A sample of Newsweek comment blog insanity

[Mental]

Posted By: orihuela @ 02/18/2009 1:03:27 PM

We shouldn't allow nazis in this country !!!!!!
We have enough of our own !

Posted By: brydges @ 02/18/2009 1:18:39 PM

They prefer the term liberal these days

Like I said I don't waste time debating with my dog either, but since you want to...

The Nazi party were socialist that gained power by promising redistribution of wealth. Sound familiar


Posted By: (me) @ 02/18/2009 1:26:49 PM

And you know what else the Nazis did? THEY WALKED UPRIGHT AND ATE FOOD.

Are you a Nazi, "brydges"?

I really need to find something better to do with my life than political blogging, but at least years of arguing with Sine has given me some game for when Godwin's Law inevitably comes into play.

[Tessian]

Ahh political arguments... the only time where you can take ANY event in history, nit pick out about 10% of the facts that support your case and forget the rest.

The economical climate in Germany post WW2 was such that won't really happen again... you're talking a world war where the winners punish the losers to the point where their population is so impoverished that they'll listen to any charismatic leader on a soap box who promises better.

Out of curiousity... what the hell was the article about?

[Mental]

Lord, I forget. That's how stupid some of these "discussions" get.

But, not pre-WWII Germany, that's for sure.

[SineSwiper]

You and my father-in-law should meet up. He is quite literally a right-winged political troll. He's a pretty level-headed and intelligent guy, but since he's retired, FOX News and poking and prodding people at sites like Newshounds are what he lives for.

You know when you're working tech support at an ISP, and somebody asks about how to get his IP changed to remove a web site ban? He's that guy.

[Shellie]

lol that's my dad!

[Mental]

You and my father-in-law should meet up. He is quite literally a right-winged political troll.

No. No, we should not meet up.

Are you trying to get me killed or arrested? I think my body exudes some sort of chemical or pheromone that enrages conservatives and makes them utterly convinced that I'm responsible for all world evils up to and including the Holocaust.

Shit, I was talking to an old Mexican girlfriend once, and she put her new boyfriend on IRC to chat with me once while she went to the bathroom, and even that guy basically started blaming me for everything white people have ever done to Mexico, from the Mexican-American War all the way down to maquiladoras.

I ought to have a shirt made: "Yes, I am to blame for your favorite political problem, please come scream at me now."