I have a question, though. Is it safe to assume that Hume and his crowd are ideological fellow travelers with sites like, say, Little Green Snotballs?
I can’t imagine any other honest answer to that question except yes, so with that in mind, here is a link to a recent post by James Wolcott (don’t check with him nearly as much as I should) in which he notes that someone named Shamela of the freeper site Atlas Shrugs managed to snag a photo of herself with Cindy Sheehan in which Shamela extends the middle digit to Sheehan without the latter’s knowledge.
(For the purposes of full disclosure, I should note that I have employed that image in posts frequently, with the gesture often originating from President Nutball. However, I personally have only used it towards Christopher Hitchens who precipitated a spat by doing the same thing on “Real Time”; I would never imagine doing that to a mother of one of our dead service people even if I disagreed with that person.)
Should I be surprised that such juvenile pranks pass for acceptable “commentary” within right-wing circles of the blogosphere (still hate that word, actually).
As long as Hume is venting his fury over lefty bloggers, I will also await what should be similar treatment in response to the incident Wolcott has cited (and I know I shouldn’t hold my breath on that).
And by the way, Kagro X describes another glorious moment with Hume here.
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