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I have achieved a new low. I am now going to make a blog post commenting on a comment made on someone else’s blog post. Here it is at Joanne’s Journey and the comment is the sixth one down.
Anonymous accuses Conservative bloggers of being, “a perfect echo chamber. Everyone sounds the same. Everyone spits out the same partisan response and sadly, no one thinks for themselves.”
I can only imagine that this was meant to be ironic or somehow funny. I have taken several positions on this blog that directly opposes the actions of the government and the party. So has also many of the other Bloggingtories. We tend to be a difficult group to please.
Reading the Liblogs, on the other hand, is incredibly boring. Not only do they all write about the same thing, they say the exact same thing. I don’t bother reading Liblogs anymore I simply skim through the Liberal Party press releases to get the general idea of what is said.
The reason for this has to do with the next joke that this commenter made. “It's safe to say that the centre to left side of the political spectrum houses far more divergent world views than the narrow aperture of the right.”
What divergent views?
“I think the state should spend more money on this special interest group.”
“No it should be spent on this special interest group”
“No guys seriously I think it should be spent on this massive government program”
“No No No! That would take away from this massive government program”
“I think weed should be legal”
“Well I think weed should be decriminalized”
“Black suits are better than grey suits”
“No way! Grey suits are a lot better!”
“I want to have sex with Justin Trudeau”
When I talk to Liberals about whom in their party they do or do not like it usually comes down to a clash of personality. I’m on this side or that side. What was the philosophical difference between Martin and Chretien? They might have different attitudes towards Quebec nationalists but that is about it.
When you talk to Conservatives about whom they don’t like it always comes down to policy. That person wants to ban abortions or that person wants to cut taxes too much. There are real philosophical differences within the Conservative Party. We are united on a few general points but otherwise we tend to be very contradictory, especially when it comes to so called “social issues”.
Perhaps it would be better for us if this Anonymous person was right. If we were more united in a partisan fervor we would surely be more successful. We have a tendency to eat our own. Though then again, it is the intellectual diversity that allows the Conservative Party to have internal debates that lead to the best solutions for the troubles of our times.
5 comments:
This same anon is posting under the name homepage on Stephen Taylor's latest post on his blog.
The best part is the post on Joanne's she left was factually wrong. McGuinty never thought of Family Day first. A motion was put forth by PC MPP O'Toole, and wouldn't you know it, McGuinty and the Liberal's were against it.
But apparently I was wrong to take her to task because she is a grandmother.
Hmm...I didn't read the other comments. This seems quite silly.
I like to peruse blogs from all political sides, and I too find the conservative blogs more interesting.
One often finds a clash between true conservatives and libertarians / classic liberals. They usually manage to tolerate each other under the "conservative" banner (somehow), but not always.
The least interesting blogs are those that are unrelentingly partisan. Anyone who never deviates from the party line is not thinking for themselves. Nor in the long run are they doing "their side" a favour.
"Family day" sounds like a mother, father and kid kind of day, I thought the liberals and gay crowd was against that kind of talk.
By Request -
"You know Joanne, I'd have more respect for so-called conservative blogs if they didn't let dreck like fredm's post pass unremarked, let alone challenged.
Just where does he, or you given your silence on the post, think all of us gay liberals spring from if not a Family? Fully formed from Karl Marx's forehead?
I find it weird that an ideology so vociferously devoted to family values discusses a new stat holiday through a singularly financial lens, as if there is no other consideration other than the cost. While I find the name insipid and pandering, it is undeniable that February in Ontario is unrelentingly bleak and the prospect of a holiday - to me at least - is very welcome. No doubt I will spend it with my family, and perhaps enjoy some skiing if the snow holds up."
copied from Joanne's Journey.
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