kn9r7)

51 And these are the same lowlifes who constantly harp about how crude the rest of us are. Without incoherent hatred there is no Leftism, some Lefties just hide it better than others.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2010 09:16 AM (wtFb7)

52
Living in the Reality-based Communitytm is easy when you make up your own reality.

Posted by: This is The Blog Czar at April 01, 2010 09:17 AM (84JKc)

53 @42

Considering that "Paulie"s hash was attached to the "n-bomb" in the (dead) thread preceding the comment you reference I think this was part of a "time trap" setup.  I.E. drop an insulting Palin comment in a live thread and an n-bomb in an inactive thread- if a significant time elapses between cleaning up the Palin comment and cleaning up the n-bomb use that as "evidence" of racism.

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 01, 2010 09:18 AM (OtQXp)

54

That thing about Sarah Palin could be the least funny joke of all time.

Posted by: FireHorse at April 01, 2010 09:18 AM (cQyWA)

55 The Tennessee State Flag was designed by a fellow named LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. It was officially adopted by the Tennessee State Legislature on April 17, 1905.

In solidarity with the state of Tenn all right wing blogs should fly the Tenn Flag on April 17th.

Posted by: Rocks at April 01, 2010 09:18 AM (Q1lie)

56 Nilhilism?

I always found nihilism to be pointless and without objective meaning.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 01, 2010 09:18 AM (7VvJB)

57

Fucking fuck, someY-not!  Don't even mention Cjarles Jhonson around here!  Putting his name on our site only boosts his Lexis-Nexis results by associating him with us!

Fucking idiots, I post with around here...

Posted by: reasonguy at April 01, 2010 09:19 AM (F26eZ)

58

This Yglesias reader also posted this in the top headlines thread...

Heh.  BUSTED!

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 01, 2010 09:19 AM (9EraU)

59 You know I guess I for one would probably feel a lot worse about the use of the N word if I didn't hear it being blasted at full volume out of every beat to crap chevy impala and lincoln continental  I pass by on my way home from work every evening in the form of Rap "music".

I guess if the word is so over the top offensive then maybe we should all just stop using it all together.  If not then maybe we should take a good hard look at ourselves and realize that this double standard thing is utterly ridiculous.

A word shouldn't have one meaning or connotation if used by a person of one skin color, and a completely different meaning or connotation if used by a person of a different skin color. 

That in and of itself is perhaps the most blatant form of racism there is and just strikes me as being utterly ridiculous.  Ok, now for the record and before somebody completely misunderstands my point, I don't think one should use such a word at all regardless of context or skin tone.

I think that showing such disrespect for anyone's basic humanity simply has no place in a rational society.  But I guess I just find it hypocritical that so many of those who decry it's use use it so often themselves.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 01, 2010 09:19 AM (e8T35)

60 These are the people who will be making intimate health care decisions about you.

Posted by: BS Inc. at April 01, 2010 09:19 AM (0+gHN)

61 "The only way to prove your nots racistsss is to not be born! Everyone nows that!" In retrospect, that might have been a better mission statement.

Posted by: Margaret Sanger at April 01, 2010 09:20 AM (l71WL)

62 Yglesias is a real douchebag. And now he's being called out.

Posted by: darii at April 01, 2010 09:20 AM (RdrW8)

63 54

That thing about Sarah Palin could be the least funny joke of all time.

Not to mention, biologically impossible.  Shit comes from the other hole.  I learnt that in college n stuff. 

Posted by: Y-not knows her lady holes at April 01, 2010 09:20 AM (Kn9r7)

64 Well, it's April Fools day which explains the influx of fools trolling this HQ. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 01, 2010 01:14 PM (Kn9r7)

No, it doesn't. Fools post all year 'round. If only they could be contained to one day of the year.

Not likley...

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2010 09:21 AM (GkYyh)

65 Wh....[eyes well]....why must we use [lip quivering].....that [tears streaming]....that vile word? [soooooooooooooobs]

Posted by: Elizabeth Hassleback at April 01, 2010 09:21 AM (pLTLS)

66 Not that I'm particularly interested in defending leftist douchebags, but is this really all that important?  Couldn't we have made this a sidebar thing?

Posted by: Truman North, amateur freelance editor-in-chief at April 01, 2010 09:22 AM (e8YaH)

67 24

Who?

