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Conservative gloominess

May 16, 2008 - 9:26 am - by Roger Kimball
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2008-05-19 11:22:50

If this piece weren’t obvious bunk this liberal–that’s right, I hate freedome–would be insulted.

The Echo Chamber and the mainstream media? C’mon now. Conservatives invented the Chamber. Rush and his Dittoheads repeating false talking points until they become true–that’s the Echo Chamber, my friend. You probably don’t know it because you’re living in it.

And “liberals opposed to freedom and all its works,” two paragraphs after explaining the Echo Chamber? Seriously? Is today April Fool’s? Does anyone even remeber the Swiftboating of John Kerry? That was one serious Echo Chamber. This coming in a piece about conservatives, who as a grooup are generally against allowing people to marry whomever they wish regardless of their sexual orientation. Ludicrous.

I knew you were out of actual dicussion points when you brought up sense of humor. That’s a good recruitment pitch: “Be A Conservative! We’re The Funny Ones!” Brilliant but pointless.

Maybe the humor thing is true, though, because I laughed aloud when I read the Buckly quote chiding the League of Women Voters. And I guffawed reading the paragraphs about unintended consequences that didn’t mention the invasion of Iraq. That’s good stuff right there.