If you’ve been paying even scant attention to the news in the past couple of years, you’ve no doubt heard tale of Leftist students on college campuses invading and disrupting speaking events and conferences that deal in subject matter that they deem offensive. And yet, when is the last time you’ve heard of the reverse happening: Conservative students storming a liberal program to stop it from being heard or to somehow diminish the message?
We are also seeing plenty of reports about Hollywood elites banding together to support Barack Obama’s campaign. But, not one Hollywood elite that I know of has gone behind someone like, oh, I don’t know — Tom Tancredo, for instance? Tancredo is worthy of just as much or more respect in my view than Obama, but no, he’ll be ignored by Hollywood. He’s a straight, white, Conservative male after all.
The stigma of the Liberal Media in the United States is as old as I am. No need to even discuss that anymore.
And we all know how the Democrats are scrambling to undermine the President and the troops’ mission in Iraq. “Oh, but we support the troops!” Sure you do, Dems.
Then there’s the little problem with Leftists completely ignoring things like Muslim immigration. They’d rather open the borders and not use common sense. Oh, no. We must alert the ACLU anytime anyone tries to say NO to anything, right Dems? Anarchy must rule! Sex, drugs and rock & roll, baby! Yeah!
Well, this trend of Leftists gone wild isn’t just happening on college campuses, and in Hollywood and Washington. Now it’s happening online via the many bookmarking sites available on the Blogosphere (i.e. Digg). It’s also happening at sites like YouTube, and you’ve already read something on that subject here at the Anvil this past week.
Here’s the latest that I’ve come across, and it interested me, so I figured it might interest you. From Little Green Footballs, a tale of word-policing by the Left once again:
Mob Rule at Digg
Somehow, I don’t think the “social bookmarking” model is supposed to operate like this. The idea behind an ostensibly non-partisan site like Digg.com is that people submit links to interesting things, and other people rate the links, so that interesting stuff gets more votes and rises to the top.
But at Digg, this utopian web fantasy has turned into a system of mob rule.
Case in point, our post today about the ACLU’s newest attempt to get Islamist spokesman Tariq Ramadan into the US: Digg - ACLU: US Can’t Bar Terrorism Supporters.
As soon as this post was “made popular” (received enough votes to get listed on the front page), leftist Digg readers swarmed all over it, clicking the “bury” button like busy little progressive beavers. They also voted against almost every supporting comment, so that they disappeared from the list.
They’re doing this with every LGF post that shows up at Digg now, and the swarm is almost instantaneous. If one of our posts gets to the front page, it’s buried within minutes.
It’s a leftist totalitarian dreamworld. They simply exclude any and all points of view that violate the groupthink—and call it “democracy.”
The most ridiculous example is in the first LGF post that broke through the Digg hivemind, in which the first two dozen comments are hidden: Digg - Iran Uses Photoshop: Fake Pic ‘Reveals’ US Terror Arms.
Here’s a Digg post by someone else who sees how bad the problem has become: Digg - Dear Kevin Rose, Please Create a ‘Who Buried This’ Tab.
And that post was immediately buried.
See the actual article with working links and updates here.
Now, my question is simply this: Are we witnessing the formation of a real Fascist Party in the United States? Perhaps these kids and the Left are so out of their minds that they are unaware of what their behavior actually is when defined in a dictionary or encyclopedia? That’s just no excuse, boys and girls. Squelching differing opinions is one of the hallmarks of fascism, especially when it is done by overt and covert means.
The Left better wake the hell up, because I can promise you, I will tap dance all over this subject and do my part to make a laughing stock out of the Democratic Party in the coming election cycle if this behavior continues to escalate. The Left might like to mock Conservatives and Republicans and anyone else they don’t agree with, and that’s fine. But when the mockery turns into fascism and word-policing and absolute double-standards? Well, that’s when the American people better stand up and point a finger and let the Left know that either get things reigned in or get ready for a fight.
Frankly, I don’t think it will be that much longer before we see a violent incident on the part of the Left in its efforts to further squelch differing opinions, and that’s something I won’t tolerate.
Bring it on, fascists. Between the Far Left and the Muslims, I feel like I’m watching the clock turn back to 1938 right here in the United States!