Wasn't he left-field for the Astros for a while?


No.  Who's on first.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 01, 2010 09:23 AM (f9c2L)

68 the N-WordTakes me back to 3rd grade ... or that scene from "High Anxiety" when the psychiatrist brought his two young girls to Mel Brooks' seminar ... "er ... peepee envy ... balloons ... number one, or cocky-doody? ..."

Life imitates art, huh?

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:23 AM (N49h9)

69

Y-not knows her lady holes

Dudette....!!!!!!????!!!!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 01, 2010 09:23 AM (pLTLS)

70 57

Fucking fuck, someY-not!  Don't even mention Cjarles Jhonson around here!  Putting his name on our site only boosts his Lexis-Nexis results by associating him with us!

Fucking idiots, I post with around here...

Damned, you're right.  Perhaps Guy Fawkes could use his uber-special-insider AoSHQ privileges to edit my post to read "Cahrles Jhnoson."  

I didn't take poli sci one-oh-one.

Posted by: Y-not at April 01, 2010 09:23 AM (Kn9r7)

71 A word shouldn't have one meaning or connotation if used by a person of one skin color, and a completely different meaning or connotation if used by a person of a different skin color. 

That in and of itself is perhaps the most blatant form of racism there is and just strikes me as being utterly ridiculous.  Ok, now for the record and before somebody completely misunderstands my point, I don't think one should use such a word at all regardless of context or skin tone.

I think that showing such disrespect for anyone's basic humanity simply has no place in a rational society.  But I guess I just find it hypocritical that so many of those who decry it's use use it so often themselves.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 01, 2010 01:19 PM (e8T35)

It's times like this when I like to pull out my old, uncut, DVD of Blazing Saddles and laugh my butt off watching it.

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 01, 2010 09:24 AM (OtQXp)

72 NNNNNNnnnnnnudibranch!

Posted by: Hrothgar Salmon at April 01, 2010 09:24 AM (9Too6)

73 Shit comes from the other hole.

We got a troll who has never seen a live naked woman up close.  There's a shocker.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 09:24 AM (mR7mk)

74 re Hewitt @22 doesn't the act of not having him on the show demonstrate 'better judgment.' The point is that he often has guests which elicit a reaction of "WTF" when one hears them, and eventually Hewitt stops inviting them. But it takes too long. He ought to get rid of his segments with Mike Allen of Politico. It's like talking to an Axelrod hand puppet.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (AZGON)

75

Not likley...


I concur, not lickley, indeed!

Posted by: This is The Blog Czar at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (84JKc)

76

"Shit comes from the other hole.  "

The anatomically correct word is DemHole.

Posted by: AoSHQ Comparative Anatomist at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (ucq49)

77
Not to mention, biologically impossible.
Says your mama!

Posted by: Cartman at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (Oxen1)

78
The left cannot debate the issues - so they descend into the muck.

It's so mush easier for leftists to smear than to debate.


Posted by: Lemon Kitten at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (0fzsA)

79

 Had a leftist- racist working for us. Instead of worring about his job he would constantly wring his hands over how much money every one else in the company made and would try to agitate and organize the minority workers in the factory into complaining about their pay and work conditions. And every day as I drove this fucking stoner loser to the train station he would comment on how stupid the s***cs & n******s were; I never let him know that my wife was spanish until the day she came to visit the office and proceded speaking spanish to the other ladies in the office...the look on his face was priceless, I gave him the Italian death stare as he looked at me for my reaction. A week later after outting this douchbag to my boss he was history.  That was 5yrs ago last I heard he was still jobless and working for who else...The Obama campaign.

 

  

Posted by: dananjcon at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (pr+up)

80 A word shouldn't have one meaning or connotation if used by a person of one skin color, and a completely different meaning or connotation if used by a person of a different skin color.
-----
Since we don't know anyone's color based on their posts, I'd say this isn't really a case of that so much as it's a case of context.  Nibbler was clearly being used as a race-based insult in the posts. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 01, 2010 09:25 AM (Kn9r7)

81 I ate a baby once.

Posted by: Matthew Yglesias at April 01, 2010 09:26 AM (7WUru)

82 Posted by: Y-not knows her lady holes at April 01, 2010 01:20 PM (Kn9r7)

I thought they were all just smooth down there, like my my sister's Barbies.

