*snort*

[yendi]

So, who's really responsible for torturing prisoners in Iraq? Why, it's women, feminists, Muslims, and, of course, the 'elite' Academic Left. Damn us all to hell!

(Okay, granted, none of my right-wing friends tend to want Coulter and Thomas representing them any more than I want Michael Moore as my spokesman, but these are still the views that Fuck Snooze is perpetuating).

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[prodigaldax.livejournal.com]

Even O'Reilly dismissed Coulter's views on his radio broadcast. Not that he's to be taken seriously either mind you.

[yendi]

*nod* ever since she wrote "Treason," she's lost a lot of her fellow pundits (including Horowitz).

[prodigaldax.livejournal.com]

And on another note, how could women be TOO VICIOUS for the MILITARY? Aren't they supposed to be vicious? I may have missed something.

[amokk]

Well, if women in general are viscious and all that crap, doesn't that also apply to Ann? Oh, wait, probably not.

She's just a classic Freudian case of Projection.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Even the conservative types in my Buffy mailing list agree Coulter is a psycho.

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

Ah, well if a bunch of Buffy fans believe it, it must be true. Hell, my motto in life is "WWtBFD--What Would the Buffy Fans Do?".

[xforge.livejournal.com]

If you're not just being facetious, then I gotta say:

You haven't met these conservatives. They're not your usual kneejerk "I dunno what's goin' on but I'm gonna make sure SOMEONE'S rights get abridged STAT!" type of conservative. They've thought everything out really thoroughly and are very consistent in their beliefs.

Which of course doesn't prevent them from going off on a "Kerry is a prevaricating Commie-loving waffler" jags. But I love 'em anyway.

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

I was being completely facetious. I was laughing because it sounded like the fact that they were on your Buffy list gave their opinions greater weight than those of other conservatives you know. That's all. I wasn't taking a political stance or expressing an opinion about Ann Coulter. I'm a Buffy fan myself, so I can laugh.

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Naw, their opinions have greater weight for me anyway just because they're my friends. Is all.

[redcrowstudio.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's the big deal about this prison thing? As Medium Lobster on Fafblog (http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_25_fafblog_archive.html#108350978132435016) says:

- The activities that occurred at Abu Ghuraib prison are not to be compared to those of Saddam Hussein's rape rooms and torture chambers. After all, those were rape rooms and torture chambers. These were merely rooms in which rape occurred, and chambers in which individuals were tortured.

- In war, atrocities will happen, as dew on the grass in the morning, or flower blossoms in the spring. The dew gathers. The buds open. The atrocities bloom. It is all according to the mysterious, ever-unfolding cycle of life - a cycle too vast and complex for mere mortals to comprehend.

- These were isolated incidents, and the behavior of these prison guards should in no way reflect upon the military superiors who endorsed and promoted such behavior. This is because atrocities are supervenient on subordinates, but not on command structures. Those with greater learning will understand.

So what if we've lost the moral highground around the world? It's not as if we were using it.

[yendi]

Someone needs to publish "The US Military for Dummies."

[amokk]

As if we ever had any high ground with foreign nations. Everyone's always hated us, that's nothing knew. They only pretend to like us when we wave money in their faces.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

Isn't this the same side of the political spectrum that screams about personal responsibility? Aren't the people committing these alleged* abuses responsible for their own actions?

*The BBC has reported that some photos of British soldiers committing abuse may not be authentic. So I am holding off on taking a position until all the evidence is in.

[yendi]

Of course. They would like the feminists, women, liberals, and Muslims to take personal responsibility for everything wrong with the world. That's how they define the term.

[amokk]

"They" being the core right-wing people. Some conservatives aren't that far right. ;)

[correspondguy.livejournal.com]

I especially loved "girl general." Nothing like snarky little asides to tell you what someone really thinks.

[amokk]

Yes, the little girl generals and little boy generals all playing with their G.I. Joes in the desert. Isn't it so cute?


Gah. I don't know how that girl talking-head ever got broadcast, but I wish she'd shut up. The 50s are over, thank god.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Even before clicking your link or reading your second paragraph I knew Ann Coulter would be involved.

Ann's head is where the Right keeps its industrial-strength Crazy.

[rainbow-slinky.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the non-feminist homosexuals. ;)

[dadandgirl.livejournal.com]

And the atheists. How can you have a right-wing rant without the homos and the atheists? These crazy rants are really going downhill. I blame the Liberal Press.

[yendi]

Don't forget the Jews! And New York, of course.

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

Now all we need is to identify a feminist, left wing intellectual muslim, female soldier and go really crazy with the hate-fest and blame her for everything.

[yendi]

An Official US Scapegoat!