It just doesn’t get any better then this comment from this Daily Kos post:
How can you tell if the blog you’re reading is right wing or left wing?
It’s easy.
If it’s a liberal oriented blog, you can post public comments and engage in a discussion.
If it’s a conservative/right-wing blog, they’ll either be no comment section, or an elaborate process by which people are meticulously qualified to publicly comment on the web site content.
Why should anybody be surprised that the right wing blogs are full of ridiculous lies and accusations? They refuse to engage in any kind of dialog on issues or allow others to comment on their agenda.
Every blog is going to go wrong sometimes; nobody is infallible, but if you give people the ability to comment and criticize, at least you’re hinting that you care enough about the truth to provide means by which it can be discovered or debated. (emphasis mine)
Very interesting meme the Left has got going now. Off the top of my head, I can think of 3 Right Wing blogs without comments. Powerline, Instapundit, and Everything I Know Is Wrong. Most have comments. Mine are wide open, as are most. And yes, many use systems such as Typekey, which is used verify commenter’s as well as to weed out the trolls who use the same type of language we see on the DU and other Leftist sites, such as, well, Kos, including this same post. How about that? Something such as:
Powerline-was-completely-fucking-wrong-gate was a problem not just because their wild-ass accusations about the Schiavo-Martinez memo were completely wrong, not just because media asses like Howie Kurtz took them seriously, but because they harm the reputation of the entire blogosphere.
And, of course, the reference to John Hinderaker as "assrocket." Of course, the most ironic part is that in order to post on The Daily Kos, one must register. Furthermore, new users must wait 24 hours before they can post. Why, you ask?
You have to register with the site to post comments. New users must then wait 24 hours to post a comment. The clock starts running after the initial login. This is to prevent abuse of the diaries by trolls (people who post inflammatory articles just to get an inflamed response).
Oops. Guess I won’t be able to respond to them directly today in an adult manner, will I?
(ps, while spell checking, I fixed some of the words from the Kos commenter. Not meant to be a slur at the commenter, it just happened during this event.)