Posted by: nickless at April 01, 2010 09:26 AM (MMC8r)

83 The N-word... Nnnnnnnnnnyarlathotep!

Posted by: H. P. Lovecraft at April 01, 2010 09:26 AM (AZGON)

84

See how the italics fuck with me? I didn't want dashes. I didn't want that big space. I'm so sick of that little prick...

Posted by: This is The Blog Czar at April 01, 2010 09:26 AM (84JKc)

85 I agree with maddogg its all they have left. The car is speeding out of control heading for a cliff and there messing with the radio. Come november I don't see how this country stays together... whatever the outcome.

Posted by: evil libertarian at April 01, 2010 09:26 AM (twbBH)

86 Those Lefties really hate blacks, don't they?

Posted by: Cicero at April 01, 2010 09:27 AM (QKKT0)

87 31Libtards - can't live with them, can't legally harvest their organs.

I could use an new index finger seeing as my old left one nearly got completely  severed by a blender last night.

Posted by: taylorkat April 01, 2010 01:08 PM (0Hn5w)

For real? That's not an April 1 thing?

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at April 01, 2010 09:28 AM (w41GQ)

88 I guess race-baiting is to leftards like salt is to cooking. It never grows old, and is impossible to do without. It's amazing how much mileage they're getting out of it. Is it finally falling apart? One hopes so, but perhaps that is wishful thinking.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:30 AM (AZGON)

89

Those Lefties really hate blacks, don't they?

Yes. Yes we do. Mwahawhawhawhaw!

*twirls mustache*

Posted by: Advocates of The "Great" Society at April 01, 2010 09:30 AM (pLTLS)

90 Speaking of blender accidents, I love to sneak up behind Mrs. dogg while she has her hand in the disposal and yell BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Is that wrong of me?

Posted by: maddogg at April 01, 2010 09:30 AM (OlN4e)

91
Leftists see everything through the prism of racism, gender, sexual orientation and victim status.  All of their phony arguments must filter through their victim sieve.
Dress it all up with some Alinsky approved smears and planted deception - and BAM: You have the modern democrat party.





Posted by: Lemon Kitten at April 01, 2010 09:30 AM (0fzsA)

92 Man, I hope you're kidding about that blender. Blenders are for puppies, not fingers. Injuring one's hand is a very scary thought.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:31 AM (AZGON)

93

 Come november I don't see how this country stays together... whatever the outcome.

You that down?  Why? I'm curious.

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2010 09:32 AM (GkYyh)

94 Had a leftist- racist working for us... would try to agitate and organize the minority workers in the factory into complaining about their pay and work conditions.

The Campaign for Moorish Dignity!

Posted by: DelD at April 01, 2010 09:32 AM (eWtdM)

95

It's okay to say the n-word when you're talking about a Republican.

It's okay to say the c-word when you're talking about a Republican.

It's okay to hold others to a different standard than the standard you apply to yourself.

It's fine to be mired in reptilian subjectivity.

Matthew Yglesias told me so.

Posted by: Paulie Babay at April 01, 2010 09:32 AM (9EraU)

96 That Palin "joke" was vile and I wish I could strep on that asswipe's jimmies til they popped.

Posted by: TexMex at April 01, 2010 09:33 AM (kvgr2)

97 93 Man, I hope you're kidding about that blender. Blenders are for puppies, not fingers. Injuring one's hand is a very scary thought.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 01:31 PM (AZGON)

ALWAYS let the puppy test the blender. ALWAYS.

Posted by: darii at April 01, 2010 09:33 AM (RdrW8)

98 The point is that he often has guests which elicit a reaction of "WTF" when one hears them, and eventually Hewitt stops inviting them. But it takes too long. He ought to get rid of his segments with Mike Allen of Politico. It's like talking to an Axelrod hand puppet.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 01:25 PM (AZGON)

Maybe it's because Hewitt is a loudmouthed douche who is more interested in ratings than presenting a coherent argument for conservatism.  He's on a car radio preset station and never fails to irritate me when I make the mistake of listening to him.  Medved gives forums to assholes as well but for some reason he doesn't bother me nearly as much.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 01, 2010 09:33 AM (EbYty)

99 Any day now, Matthew Yglesias will pull off the rubber mask and reveal his true identity... Al Sharpton!

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:34 AM (AZGON)

