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You are here: Home / I Am At A Loss

I Am At A Loss

by John Cole|  May 1, 200310:13 am| 32 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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I don’t know how to even begin to deal with quotes like this:

Right Wing blogger John Cole of Balloon Juice, who has described ‘Mohammed’ as a hero, while considering the masses of Iraqis cannon fodder, would like to know if I have changed my mind about Mohammed.

Apparently, ‘left wing’ blogger Mac Diva likes to put words in my mouth- I have never thought of Iraqi citizens as cannon fodder. IN fact, as I was in favor of the war, there is a firm argument to be made that I may care more about the Iraqi people than Mac, who would prefer they had remained under Hussein. Mac’s obvious response will be- “I think Hussein was a monster too, but war is worse.” Which, of course, means the Iraqis would have remained under Hussein. Regardless, I wouldn’t make that argument anyway- I am assuming Mac cares about the average Iraqi- I am not sure why she does not extend the same benefits to me, except that it helps to prop up the rhetorical straw men that are the foundation of her argument. It is easy to create an argument (albeit, a poor one) when you run on the basic premise that your political opponent is an evil hater.

Not content to leave it at this smear alone, Mac does some stream of consciousness editorializing about the young child Ali, who is now limbless because of an errant bomb:

Cole can continue trying to hoist the opportunist Mohammed onto a pedestal. I will continue to hope for Ali’s recovery.

Is the left this sick? Are they this blinded by their own hate? Can’t you celebrate what Mohammed has done, and still be hopeful for Ali’s recovery? I am. You should be able to do both, as well, Mac.

Are Democrats really not only the ‘Glass is half full’ party, but the ‘Glass is half full, too small to begin with, held by the wrong person, and I don’t like what is in it’ party?

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  1. 1.

    Andrea Harris

    May 1, 2003 at 10:52 am

    I think the only way to deal with people like this is to shun them. I have seen numerous quotes from this Mac Diva person, and comments, and not one of them has any redeeming value or import beyond bitchiness for its own sake. So shun him (or her): don’t have his site on your links, or refer to anything they say on your blog, make as if they don’t exist. I fall back on my parents’ opinion: they are only doing the nasty things they do to get attention for themselves.

  2. 2.

    MommaBear

    May 1, 2003 at 10:55 am

    That Mac Diva ‘thing’ is as bad as the Agonist, only slurring people instead of stealing. Tried reading the crapola posted over there, barfed, and left, never to return.

  3. 3.

    Mike the Analyst

    May 1, 2003 at 12:28 pm

    I was actually thinking along these lines earlier, and I believe it comes down to this:

    Conservatives think liberals are wrong because they are misguided, and they pursue their wrong beliefs with ishy-gushy feelings and good intentions with no rational thought.

    Liberals think conservatives are wrong because they are hateful and terrible and pursue their wrong beliefs to further their own selfish agendas of greed, oppression, etc.

    N’est ce pas? (Pardon my French.)

  4. 4.

    Dean

    May 1, 2003 at 1:10 pm

    Didn’t Krauthammer, oh, about a year or so ago, have a story along these lines?

    Something like: conservatives think liberals are stupid, liberals think conservatives are evil?

  5. 5.

    Dodd

    May 1, 2003 at 1:50 pm

    I had a post about this last year summing up some thoughts quite similar to the above. http://www.cdharris.net/archives/mtarchives/2002_03.html#000392.

    The gist: Conervatives think liberals are wrong; liberals believe that society would be equal and just if only enough people wished it were so – So, to a liberal, if you aren’t wishing it so you must want the unequal, unjust, messy and disordered society that actually exists, proving you are a Bad Person.

  6. 6.

    Terry

    May 1, 2003 at 4:05 pm

    I have trouble understanding why people even read nitwits like Diva, let alone get concerned about what such morons actually say.

  7. 7.

    HH

    May 1, 2003 at 4:27 pm

    “(Fill-in-non-lefty-blogger name here), who beats his wife and children, hates black people and enjoys torturing rabbits, wants to know if I still think we lost the war in Iraq…”

  8. 8.

    HH

    May 1, 2003 at 4:37 pm

    If I’m not mistaken, Mac has pulled off a straw man, ad hominem and post hoc all in one fell swoop.

