Don't BS Me!

This post is about another blog and a comment left on it. Don Surber’s post, How The Left Lost The War On Terrorism, commented at length, complete with links to articles discussing the points he made. The post concluded that the left has no longer has a message.

A comment by Dave Peyton… Well, rather than paraphrase, I’ll copy it in here:
“It's an absolutely amazing post, Don. Full of sources and quotes. I am impressed. Really. And if I didn't personally know that you have misrepresented real liberals, I'd probably say that you're right on the mark.”

What, precisely, constitutes a “real” liberal? Would that be one that refers to victims of 9/11 as Eichmanns? Would it be one that editorializes that people who intended to vote for George Bush were too stupid to vote? Would it be one that consistently says the defense budget is too big and then raises a furor about a potential base closing?

People have absolute rights to free speech, free association and a host of other rights that I spent 20 years of my life defending. I applaud their exercise of those rights. Just don’t try to BS me!