100 @99 My problem related to your comment is more pronounced with Medved than Hewitt. I find little to be learned in talking to outright moonbats, and Medved specializes in doing that with callers. That's fine, it's his show. But it bores me. Hewitt does far less of this, but some of his guests just waste our time by rattling the same tired lefty talking points we already know. I prefer to learn something, so when he has a guest like Geraghty or Barone or Andy McCarthy, it's great. Mike Allen, not so much.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:37 AM (AZGON)

101 BTW, a little late in the thread, but who is this Yglesias guy, anyway?  I thought he was a singer, or something.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:37 AM (N49h9)

102 Ace, can't you ban him or something?  Put it to a vote.

Posted by: 57 States at April 01, 2010 09:37 AM (kbH+o)

103 NNNNnnnnon-alcoholicbeer.

Posted by: Hrothgar Salmon at April 01, 2010 09:38 AM (9Too6)

104

"Any day now, Matthew Yglesias will pull off the rubber mask and reveal his true identity... Al SharptonÂ’s nutty scat!"

FTFY

Posted by: thanks not necessary at April 01, 2010 09:38 AM (ucq49)

105 Hewitt is a loudmouthed douche who is more interested in ratings than presenting a coherent argument for conservatism.

Bingo. More or less.

IMHO, Hewitt is a loudmouth douche who is more interested in shilling for the Republican party than he is in presenting a coherent argument for conservatism.

He's not a conservative, he's a Republican douchetool. (And I say that as a registered Republican, one who has never voted for a Democrat.) I can only listen to him in short bursts, or when he has on a good guest like Mark Steyn.

Posted by: DelD at April 01, 2010 09:39 AM (eWtdM)

106 "Iglesia" in Spanish means "church." I demand separation of church and state.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:39 AM (AZGON)

107

I've always been fascinated with the American culture and civic life of  the years just before the Civil War. It was a very religious and often intensely sentimental age, when a boy of twenty might never have ventured more than twenty miles from his homestead before he was called off to war. Yet it was also an age of elegance and culture, where young ladies were expected to learn music and "domestic arts" and the young men to master a trade or professional skill. The letters from that time, even from relatively unschooled citizens, show a surprising depth of subtlety and meaning.

Letters from soldiers during the Civil War are surprising. Even such a grim man of war as Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson could write tenderly to his wife, calling her his "little dove", and he would have a man horsewhipped if he caught the man using foul language in front of a woman. Robert E. Lee never referred to Union soldiers as "the enemy", but rather as "those people". Even in war, when shedding blood in amounts that ran in rivers, they were not vulgar. Even such a legendary swearer as W. T. Sherman took pains to moderate his language in front of ladies and other civilians.

Now we move to the current day, when vulgarity even in our highest elected officials ("This is a big fucking deal!") barely raises an eyebrow. And yet in many aspects of our lives -- civic and social -- we are far more cowardly and weak than our forebears were. I am a vulgar man at times myself, but I always recognize that whatever value it has is reduced by too-frequent usage. And I'm still old-school enough to be ashamed of myself if overheard by family or friends.

Moving from polite civic-minded warriors to foul-mouthed cowards doesn't really seem like a step forward to me.

I've often felt that if black people dislike the epithet, then they should stop using it when referring to each other. A word is a word; if the word is wrong, then it's wrong no matter whose mouth utters it. If it is beyond the pale, then it must be beyond the pale for everyone.

 

Posted by: Monty at April 01, 2010 09:39 AM (4Pleu)

108 But it takes too long. He ought to get rid of his segments with Mike Allen of Politico. It's like talking to an Axelrod hand puppet. Posted by: George Orwell

So Hewitt wouldn't invite a leftie on his show to beat the living snot out of him, would he?

If you haven't heard Hewitt people like Jonathan Chait or Frank Rich, I feel sorry for you. You've missed some righteous beat downs.

Posted by: Test at April 01, 2010 09:40 AM (w8ddH)

109 And NOW you see why the initial comment could have been a Killgore Trout moment.  Hide the hand that throws the rock, as Saul Alinsky (and Barack Obama) says.

