angry

[jaina]

You all know that I almost never talk politics on this journal. But today I'm making a special exception. From the AP:

Speaking in a ballroom just a few miles north of ground zero, Karl Rove said the Democratic party did not understand the consequences of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Rove said Wednesday night. "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war."

Okay, in the first place, that's blatantly false. Blatantly. In the second place, that is a fucking disgusting thing to say, on SO many levels. It's crude. It's divisive. It smacks of opportunism. And did I mention the part where it's COMPLETELY UNTRUE!?

So, so angry right now. The whole mess about cutting public broadcasting funding isn't helping my mood, either.

Comments

[mainframe76.livejournal.com]

good Lord, Hokie, you're a piece of work.
"the multiple choice question" of Durbin's bears no merit b/c regardless of how uncomfortable the terrorists in Gitmo are made, their treatment is nothing compared to those in the camps of any of the evil regimes he mentioned.
'fair' reading?
give me a break.
the fact that you don't find his comments inappropriate tells me all i need to know about you and your character.
guess we can just agree to despise each other. whoopee.

as for the rest of your nonsense, i'll let others read it for how ridiculous it is.

[hokie.livejournal.com]

Again, you're completely missing the point, after apparently skipping all of my response except for the multiple choice part.

I'll repeat this one more time, then add this entire exchange to the list along with others you've engaged in such as "poor people are poor because they did drugs or dropped out of school."

Durbin's point was nothing other than what the Israeli historian Avi Schlaim once wrote: "The issue isn't whether or not we are the same as the Nazis, the issue is that we aren't different enough." Now, you can agree or disagree with that all you want, but don't misrepresent the damned point in order to score some rhetorical cheap shots.

There. I'm done.

[mainframe76.livejournal.com]

i disagree with that statement.

there; i'm done, too.
yipee.