Comments on: Evidently, Lieberman Blacked Out For Forty Years http://larison.org/2007/11/09/evidently-lieberman-blacked-out-for-forty-years/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: wheelhouse http://larison.org/2007/11/09/evidently-lieberman-blacked-out-for-forty-years/#comment-8044 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:58:40 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/11/09/evidently-lieberman-blacked-out-for-forty-years/#comment-8044 Mr. Larison, You write, "Are there some people who simplistically attribute everything that’s going awry in the world to the U.S. government? Maybe, but no one of consequence holds this view." I think that people definitely hold this view and that they are of some consequence. The problem is that the war-supporting Republicans and conservatives (conservative used loosely, of course) think that these people are of a really huge consequence and that they are guilty of terrible sins that need to be constantly identified (think of all the anti-leftism columns on Townhall). Constantly attacking these far-left-wing type people who are of some but not a lot of consequence allows the war-supporters to obtain credibility while ignoring sane people like yourself. WF Mr. Larison,
You write, “Are there some people who simplistically attribute everything that’s going awry in the world to the U.S. government? Maybe, but no one of consequence holds this view.”

I think that people definitely hold this view and that they are of some consequence. The problem is that the war-supporting Republicans and conservatives (conservative used loosely, of course) think that these people are of a really huge consequence and that they are guilty of terrible sins that need to be constantly identified (think of all the anti-leftism columns on Townhall). Constantly attacking these far-left-wing type people who are of some but not a lot of consequence allows the war-supporters to obtain credibility while ignoring sane people like yourself.
WF

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