Posted by: stuiec at April 01, 2010 09:40 AM (7AOgy)

110 @110 Boring beatdowns.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:41 AM (AZGON)

111 I've often felt that if black people dislike the epithet, then they should stop using it when referring to each other. A word is a word; if the word is wrong, then it's wrong no matter whose mouth utters it. If it is beyond the pale, then it must be beyond the pale for everyone. Now that's just plain logical. And we all learned in college that logic is an artificial construct of the power structure, hence likely rooted in atavisms like racism. Boy.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:43 AM (AZGON)

112

"I thought he was a singer, or something."

You're close.  It's "slinger".. Muck slinger to be precise.

Matthew Yglesias (D-fevered swamp)

Posted by: AoSHQ Opposition OPs at April 01, 2010 09:44 AM (ucq49)

113 112 @110
Boring beatdowns. Posted by: George Orwell

ADD much?

Posted by: Test at April 01, 2010 09:44 AM (w8ddH)

114 Matt's no reneger. I see what you did there.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:44 AM (AZGON)

115 If you haven't heard Hewitt people like Jonathan Chait or Frank Rich, I feel sorry for you. You've missed some righteous beat downs.

Posted by: Test at April 01, 2010 01:40 PM (w8ddH)

Why would anyone bother giving Frank Rich a forum?  He embarrasses himself enough with his own barely literate column.  He is self-beating.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:46 AM (N49h9)

116 116 Fella, your profit, my loss. I still listen to Hewitt. Just not my cup of tea to listen to Mike Allen drool talking points and have Hugh sorta kinda push back. But Steyn today, so good listening.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 09:46 AM (AZGON)

117 When are you fucking fuckheads gonna learn.  You don't punch down the enemies propaganda ever.  You fucking retards are making our job harder by fucking up something as simple as this. 

Posted by: ArizonaHaole at April 01, 2010 09:47 AM (THLN4)

118 Damned, you're right.  Perhaps Guy Fawkes could use his uber-special-insider AoSHQ privileges to edit my post to read "Cahrles Jhnoson." 

Can't get to it today, I am going to the parade.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes, parading around as a typical commenter at April 01, 2010 09:48 AM (7VvJB)

119 I mean, I love accusing conservatives of being motivated by racism...

That's OK.  I mean, I love accusing Progressives of being the people who gave us Prohibition.

And eugenics. 

Of course, when I make an accusation, it's fucking true. 

Posted by: Phinn at April 01, 2010 09:48 AM (ng2aU)

120

Andrew Wilkow ROCKS!!!

really, no joke...get Sirius. 

Posted by: crazy andrew wilkow fan at April 01, 2010 09:48 AM (pr+up)

121 Any day now, Matthew Yglesias will pull off the rubber mask and reveal his true identity... Al Sharpton!

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids and that damn dog.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 01, 2010 09:49 AM (e8T35)

122 @122 And eugenics. I would love to share ideas over coffee at the White House. My wife is running things, so I have plenty of time.

Posted by: Zombie Woodrow Wilson at April 01, 2010 09:50 AM (AZGON)

123 He is self-beating.

Never met a man who wasn't.

*washes brain out with soap*

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 09:52 AM (mR7mk)

124 Why does Matt Ygllseoejies Favre hate black people?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes, parading around as a typical commenter at April 01, 2010 09:53 AM (7VvJB)

125 Damn punch-downers!! All of you!!

Posted by: Gride at April 01, 2010 09:53 AM (NJUvE)

126 Wait until these Moby's (Mobies?) make their way to Hotair.  Allah will die of a conniption fit, after sending out 2,300 emails warning them about cheating the moderation filter with symbols and spaces ...

But, they'll be allowed to stay and some veteran commenter who writes "sec3de" will be banned ... making a comment about an article that mentions "secession", itself.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:53 AM (N49h9)

127 Ni.

Posted by: Knight of Ni. at April 01, 2010 09:54 AM (9Too6)

128 Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 01:52 PM (mR7mk)

Heh.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 09:54 AM (N49h9)

129 I find little to be learned in talking to outright moonbats, and Medved specializes in doing that with callers. That's fine, it's his show. But it bores me.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 01, 2010 01:37 PM (AZGON)

It irritates the hell out of me and I wish he'd learn that there's no reasoning with them (and you can tell within two sentences if they're delusional loons) but he regards it as his mission to try and "expand the tent".  Today is "Disagreement Day" which means "Don't Listen Day" for me.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 01, 2010 09:56 AM (EbYty)

130 Just because it will blend, doesn't mean it should blend.

Tell that to the stick blender. Note to self remember to unplug attachment from motor before cleaning gunk out.