  9. 9.

    Ricky

    May 1, 2003 at 5:28 pm

    Hey, John, welcome to the “Mac Diva makes up things that I say” club!!!!!

    Keep working, buddy, you’ll make it up to fullfledged “racist” status .
    http://www.rjwest.com/mtarchives/personal/000847.html#000847

    Until then, you gotta pass Richard Poe (among others) first.
    http://www.richardpoe.com/blog_single.php?rowID=153

  10. 10.

    Mac Diva

    May 1, 2003 at 5:40 pm

    So, a group of racists gather to attack ‘Mac Diva.’ Why am I not surprised?

    Hey, Terry, there is a Paul Laurence Dunbar poem that says ‘religious’ people like you pray for a heaven in which slavery exists. Is that true?

    And, Lil’ Dick is now hanging out with the Gene Expression crowd and exploiting an Asperger Syndrome sufferer. Way to go!

  11. 11.

    HH

    May 1, 2003 at 6:13 pm

    Responding to an attack is now an attack… remember, disagree with Mac Diva, you’re a racist.

  12. 12.

    Ricky

    May 1, 2003 at 6:15 pm

    Ah ah ah….don’t leave out that I’m a 3 headed Martian who dines on tree bark and flying Volkswagons.
    While storing dogs in pine trees.
    On artificial turf.
    With 6 of my 8 eyes.
    Versus left handed pitching.

  13. 13.

    Terry

    May 1, 2003 at 7:40 pm

    I have never actuall visited Diva’s site, but have on a few occasions read some of the unintelligible drivel posted by him/her/it on other sites. Diva really, really is one dumb asshole, as indicated by the latest Diva posts in this thread. At times it seems as if the ability of any useless idiot like Diva to pollute the blogosphere with their lunatic ravings is the biggest downside to this new form of communications.

  14. 14.

    Phil

    May 1, 2003 at 7:45 pm

    See, John, you’re missing the big picture: Mohammed performed what is, in the land of leftist identity politics, the worst possible crime. That is, he “betrayed” his tribe/group/people/whatever. He decided that his interests were better aligned elsewhere, and for that, he is derided by the left as a craven opportunist, an “Uncle Tom.”

    Now, contrast that with “martyr” Rachel Corrie. Rachel also betrayed her tribe. Why she is hailed by the left while Mohammed is derided is left as an exercise for the reader.

  15. 15.

    Dodd

    May 1, 2003 at 8:42 pm

    Because Rachel Corrie’s tribe/people is Western and white?

  16. 16.

    David Perron

    May 1, 2003 at 9:04 pm

    Speaking of racism…

    http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/000434.html

  17. 17.

    Mac Diva

    May 1, 2003 at 10:50 pm

    Oh, the big ‘Christain’ Terry Oglesby cusses folks out and Sharkansky’s sock puppet continues to promote Gene Expression since Jews can’t join the Klan. The Far Right is so-o-o predictable.

  18. 18.

    David Perron

    May 1, 2003 at 11:22 pm

    I think it’s time to up the meds, Mac Diva. The current dose is evidently insufficient to prevent psychosis.

  19. 19.

    HH

    May 1, 2003 at 11:23 pm

    One can only hope this is someone impersonating Mac at this point…

  20. 20.

    David Perron

    May 1, 2003 at 11:37 pm

    For the record, not that anyone cares, I’m a “the glass is twice as big as it needs to be” kind of guy. That’s engineers for you.

    Dunno if Mac Diva is posting as his/herself tonight, but the link address is silverrights.blogspot.com. Even more oddly, the top article is a description of Asperger’s Syndrome.

    Rudeness. Self-preoccupation. Lengthy rants that made little or no sense. Claims of being victimized when there was no objective evidence of that. Then, out of the blue, she really went too far. Bonkers, I decided. Then someone reminded me the woman has Asperger’s.

    I’m not saying anything. Nothing at all.

  21. 21.

    Mac Diva

    May 2, 2003 at 11:58 am

    Perron, or perhaps I should say Sharkansky, you know as well as I do that the woman you have been presenting as a role model for liberal bloggers, Natasha Chart, suffers desperately from Asperger’s Syndrome. The fact you extol her raises questions about both of your personalities’ mental health.

