Comments on: ‘Why I parted ways with the Right’ http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: jungle http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-89307 jungle Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:03:08 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-89307 For him to criticise "climate denial" is just bizarre: just look at the name of his blog! It's the 'envious communist scientists want to take away my Hummer' theory written out in three words. Still, a welcome conversion... :-) For him to criticise “climate denial” is just bizarre: just look at the name of his blog! It’s the ‘envious communist scientists want to take away my Hummer’ theory written out in three words.

Still, a welcome conversion… :-)

]]> By: Sunny H http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88213 Sunny H Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:37:30 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88213 <i>He needs to look at his own past statements – he’s been part of that journey for a long time, no matter what he might say about himself now.</i> I think it's right to say that he encouraged or at least helped grow part of that lunacy. In that regard I think Andrew Sullivan does a better job of criticising the lunacy of the American right. He needs to look at his own past statements – he’s been part of that journey for a long time, no matter what he might say about himself now.

I think it’s right to say that he encouraged or at least helped grow part of that lunacy.

In that regard I think Andrew Sullivan does a better job of criticising the lunacy of the American right.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88105 uberVU - social comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:42:09 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88105 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by boudledidge: RT @libcon 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: LGF and the Republicans « Amused Cynicism http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88089 LGF and the Republicans « Amused Cynicism Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:13:37 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88089 [...] (via Liberal Conspiracy) [...] [...] (via Liberal Conspiracy) [...]

]]> By: organic cheeseboard http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88061 organic cheeseboard Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:37:10 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88061 difficult to understand how it took him so long to realise all of this given the comments his blog generated pretty much from day one. and given the stuff he's posted about Islam before (eg mocking acronym 'RoP, meaning 'Religion of Peace'), and indeed some of the ME coverage, it's hard to take seriously his idea that others on the right travel from anti-Islamism to anti-Islam feelings in general and then onto violence. The LGF website has always been deeply hostile to Islam in general. He needs to look at his own past statements - he's been part of that journey for a long time, no matter what he might say about himself now. difficult to understand how it took him so long to realise all of this given the comments his blog generated pretty much from day one.

and given the stuff he’s posted about Islam before (eg mocking acronym ‘RoP, meaning ‘Religion of Peace’), and indeed some of the ME coverage, it’s hard to take seriously his idea that others on the right travel from anti-Islamism to anti-Islam feelings in general and then onto violence. The LGF website has always been deeply hostile to Islam in general.

He needs to look at his own past statements – he’s been part of that journey for a long time, no matter what he might say about himself now.

]]> By: Neil http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88051 Neil Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:23:28 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88051 Splitter! Splitter!

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88037 Tim Worstall Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:02:17 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88037 A slightly different view from someone who has monitored Charles quite closely, ever since he was involved in the set up of Pajamas Media. http://dennisthepeasant.typepad.com/dennis_the_peasant/2009/12/more-ethics-from-charles-johnson.html A slightly different view from someone who has monitored Charles quite closely, ever since he was involved in the set up of Pajamas Media.

http://dennisthepeasant.typepad.com/dennis_the_peasant/2009/12/more-ethics-from-charles-johnson.html

]]> By: Philip Hunt http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88024 Philip Hunt Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:24:54 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88024 Incidently, it's because both (1) the Republican Party is dominated by nutters, and (2) they stand a reasonable chance of winning elections in future, that we need a strong European Union to be a potential counyterweight to the USA. Yes the EU is wasteful (common agricultural policy), corrupt (accounts not audited for years) and has a democratic deficit (no-one elected Rompuy and Ashton), but if it didn't exist it would have to be invented. Incidently, it’s because both (1) the Republican Party is dominated by nutters, and (2) they stand a reasonable chance of winning elections in future, that we need a strong European Union to be a potential counyterweight to the USA. Yes the EU is wasteful (common agricultural policy), corrupt (accounts not audited for years) and has a democratic deficit (no-one elected Rompuy and Ashton), but if it didn’t exist it would have to be invented.

]]> By: Philip Hunt http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88019 Philip Hunt Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:15:53 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88019 @2 jim jay: <i>I think it may be the other way round – the loons making the right uninhabitable for the sensible Republicans.</i> Indeed, and because the electoral system in the USA enforces a rigid two party system, the sensible Republicans can't split from the nutters. Another reason why FPTP is bad. <i>To some extent this is good because it should keep them out of power for longer. On the other hand if they lose it will be so much worse for everyone.</i> Indeed. This affects Britain because, like it or not, the USA is the leader of the West. @2 jim jay: I think it may be the other way round – the loons making the right uninhabitable for the sensible Republicans.

Indeed, and because the electoral system in the USA enforces a rigid two party system, the sensible Republicans can’t split from the nutters. Another reason why FPTP is bad.

To some extent this is good because it should keep them out of power for longer. On the other hand if they lose it will be so much worse for everyone.

Indeed. This affects Britain because, like it or not, the USA is the leader of the West.