Posted by: taylork at April 01, 2010 09:57 AM (0Hn5w)

131 80 dananjcon- I had a similar incident when a couple of friends were meeting up to go out and our cars were kind of in the way of the gas pumps when some dip shit yuppie in a bmw gets loud and calls us little punk n* lovers (referring to our modified import cars I assume)..he turned green when he saw the black girl I was seeing at the time get out of my car after that comment. I'm sure he's sporting an obama bumper sticker these days.

Posted by: evil libertarian at April 01, 2010 09:58 AM (twbBH)

132 No april fooling.

Posted by: taylork at April 01, 2010 09:58 AM (0Hn5w)

133 Stolen from Gatway Pundit:
Charlie Rangel (D-NY) told reporters at NY1 that the tea party patriots were just like the groups that attacked blacks during the civil rights movement.

Clearly Charlie is a racist and hates white people. And Vietnamese. And Koreans.
And Chinese. And Hispanics.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes, parading around as a typical commenter at April 01, 2010 10:01 AM (7VvJB)

134 Anyone care for some Trollhouse Cookies?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2010 10:02 AM (0QJjg)

135

Never met a man who wasn't.

There is a lot of unintentional hilarity to be had over at the NRO's "pr0n is teh EVAL!!eleventy!" article. Predictably, it was written by a woman who is objects to porn mainly on the grounds that it is bad for the wives. It never seems to occur to these women that men do not exist solely to make sure they are kept happy. (One also suspects that the woman's husband, smut-hound that he is, may have had reasons other than "porn addiction" to flee his wife's embrace.)

I just wish NRO would publish hubby's rebuttal. That would be some comedy gold right there. ("In my defense, she gained five thousand pounds and smells rather like the inside of a soup-can.")

 

Posted by: Monty at April 01, 2010 10:04 AM (4Pleu)

136

I just wish NRO would publish hubby's rebuttal. 

Posted by: Monty at April 01, 2010 02:04 PM (4Pleu)

They would, but he's busy.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 10:07 AM (N49h9)

137 OT- But I think I just saw a Neo-Nazi logo being displayed at some building down the street! It had a blood red background and some golden symbol that looked a lot like two Ku Klux Klan hoods joined together at the base. It was hung on a flagpole outside some seedy brick building with a marquee advertising some crazy preacher named "Big Mac". He's charging these stupid teabaggers a $2.99 admission fee to hear his hate filled right-wing rants (I'm pretty sure that's what the sign said). The parking lot was packed, which make sense since I'm here in the middle of the Creationist Belt. I'll try to get pictures...

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2010 10:07 AM (wtFb7)

138 We need a clean-up of that gutter mind at 126.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes, parading around as a typical commenter at April 01, 2010 10:08 AM (7VvJB)

139 Predictably, it was written by a woman who is objects to porn mainly on the grounds that it is bad for the wives.

I read that.  Call me a bad person, but I'm not sure everyone else in society needs to change because she married a dud.  That's how the first Prohibition movement started...have to ban demon rum completely because some men use it and don't care for their children good enough...

Bah.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 10:32 AM (mR7mk)

140 OT, but on the racism theme the left is pushing as part of their scorched-earth strategy:

Megyn Kelly just had that twit Colmes on screaming about how tea partiers are racist and how opposition to the America-hating Precedent is racist.  Colmes is just a fool who couldn't argue his way out of a wet paper bag, but Megyn is starting to tick me off (a bit) with how much crap she lets fly through. 

Colmes claims that people who doubt The Precedent's American birth are racist (though the eligibility issue has more to do with The Precedent's own admission that he held dual citizenship - and likely more than two) and that "no white President was ever accused of not being born in America" [paraphrased].  Megyn needs to do a little homework to find out about Chester Arthur and the accusations against him (which were incorrect, but well-founded and only slightly off).

Then Colmes go in on the "they accuse him of being a muslim" [paraphrased from memory, again] and Megyn doesn't know that the Indonesian Imbecile was born to a muslim father, had a muslim step father, grew up in a muslim country, went to school registered as a muslim, and has surrounded himself with tons of muslims.

