No, I’m not referring to the NFL. Referring to much of the Left-o-sphere. After reading Dr. Shacklefords post on The Daily Kos and their "interview with the Devil," my first thought was the treatment that the Left affords the Right. Look at the language used. From the Right, we get moonbats, demaloons, nutjobs, wacko’s, idiots. From the "reality based community" we get Bushlerites, nazi’s, fascists, monsters, murderers, etc. Quite a difference, eh? I perused quite a few from Kos and others blogrolls, and it wasn’t pretty. Sure, there are some Right wing blogs who take the same tone, but, out of the 100-150 that I peruse at least once a week, I do not see this. Take a look at the folks in the top 100 in the Ecosphere, and see the difference in tone towards the opposition. Right wing blogs tend to take a tone more of bemusement, condescension, and laughter at the Left. The Left tends to view the Right as minions of Lucifer.
However, one of the big things I noticed is the lack of fun on Left wing blogs. Sure, there are some, like Julie With a B and Anonymoses, who have lots of fun. Then again, I do not include Julie and Anonymoses as Lefties, but rather as Liberals. They aren’t the DU style people, and, while I may not agree with many of their political stances, they are not moonbats. So many of the Leftoids are, though, and they have little fun. Kos is virtually non stop condemnation of "Bushco." Where is the fun? Look at some of the big Righty blogs, such as The Captain’s Quarters, Powerline, and the Jawa Report. They all handle some very serious issues, but they all take time to have some fun, such as Captain Ed and Dr. S discussing South Park, Dr. S and White Trash Wednesday, Powerline putting up some nice photos, etc. Look at the blog war between Basil and Sortapundit. That’s fun. Then there is Bad Example and Beautiful Atrocities. Tell me they aren’t fun. You have the Commissar, Blame Bush, Right Wing Sparkle, Ogre, American Warmonger, and so many more that I could mention that have fun in between deep political and issue based posts. I just do not see this same thing going on at Lefty blogs, for the most part.
And, yes, I do check alot of Lefty blogs outs. I run across them on Blog Explosion, and peruse them from blogrolls such as the Progressive Alliance and on sites such as Pussilanimous Wankers (who does have some fun, to be honest). Those fun internet tests? Never see them on lefty sites. Humorous non political pictures? A rarity. Lighten up, folks. Have some fun with your blog. Talk about pirate thongs. Loosen up.
Obviously, I am painting with a broad brush. Those on the left who have some fun, other then those I mentioned (who are on my blogroll incidently, because I like their writing), know who they are. Unfortunately, too many take the Kos method.
Furthermore, I apologize for the general lack of linkage in this post. Notice I didn’t even do the linky thing with "pirate thongs," either. This is fun:
