In what is clearly a sign of victory for the nihilist, troll forces; this message confronts the would-be commenter at American Power:
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All hail General Repsac who brilliantly deployed factual links to overwhelm the force of goodness and morality that is Donald Douglas. His tactical use of postmodern logic led to the eventual cry, “no mas.”
Drink deeply and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, tonight, for another obstacle in our quest to destroy the shining city on the hill, has fallen. Herr Professor was a valiant opponent and we salute him. May he quickly adapt to immorality in the re-education camps that we are building with expenditures hidden in the stimulus bill.
Who’s next? Malkin, Confed Yankee, Red State? It’s all just mop up now.
UPDATE: I must have masochistic tendencies to put up a post that I know will result in my being referred to as “depraved vermin.” I suppose my psychological issues aren’t as deeply rooted and severe as what some others face, though. Just sayin’.
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That Nutty Professor will do anything to get out of apologising to me. But now, the Forces of Nihilism bask in the sweet succor of victory! Long live General Repsac!
We are all Truth101 now.
I don't know about the others, but RedState doesn't put up with any nihilist bullshit. One post out of line and they'll "blam" your ass so you can never login again. They also make you wait a day after registering before you can comment. And if they really don't like what you wrote, they'll replace your comment with an insult of you. Classy.
I myself got banned after a week solely because I wrote bad stuff about them at my blog. I was always polite and non-confrontational there, and obeyed their posting guidelines, but they blam'd me all the same. And if they think you're a liberal plant, they'll search for your user name at liberal blogs and mock you once they delete your account.
But at least they're honest about it. Douglas likes to pretend he's above such things and used to smear me by saying that I'd delete his comments because he was "winning." RedState openly tells you that they don't like dissent and proudly blams anyone who disagrees with them, including fellow conservatives who don't agree with every point. Donald likes to pretend he's Mr. Open Debate and willing to discuss anything, yet he won't even respond to me anymore. RedState prides themselves on ideological purity. It's a conservative website and they like it that way.
And again, I don't see why yall bother with the professor. RedState's where the real goods are. But good job getting the moderation up. Anything to help slow down the righteous from commenting.
Shit. I guess I should go back and re do my latest SPEAK.
Ich bin ein Truth101!
And if they really don't like what you wrote, they'll replace your comment with an insult of you. Classy.
That actually seems kind of nihilist itself. I suppose they wouldn't appreciate that observation, though.
I only go over there because I'm still trying to convince myself that it's not a parody.
I believe the irony here is that a pro-victory professor has capitulated to internet trolls. If he can't defeat a bunch of webclowns, how is he going to defeat the great Islamist menace?
The thing of it is, having Donald moderate, shut down, shut up, or in any way change what he's been doing, has never been my intent.
I mean, I'm not perfectly behaved by a long-shot, but neither am I particularly abusive, either in language or in tone. When Donald posts something, I reply to what he and/or his readership says, pretty much like any other person who comments there. The only difference I can see is, I don't stroke his ego, and don't expect a Donnie-treat ("You're so right (to agree with my every word). Thanks for posting!!") and a pat on the head in reply.
I don't wish to keep him quiet; I just wish to respond to that neocon/con/"traditionalist" vision of the world with a different perspective, and that's pretty much all I do when I comment there. While I haven't ever done a count, I'd guess that my comment frequency is not all that different from that of some of his other regulars, though I will admit that there have been particular posts where I've ended up in discussions with three or four people simultaneously, and am answering each of their comments with one of my own. On the other hand, there have also been posts where I haven't commented at all, so it all evens out...
While he claims to get e-mails from secret admirers expressing disgust for my wanton ways, one or two of his fellow conservatives have said publicly (some on his blog even, though I'll be damned if I can find any of them now) that they don't understand why Donald so dislikes me. They think I'm as wrong as Donald does, but they don't see where I'm particularly mean or abusive like Donald claims I am. With a few exceptions (mostly return blows, rather than first strikes), I can agree with that assessment (except about that "being wrong" part, of course... 8>)
I understand that he sees me as "one fruity yet obssessed, generally abusive moral relativist with an unhealthy addiction to trolling for 'gotchas' who has been commenting there", but I don't see what I do to him as being all that different from what he does himself, to other bloggers. The only difference between us is, I'm more apt to do it right there on his own blog, rather than cutting the lines to which I wish to reply from the "offending" blog, then scurrying back to my own & pasting it in, sharing my observations with my ideological peers, rather than the person who said the thing with which I so disagree. I have little interest in pats on the back or "a million hits" (Rule 3, is it?); I'm looking for a conversation and an exchange of ideas, and I've no problem walking into the lion's den to find it.
This blog here is closer to what Donald does himself, dealing with he & other bloggers and certain socio-political celebs with whom we disagree from afar, by link and quote. This place is built around Donald's penchant for a particular word--rendered almost meaningless through misuse and inane repetition--that he fires off at commenter and far-off blogger or politico alike. Our blogroll is nothing more than a list of folks with blogs Donald's called a "nihilist," for any reason or none, in the last 6-8 months. And like Doctor Biobrain commented on at another post, I'm starting to wonder too, whether "it won't turn out that EVERYONE is a nihilist; excepting, of course, Associate Professor Donald Douglas, who is the one man of true principle in this world.", at least, if one were to ask him, anyway.
In any case, my point is, I bear Donald little ill will, and I certainly don't want to stop him from blogging. I would prefer that he take off the blinders and try to see the world (or at least one little tiny part of it) from another perspective, but I really don't expect he ever will. If he does, great. If not, he continues to serve as a bad example. Either way, I'm not attacking him, at least most of the time... I'm just commenting on his blog (and now, given his moderation & threats of mass deletions once he turns moderation off, here, as well.) I'm sorry that my doing so so offends him, but I'd imagine that those he "hammers" and attempts to "take down" (assuming that they notice, given that he tends to do these things somewhat out of their sight) feel pretty much the same way about him...
The real problem is, Donald got caught with his proverbial pants down with that comment about gay marriage, bestiality, and the conservative penchant for linking the two, and alot of people saw his Superman underoos, and wanted to compliment him on how well he wears them. (Pam's blog is fairly large itself, and even from there, the story was caught by one or two liberal blog aggregators, spreading it yet wider.) I wouldn't like it if it happened to me, either... ...but then, I didn't make the foolish comment; I only replied to it.
As I've said many times Reppy, your comments are well reasoned and civilized and I just can't divine why Don hates you so much other than the fact that you make him look foolish from time to time. I like Don for the most part but I'm constantly surprised when he goes off the deep end where you're concerned. The rest of you guys are just jerks who don't believe in anything (at least that's what Don told me).
And now the source of my great shame:
"I even appreciate interacting occasionally with some of whom I don't agree, as long as they stay within the bounds of decency."
Yeah, that was me he hyperlinked to. I can't tell: am I not nihilistic enough or just too damned charming? One for the ages, I suppose.
"And now the source of my great shame:"
Yeah, I didn't know quite how you was gonna react to that, & thus whether to congratulate you or feel your pain.
It's all right, we still love ya (in that manly, nihilist kinda way, of course). Besides, you speak a good deal of truth there as well, and if he prefers hearing it from your mouth rather than mine, CS's, his relative-by-marriage Tim's*, or anyone else's here, who am I to argue? Go on & fight the good fight, (whenever you're in the mood, anyway...) and don't worry about us... I'm certain we'll still be here, much as we've been since the beginning (only better, and more evolved... 8>)
*(What ever happened to that "Tim" guy, anyway? He just vanished from Donald's comment streams kinda suddenly, and without a word... Makes me wonder whether whichever of Donald's relatives he married didn't lay into him about making her--brother?, cousin?, uncle?, ???--look bad, or somethin'. I liked him, and wished he has a blog of his own, so I could read more of his insights...
Now there's a tiny part of me hoping Donald didn't snap and perform some kinda ritualistic "honor killing" of his own, proving himself to be less of a "moderate conservative" than he wants us to believe he is... Those NeoCons are all alike, after all...)
Repsac, when does the American Depraved Vermin blog start up? Also, a good name for a band.
I can understand Douglas being pissed at myself, Truth, CS and JBW, even. We all, to my mind, go there and are "kind" of snarky or improper at times. I've never seen you do anything but argue against him in an honest, straightforward and gentlemanly manner.
I admire you for the fact that you do persist in the quest for honest debate, in what I can only view as the Arkham Asylum. If there is a more lunatic blog on the web, someone please tell me. Even Malkin going on about Rachel Ray and the Arab headdress wasn't as crazy as the senseless namecalling at AmPow. What's so stupid is that I think we all are confident that we are not vermin, atheists, socialists, Stalinists, communists, nihilists or whatever else. Douglas accused me once of making an ad hominen attack, and I probably did. After that, I tried to avoid doing it. But, what is calling someone an atheistic nihilist with no basis?
I try to resist dropping in snarky comments there, but sometimes my will gives out. I'm a dick, if not a depraved vermin. You have the ability to construct rational arguments that should be met with equally rational counterpoints, if such exist.