I like Megyn, but she needs to get her mind around some of the simple and basic information that everyone should know by now.  It pains me to see these idiots like Colmes allowed to make ridiculous claims without any pushback, when the facts are all too easy to find and slam back in his retarded face.

I also love the old "no other President" ... when no other President ever admitted to having been a dual citizen - except that Chester Arthur hid the details of his birth to a British citizen father because he thought that made him ineligible (which it did).

And Colmes was distressed that the socialist Precedent is being called a socialist ... while Megyn had not a word to say about Newsweak saying "We're all socialists, now" right after the election - let alone all of the marxists, maoists and generally insane self-proclaimed socialists who infest the White House - not to mention the crypto-Christian marxist church that the Indonesian Imbecile attended for a couple of decades.

How can we be so far into this steaming pile of shit and there are still so many who don't know the basics of what is going on?  Megyn usually does a decent job, but she really blew this one.  It is sad.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at April 01, 2010 10:32 AM (N49h9)

141

"Y-not knows her lady holes"

The Y-gina Monologues.

Posted by: reason at April 01, 2010 10:39 AM (XiVKO)

142

"she gained five thousand pounds and smells rather like the inside of a soup-can"

*sticks out his pinky and thumb and makes the "call-me" motion*

Posted by: Tom Arnold at April 01, 2010 10:42 AM (XiVKO)

143 And Colmes was distressed that the socialist Precedent is being called a socialist ...

Mr. Colmes, meet Rev. Sharpton.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at April 01, 2010 10:43 AM (mR7mk)

144
Tell that to the stick blender. Note to self remember to unplug attachment from motor before cleaning gunk out.

Dude. You disassemble the blender before putting body parts near it.

It's like cleaning a gun -- you don't let ammunition in the same room while you're doing it.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at April 01, 2010 10:43 AM (IuKAf)

145

Yglesias is an Adolf Soros minion - I believe he's a fellow at the Center for American Progress. Ya know, another one of those mis-named Soros' front groups ( like Klansman for Racial Harmony or Babies for Abortions)

 

 

Posted by: crowsting at April 01, 2010 10:49 AM (61BD9)

146 Hahahahahahaha Ace Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: Charles "someguy" Johnson at April 01, 2010 10:54 AM (AieAT)

147
3 Hobo

Video captured

"And then one day the Cialis finally reached Bob's brain."

Posted by: Golem14 at April 01, 2010 11:08 AM (2X8VA)

148 151

I mean Enzyte.

Posted by: Golem14 at April 01, 2010 11:11 AM (2X8VA)

149

What's more retarded than retarded? Hmmm. Hmmm.

 

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 01, 2010 01:14 PM (pLTLS)


Full Biden

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner of Meteors, Bacons, and Really Really Expensive Scotch at April 01, 2010 11:36 AM (erIg9)

150

I think Yglesias and his commetors highlight something people generally neglect to point out, the hatefulness of some on the left.

And that's my big thought for the afternoon.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 01, 2010 01:21 PM (HBtfq)

151

"Liberals are too funny.  I just wish someone would get them back in their sandboxes, where these children belong"

 

Can't.

 

The cat keeps trying to cover them up. 

Posted by: Lazarus Long at April 01, 2010 02:01 PM (RbtXl)

152

"Stolen from Gatway Pundit:
Charlie Rangel (D-NY) told reporters at NY1 that the tea party patriots were just like the groups that attacked blacks during the civil rights movement."

They're Democrats?

 

Who knew.


Posted by: Lazarus Long at April 01, 2010 02:03 PM (RbtXl)

153 Paulie Carbone is one loathsome piece of trash. His mother must be so proud.

Posted by: Kim Priestap at April 01, 2010 03:11 PM (qD4Qw)

154 See, you conservative mofos used "bitches" "nagger" in a derogatory sense.  I didn't.

Posted by: Jay from 40 Year-Old Virgin, regular Yglesias commentor at April 01, 2010 03:12 PM (kmEfr)

155

"Paulie Carbone is one loathsome piece of trash."

Hey, you're talkin' about the heart and soul of our base!

Posted by: DNC at April 01, 2010 03:25 PM (ucq49)

156 It's not necesarry to point out that Michael Steel is black to conclude that he is stupid... one has nothing to do with the other.... In Steele's case, he just happens to be both.

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