  22. 22.

    David Perron

    May 2, 2003 at 2:23 pm

    MD, I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. I suggest that perhaps, given with your continued disconnect from reality, that maybe it’s time to see a mental health care professional. And no, I’m not being sarcastic.

  23. 23.

    Ricky

    May 2, 2003 at 10:20 pm

    I think it’s apparent that Mac Diva isn’t intelligent enough for any substantial debate.

    Another discredited wannabe. Film at 11.

    Next.

  24. 24.

    CPT. Charles

    May 3, 2003 at 10:41 am

    Going into a discussion on the mental mechanics of (various) liberals might well entail starting a new blog site. However, in Mac’s case there is a example: your six-year old sees the shiny new Power Ranger and wants it NOW. The child can’t comprehend your finances (and effort it takes) nor your ordering of priorities (food in the fridge, bills to be paid). Such things are BEYOND their reasoning abilities.
    Your response of NO is an assault on their happiness (re-world view). You don’t ‘love’ them, and you’re a total meanie.
    What should you do? Drag them away from the immediate object of their desire and continue to (patiently) educate them to the realities of the world around them.

    If you’re successful, the child will grow up to be a responsible adult. If you fail, you get a Mac; a shallow-minded overgrown child.

    Teach your children well.

  25. 25.

    Dr. Weevil

    May 3, 2003 at 1:38 pm

    One more stupid slander:

    ‘Mac Diva’ sneers at Terry Oglesby: “the big ‘Christain’ Terry Oglesby cusses folks out”. Anyone who cares to look at his site (PossumBlog) can see that Terry Oglesby’s e-mail address is [email protected]. The two comments on this thread signed “Terry” that call ‘mac diva’ a nitwit, moron, creator of drivel, and asshole, came from [email protected]. I imagine that’s a completely different Terry, most likely one with the last name Hinshaw (duh!). If Terry Oglesby had a sock puppet, he would surely call it something other than ‘Terry’, since the whole point of sock puppets is evasion of responsibility. All in all, though I don’t entirely approve of his language, I think Terry H. has ‘mac diva’ pegged.

  26. 26.

    razib

    May 3, 2003 at 4:52 pm

    razib from GENE EXPRESSION here-it seems more & more of the people that supposedly hang out at our site are people i’ve never even heard of. i am starting to wonder if ‘mac diva’ is playing a joke the on the blogosphere along the lines of ‘let’s see how much of an ass i can be before ppl start ignoring me’

    i think she’s been enough of one ;)

    PS-i am a conservative myself, but i think it plausible that mac diva might be a right-winger pretending to be a lefty-she is basically a wacked-out-stereotype, i don’t think anyone could naturally be as asinine as she is….

  27. 27.

    razib

    May 3, 2003 at 4:53 pm

    razib from GENE EXPRESSION here-it seems more & more of the people that supposedly hang out at our site are people i’ve never even heard of. i am starting to wonder if ‘mac diva’ is playing a joke the on the blogosphere along the lines of ‘let’s see how much of an ass i can be before ppl start ignoring me’

    i think she’s been enough of one ;)

    PS-i am a conservative myself, but i think it plausible that mac diva might be a right-winger pretending to be a lefty-she is basically a wacked-out-stereotype, i don’t think anyone could naturally be as asinine as she is….

  28. 28.

    Jason Soon

    May 4, 2003 at 5:29 am

    How ironic that the author of the afrocentrist work ‘Black spark, white fire’ is being labelled a racist. mac diva – you’re one f***wit

  29. 29.

    David Perron

    May 6, 2003 at 12:39 pm

    And just so ya know, Mac Diva, every time I see you crying racist I’m going to post that link in response to it. Probably not all that bad a thing for you as long as you stick to the loony-left circles, though.

  30. 30.

    Ricky

    May 7, 2003 at 9:22 pm

    Mac Diva prefers to hang out at sites like Ehrenstein’s, where the ‘n’ word is used appropriately….in reference to folks like J.C. Watts.

    Being a dishonest lefty means never having to accept racism amongst your own.

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    That Explains It!

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