Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up
Unlike Jacob, I'm not actually annoyed by what he calls "self-righteous liberals" gleefully celebrating the election results. Heck, I'm joining the glee! I'd say my response to the election was more like Zhubin's:
I couldn't agree more. Not because of fist-pumping "victory" or glee in an "enemy's" downfall. (See my last post for what that's bad.)
No, I'm thrilled because I believe this election will make things better for the American people. No more rubber stamps on violations of their civil liberties. At least a little more concern for the poor and less kowtowing to the powerful. (Is "kowtowing" a word?) Perhaps President Bush will finally have to listen to some new voices on Iraq.
That said, will this guy PLEASE shut up! Seriously, man....you are Jacob's "self-righteous liberal" personified. Except it's worse than self-righteous. It's just plain cruel.
You are making me feel dirty by association. Please just....stop.
It's difficult to convey in writing the physical expressions of glee, but imagine me bouncing on the balls of my feet, twiddling my fingers and giggling like a schoolgirl. Now imagine me doing that for thirteen straight hours. Imagine me doing it while sleeping.
I couldn't agree more. Not because of fist-pumping "victory" or glee in an "enemy's" downfall. (See my last post for what that's bad.)
No, I'm thrilled because I believe this election will make things better for the American people. No more rubber stamps on violations of their civil liberties. At least a little more concern for the poor and less kowtowing to the powerful. (Is "kowtowing" a word?) Perhaps President Bush will finally have to listen to some new voices on Iraq.
That said, will this guy PLEASE shut up! Seriously, man....you are Jacob's "self-righteous liberal" personified. Except it's worse than self-righteous. It's just plain cruel.
You are making me feel dirty by association. Please just....stop.
posted by Ben at
7:41 PM
5 Comments:
They never will shut up, Ben. That's the curse - and the beauty - of freedom of speech. I feel like I should say more, but I feel I lack anything constructive to add.
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Mike, at 11/18/2006 10:42 AM
Oh, he'll always be perfectly free to express his opinion. But I'll still tell him to shut up and stop making all liberals look bad.
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Ben, at 11/18/2006 2:34 PM
Just to clarify, it wasn't liberals' celebration that annoyed me. It was their automatic assumption that I, as a sort of Bohemian coffee shop kind of guy, must have been one of them.
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Anonymous, at 11/21/2006 10:42 PM
That I can identify with. Kind of like people who assume that - because I'm an Evangelical Christian - I must be a Republican.
By
Ben, at 11/23/2006 12:24 PM
Wait. You mean... you're not?
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Anonymous, at 11/24/2006 2:03 PM
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