Happy Sunday.
The leftists have never met an anti-American speaker or program that they haven’t liked. We can thank them for all the wonderful inroads that Islamania has made in the US up to this point. I just wonder when the ACLU will merge with CAIR-these two groups are like a hand in glove ready to strangle the US.
The best way to support the troops is to bring them home so no more of them die for a lost cause.
“But, not one Hollywood elite that I know of has gone behind someone like, oh, I don’t know — Tom Tancredo, for instance? Tancredo is worthy of just as much or more respect in my view than Obama, but no, he’ll be ignored by Hollywood. He’s a straight, white, Conservative male after all.”
He’s also a biggot and a racist. Not exactly the type of person that any tolerant, clear headed, American would be anxious to support. Tancredo is far to the right of even many fasicsts and any measure of support for him is tantamount to support for Hitler. Or are you also of the belief that immigrants are ruining this nation? Because if so, I can loan you the money for a plane ticket back to YOUR nation of origin (Unless of course you are a Native American… in which case yes, you have every right to demand border control after all the bullshit that you’ve dealt with in accomodating ‘immigrants’ on your land). The fact is, America was founded on the principles of immigration and tolerance. We may have forgotten that from time to time, but without understanding and tolerance at home we cannot even pretend to make the claim of being a “free nation”
Regardless, Tancredo’s time in any government position is going to be up just as soon as he comes up for elections.
[quote post=”471″]He’s also a biggot and a racist. Not exactly the type of person that any tolerant, clear headed, American would be anxious to support. Tancredo is far to the right of even many fasicsts and any measure of support for him is tantamount to support for Hitler. Or are you also of the belief that immigrants are ruining this nation?[/quote]
Apparently you’re one of those people that removes “illegal” from immigration.
So, you’re calling Tom Tancredo, an honest American of Italian descent — which means he’s had to scrape for everything he has in this country, and I should know because I’m half Italian myself — you’re outrageously claiming that he’s a “racist and bigot” because he stands up for the laws of this land and fights drug cartels and actually speaks his mind HONESTLY, unlike so many of the sycophants in Washington?
You’re so close to losing any credibility with me right now, it’s the razor’s edge and the teeter-totter has begun.
[quote post=”471″]The fact is, America was founded on the principles of immigration and tolerance.[/quote]
And obeying the Law and building a life here as neighbors, not as invaders, no matter what the excuse. My people waited in line like everyone else at NY harbor. It’s a damn shame that so many bleeding hearts would rather sell credit cards to illegals (thanks B. of America!) and fill their own coffers, instead of doing what’s just and correct for the rights of ALL Americans and not just a select few.
I AM the product of LEGAL immigation!
Tancredo also leaves the “illegal” out of immigrant. His remarks about Miami had nothing to do with legal vs. illegal. It was a blanket statement that completely ignored the fact that many (though clearly not all) of the immigrants in Miami are there legally. It was also a sign of his ignorance, since if he was referencing Cuba he should have said second world country. I also find it interesting that this “HONEST” man that campaigned heavily on the term limit platform and promised to only serve three terms is now on his fourth term as Senator. Plus, his stance on immigration is only the tip of his racism iceburg or do you also have no problem with politicians speaking in front of the confederate flag?
“And obeying the Law and building a life here as neighbors, not as invaders, no matter what the excuse… I AM the product of LEGAL immigation!”
Really? So you got permission from the Native Americans and honored and upheld the treaties that were made with the true “owners” of this land? Then you are certainly in the minority and I tip my hat to you.
Let’s face it. You “legal” immigrants were every bit the “invaders” that the illegals are. You can sugar coat it however you want, but unless you’re willing and able to somehow justify the extermination of the native americans your words, no matter how loud, will always be hollow. There are no “legal” immigrants. Everyone that has ever come to this land has done so as an invader. It’s up to each of us individually to reconcile that within the context of our own lives.
“You’re so close to losing any credibility with me right now, it’s the razor’s edge and the teeter-totter has begun.”
Mixed metaphor… bad form. For you’re part I am having a hard time deciding whether or not you are the type of person that would have been marching around in jackboots half a century ago, so I suppose we are both very close to drawing a conclusion.