Wednesday, March 8
Awww! Loose Canon says farewell
"There have been three Ash Wednesdays, two Easter Sundays, the death of one pope and the election of another since I began this gig. And I have the distinct feeling that I changed not a single mind. Perhaps I was too abrasive, or not abrasive enough.
"Perhaps I should be concerned about the volume of rancor I generated on the mini-boards. Indeed, I have had, from time to time, the fleeting and disconcerting feeling that, like poor old Bridey Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited, I might not be the best apologist for the faith...
(...)
"I was surprised that my posts on the cartoon jihad didn’t generate more conversation. Resurgent Islam of a fundamentalist variety is the big story of our age, and it is painful to me that so many people do not value our own country and our own magnificent civilization enough..."
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I'm not surprised at all, actually. Charlotte's lefty readers are simply more interested in not having their right to kill babies interrupted for any reason or by any inconvenience (like the conscience of another person) than they are about the future of Western civilization. In fact, that first priority pretty much cancels out the second one -- and they couldn't care less. Typical self-loathing disguised as "progressive thinking".
The reaction by her BeliefNet blogmate and frequent sparring partner, Swammi Uptown -- an aging urban hipster and self-described "Jew Bu" who values tolerance, love and peace above all -- is typical of his type: nasty, self-righteous, gloating and misinformed. If it's sheer bile you're after, never look farther than the nearest educated "enlightened" middle aged liberal male.
If Arnie ever has some mid-life crisis, I hope he blows our money on a Lamborgini then crashes it into an Atlantic City casino rather than turning into some ersatz "Eastern spirituality" putz.
"Perhaps I should be concerned about the volume of rancor I generated on the mini-boards. Indeed, I have had, from time to time, the fleeting and disconcerting feeling that, like poor old Bridey Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited, I might not be the best apologist for the faith...
(...)
"I was surprised that my posts on the cartoon jihad didn’t generate more conversation. Resurgent Islam of a fundamentalist variety is the big story of our age, and it is painful to me that so many people do not value our own country and our own magnificent civilization enough..."
***
I'm not surprised at all, actually. Charlotte's lefty readers are simply more interested in not having their right to kill babies interrupted for any reason or by any inconvenience (like the conscience of another person) than they are about the future of Western civilization. In fact, that first priority pretty much cancels out the second one -- and they couldn't care less. Typical self-loathing disguised as "progressive thinking".
The reaction by her BeliefNet blogmate and frequent sparring partner, Swammi Uptown -- an aging urban hipster and self-described "Jew Bu" who values tolerance, love and peace above all -- is typical of his type: nasty, self-righteous, gloating and misinformed. If it's sheer bile you're after, never look farther than the nearest educated "enlightened" middle aged liberal male.
If Arnie ever has some mid-life crisis, I hope he blows our money on a Lamborgini then crashes it into an Atlantic City casino rather than turning into some ersatz "Eastern spirituality" putz.
