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On the Web, Cowards Become Cowboys

Friday, July 18, 2008

Call me a dog who likes to return to sniff his own vomit, but whenever someone on the right dies, I check out blogs like Daily Kos and Gawker.

There, I find the typical ghouls, triumphing the death of Jesse Helms or, to a lesser extent, Tony Snow, as if their own personal politics have been validated by cancer. I could quote all the vile stuff, but it might make you violent.

Instead, let's discuss why the left — the champions of tolerance — takes so much glee in their ideological adversaries croaking. Here's three theories:

One, they're stupid and therefore cannot understand that different opinions don't always mean the person you disagree with is evil. Now, I see this thinking on the left and right. But it's more intense on the left, mainly because a liberal always believes his stance is uniquely heroic, even though everyone else he knows agrees with him! When they run into someone who disagrees, well, he must be evil.

Two: conservatives reject moral relativism, so it's easier for them to see the world as a range of bad things to good things. So while they hate Ted Kennedy for good reason, he's no Hitler. He's not even a Michael Moore. For a leftist though, relativism allows such thinking, so Tony Snow can be just as evil as Saddam Hussein or even Bob Saget.

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Finally, on the Web, cowards become cowboys. Anonymity makes it easier to threaten adversaries, as well as dance on their graves. It's a disgusting display by callow fiends, which is why I'll be glad when these people die.

And if you disagree with me, then you sir are worse than Hitler.

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