]]> By: JB Wagoner http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-88096 JB Wagoner Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:28:58 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-88096 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF</span></span> RT @libcon 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF

]]> By: john b http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87941 john b Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:35:01 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87941 <blockquote>Not surprised. I’ve been reading ‘what’s happened to LGF’ posts for a year or more. The funny thing is, five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties.</blockquote> Obvious conclusion: a) it stopped being one b) the hate-blogging right didn't like that. NEXT.

Not surprised. I’ve been reading ‘what’s happened to LGF’ posts for a year or more.

The funny thing is, five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties.

Obvious conclusion:
a) it stopped being one
b) the hate-blogging right didn’t like that.

NEXT.

]]> By: Kentron http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87940 Kentron Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:01:01 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87940 An apt list. An apt list.

]]> By: BenSix http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87937 BenSix Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:26:49 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87937 (As far as I know, anyway.) (As far as I know, anyway.)

]]> By: BenSix http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87936 BenSix Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:22:36 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87936 Sullivan was decent enough to do a fair bit of self-criticism. Though I'd be pleased to see a change from Johnson, we haven't seen any of that from the guy who once posted a <i>hee</i>-larious cartoon of a crushed Rachel Corrie. Sullivan was decent enough to do a fair bit of self-criticism. Though I’d be pleased to see a change from Johnson, we haven’t seen any of that from the guy who once posted a hee-larious cartoon of a crushed Rachel Corrie.

]]> By: Larry Teabag http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87935 Larry Teabag Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:12:59 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87935 <em>five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties</em> Very accurately. five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties

Very accurately.

]]> By: Laban http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87934 Laban Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:08:29 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87934 Not surprised. I've been reading 'what's happened to LGF' posts for a year or more. The funny thing is, five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties. He's 'done an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan</a>'. Not surprised. I’ve been reading ‘what’s happened to LGF’ posts for a year or more.

The funny thing is, five years back LGF was considered a hate blog by lefties.

He’s ‘done an Andrew Sullivan‘.

]]> By: Alisdair Cameron http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87899 Alisdair Cameron Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:14 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87899 Gosh.This could go either way: either the Republicans see the warning signs and try and squeeze out the hard-right fruit-loops, or the GOP gets taken over and utterly dominated by them, which in the US's duopoly of parties would be very dangerous: remember they still have a shedload of support who'd never vote any other way, so it's better to have as moderate and sane a Republican party as possible. Gosh.This could go either way: either the Republicans see the warning signs and try and squeeze out the hard-right fruit-loops, or the GOP gets taken over and utterly dominated by them, which in the US’s duopoly of parties would be very dangerous: remember they still have a shedload of support who’d never vote any other way, so it’s better to have as moderate and sane a Republican party as possible.

]]> By: Curious Freedom http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87898 Curious Freedom Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:57:26 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87898 I do so ever hope you’re not trying to make the hoffmeister look silly with you comment jimjay, because that just won’t be on. I do so ever hope you’re not trying to make the hoffmeister look silly with you comment jimjay, because that just won’t be on.

]]> By: jim jay http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87892 jim jay Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:43:39 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87892 I think it may be the other way round - the loons making the right uninhabitable for the sensible Republicans. The hard right of the Reps has been behaving in an incredibly vile way - over death panels, health care in general, the war, obama's birth certificate, turning every issue into one of communism and/or fascism... etc. To some extent this is good because it should keep them out of power for longer. On the other hand if they lose it will be so much worse for everyone. I think it may be the other way round – the loons making the right uninhabitable for the sensible Republicans.

The hard right of the Reps has been behaving in an incredibly vile way – over death panels, health care in general, the war, obama’s birth certificate, turning every issue into one of communism and/or fascism… etc.

To some extent this is good because it should keep them out of power for longer. On the other hand if they lose it will be so much worse for everyone.

]]> By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87888 Daniel Hoffmann-Gill Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:26:23 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87888 Wow, that's a pretty big move, I was wondering when the sensible Republican Right were going to jettison the loons. Wow, that’s a pretty big move, I was wondering when the sensible Republican Right were going to jettison the loons.

]]> By: Neil Fawcett http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87887 Neil Fawcett Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87887 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: :: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF</span></span> RT @libcon: :: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF

]]> By: Naadir Jeewa http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87938 Naadir Jeewa Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87938 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Reading: ‘Why I parted ways with the Right’: Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs still remains one.. http://bit.ly/6dRcJA</span></span> Reading: ‘Why I parted ways with the Right’: Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs still remains one.. http://bit.ly/6dRcJA

]]> By: Greg Bengtson http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87920 Greg Bengtson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:26:57 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87920 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF #fb</span></span> RT @libcon: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF #fb

]]> By: Paulo Coimbra http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87906 Paulo Coimbra Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87906 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: :: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF</span></span> RT @libcon: :: 'Why I parted ways with the Right' http://bit.ly/6nVddF

]]> By: Claire Butler http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/01/why-i-parted-ways-with-the-right/#comment-87886 Claire Butler Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:17:16 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9529#comment-87886 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Can't argue with this - RT @libcon Liberal Conspiracy » ‘Why I parted ways with the Right’ http://bit.ly/8jYbkY</span></span> Can't argue with this – RT @libcon Liberal Conspiracy » ‘Why I parted ways with the Right’ http://bit.ly/8jYbkY

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