Comments on: The First Annual Duncan Black Award For Overheated Punditry… http://informedspeculation.com/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Is NBC Sitting On A Blockbuster? http://informedspeculation.com/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/comment-page-1/#comment-10130 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Is NBC Sitting On A Blockbuster? Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:24:31 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/#comment-10130 [...] Just days ago I had some unkind words for Duncan Black’s hysterical rantings about the possibility of bloggers being shot in the head for opposing Bush, but he deserves kudos for noticing a deleted portion of an Andrea Mitchell interview transcript that has explosive potential: Mitchell: Do you have any information about reporters being swept up in this net? [...] [...] Just days ago I had some unkind words for Duncan Black’s hysterical rantings about the possibility of bloggers being shot in the head for opposing Bush, but he deserves kudos for noticing a deleted portion of an Andrea Mitchell interview transcript that has explosive potential: Mitchell: Do you have any information about reporters being swept up in this net? [...]

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/comment-page-1/#comment-9992 Mark Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:41:59 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/#comment-9992 You said it!... You said it!…

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/comment-page-1/#comment-9991 Dennis Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:03:50 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/01/02/the-first-annual-duncan-black-award-for-overheated-punditry/#comment-9991 I get the feeling that certain practitioners of that paranoid style of politics are driven mostly by a strong martyr complex. Being on the losing side of elections energizes them, because it allows them to wallow in self-pity and disgust for the the accursed majority. I think some of them desperately <i>want</i> Bush to be a dictator in the true sense of the word, shipping off nattering bloggers to Gitmo, so they can feel validated in their most negative, vile feelings about the president. And it's worth noting that Duncan Black has just gone on record saying Bush is a dictator and his next step could be to shoot bloggers he doesn't like. So what is Black doing about this horrible turn of events? In the face of a clear, very personal threat, is he raising a rebel army or getting people to march in the streets? No, he's bitching about it on the Internet. The guy either lacks the courage of his convictions or knows he's writing piffle, but doesn't care. I get the feeling that certain practitioners of that paranoid style of politics are driven mostly by a strong martyr complex. Being on the losing side of elections energizes them, because it allows them to wallow in self-pity and disgust for the the accursed majority.

I think some of them desperately want Bush to be a dictator in the true sense of the word, shipping off nattering bloggers to Gitmo, so they can feel validated in their most negative, vile feelings about the president.

And it’s worth noting that Duncan Black has just gone on record saying Bush is a dictator and his next step could be to shoot bloggers he doesn’t like. So what is Black doing about this horrible turn of events? In the face of a clear, very personal threat, is he raising a rebel army or getting people to march in the streets? No, he’s bitching about it on the Internet. The guy either lacks the courage of his convictions or knows he’s writing piffle, but doesn’t care.

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