May 25, 2003
Certainly due to the Electrolite post aforesaid.
"There is no fucking pendulum ..." -- I liked that comment of Patrick's in calpundit. It reminded me of what was first attractive about Elecrolite: the motto about living as if in the first days opf a better nation. I wish you'd put that back.
Patrick is good at losing his moderate tone where approriate.
By the way, Kathryn, I admired your comment about Ann Coulter the other day.
Andrew, the much-discussed "early days of a better nation" tag line is on our home page at nielsenhayden.com, like it always has been. (It's also now the title of Ken MacLeod's blog.)
Excellent comment thread. Among other things, it underscores one of the ways that American political discourse is unbalanced: People who attack the current administrations tend to address actions while people who attack those who oppose the current adminstration tend to address tone.
Us: "Bush lied about the Maguffins of Mass Destruction."
Them: "Yeah, well, you're a whiner."
Kevin, it's all a matter of attitude: So don't say Bush is a fascist. Instead say Gosh darnit, Bush is the best fascist president we've ever had!
And whistle while you work. Work will set you free.
That should be "whistle while you don't work". Who still has a job?
Everyone who hasn't, take a look at Paul Krugman's op-ed piece today.
Registration required, yada yada.
Naaah, just lay back and enjoy it when they come to execute you. After all, this is Amerikkka.......
Hard-Hitting Moderator: Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
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