What makes it so hard, to avoid twisting his tail, is that Douglas is so completely humorless. There's the near-psychotic reaction to Tbogg going there and making a few pretty innocent comments. And even my goofy post here about his "surrender."
God no, I wouldn't want to see him shut down or anything. I think he should be nominated for a webby next year, in whatever category Jon Swift and Jesus General are in. Keep on keepin' on, Professor D.
Most of you are much more courteous and respectful than I am at most times.
I share the same sentiments with respect to visiting people that are idealogically different than ourselves. Having our views challenged and dismantled is part of the process of improving ones' own.
Having said that, you gotta wonder what a "pro-victory associate Professor" is doing in academia, when he can't handle a few "snarky commenters" on his blog. I suspect he's too irrelevent in the academic sphere and not really accustomed to having his "pro-victory" cut and paste jobs challenged by pro-defeat nihilists.
Sorry guys, but I am not about to be conciliatory to people who pretend to be open to debate and then proceed to delete comments of opposing idealogues. Is it a coincidence that the rate of comment disappearance is sort of directly proportional to the strength of the argument presented?
Considering my history, I was a pussy cat when posting on The Donald's site. I defended his profession and even told him if one of my kids was in his class and acting disrespectful I would take care of it. He hides his vitriol and deluded views behind his self invented cloak of academia. His intellectual dishonesty may attract those that share his narrow minded views. But the only good purpose it served in the end was allowing me to achieve membership in General Respac's Nation of Nihilists. For that, I am thankful Donald. You can sit down to dinner with your family tonight and tell them you did something positive and uplifting today. Just like President Obama.
Deranged - There is nothing nihilistic about RedState replacing unAmerican comments with anti-unAmerican comments. That's entirely consistent with their adherence to objective truth and empirical knowledge. Indeed, allowing nihilist commenters to have the same rights as real Americans would be a sign of relativist thinking; as it would imply that statements by subjective postmodernists are just as worthy as those made by objective rationalists. And so by replacing nihilism with anti-nihilism, RedState only reinforces their firm belief in moralism and the American Way. And that's why I hate them so much.
But I totally agree that getting Douglas to start moderating comments was a definite sign of weakness on his part. First we get them to moderate their comments, then we force them to moderate their thoughts, eventually they're moderating their conservativism and then we POUNCE. The end of America will be ours!
As for parody, I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that ALL conservatives aren't parody. Particularly Donald Douglas, who consistently blows my mind with the intellectual veneer he coats his fourth-grade understanding of the world. I swear, there was a long stretch of time that I was convinced he was a parody; or at least that somebody was posting with his name and mocking his style. But nope, it was him and he's "serious". I honestly suspect brain damage might be involved, as I don't understand how he could be so childish otherwise. His use of lame insults while denouncing name calling is one of many such oddities.
Doc, your logic is impeccable as always. I suspected you might be fluffing a bit with the 245 I.Q. but now I see that it's true.
I am going to begin doing some knee bends to prepare for the pouncing.
From the "talking to myself" department:
*(What ever happened to that "Tim" guy, anyway? He just vanished from Donald's comment streams kinda suddenly, and without a word... Makes me wonder whether whichever of Donald's relatives he married didn't lay into him about making her--brother?, cousin?, uncle?, ???--look bad, or somethin'. I liked him, and wished he has a blog of his own, so I could read more of his insights...
Now there's a tiny part of me hoping Donald didn't snap and perform some kinda ritualistic "honor killing" of his own, proving himself to be less of a "moderate conservative" than he wants us to believe he is... Those NeoCons are all alike, after all...)
Good news, nihilists...
American Conservatism may be R.I.P (even our muse, Donald, poses it as a question), but Tim still lives after all.
I'd wish him well & welcome back, but seeing as how Donald so fears my commentary that he's asked me to "quit [my] obssessive polluting of American Power" (all he had to do is ask), I thought it best to hold off on any unnecessary commentary there, at least for now.
(Yes, I do still think Professor Douglas is a fucking coward. His trying to set special rules for me to comment on his blog, like the "deletion without cause" before it, is evidence of his unwillingness to answer, and fear of, hard questions.)
No doubt Donald "The Cut and Paste Kid" lifted his post about American Conservatism R.I.P. from my site. Yet another incident he owes me an apology for.
Repsac, I see that Tim had resurfaced. Maybe you sent some kind of telepathic message to him with your comment pondering on his whereabouts.
I was going to say "hi" but I don't think the Donald was too happy about this post. I bet the kids stay off that humorless prick's lawn.
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