In short, I’m shocked. Unfortunately, my time is scarce for blogging these days. When I came back to blog here after a recent and extended leave of absence, I quickly and easily noticed a less moderate tone. Every coblogger that posts with any regularity offers an extensively left-wing viewpoint, and (here’s the real offense) often stooping to ridiculous levels to claw at the knees of the Republicans. As evidence, let’s turn to a man for whom I hold great personal respect, our host Joe Gandelman:
And maybe if the administration works as hard and effectively as it has so far, it’ll break those records, too.
Really, ANY member of the U.S. government WANTS more servicemen to die? They are WORKING to keep our troops there longer?
I’m appalled. This site is too rapidly becoming an echo chamber like those we once were proudly able to sneer down at.
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised to see religious bigotry from a new coblogger who wrote on his own blog the following gem of “moderation” :
Just do me a favor: If someone tells you how proud they are to be an American this Thanksgiving, don’t bother to get tangled up in some long winded discussion about what The Decider has wrought. Just ask to have the cranberry sauce passed to you and throw it at them.
Well, Shaun, the Moderate Voice once used to stand for civil debate (“long-winded discussion”) and not so much for throwing of food. But I guess acting like children is in vogue now – it just doesn’t seem so moderate to me.
Okay. Let’s post pictures of what others consider sacred for a cheap laugh because “it was coming anyways.” Let’s be ashamed of being Americans. And let’s devolve our debate to the point where we’re arguing that the Administration plans for the maximum casualties.
I love this site and what it has stood for. I really do, and that’s why it sickens me to see us take this path. Because if we continue along our current trajectory, a name change will be in order.
Shadow blogger two, out. May we please live up to our masthead.
UPDATE: I’d like to preempt any criticism or calling me a “neocon,” a Halliburton puppet or anything similar by saying that I supported Kerry in 2004, supported mostly Republicans in 2006, and that this post was not based on any specific opinions but rather a yearning for the educated and civil debate we used to have here. Not a forum where cobloggers respond to intelligent criticisms of their work by calling respected lawblogger Ann Althouse “Annie Pooh.” Is this a joke?
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