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November 30, 2005
Malkin Knows Who's Angry (And It's Not Conservatives)
It's very likely that anyone who winds up here in Flippery Fish land will have already checked in with Michelle Malkin. But I just have to highlight this article of hers, if for no other reason than principle's sake. It's just too damned spot on.
Janeane Garofalo, left-wing actress-turned-Air America radio host, is a miserable woman. Last week before the holidays, she turned up on cable TV. No, not to count her blessings -- but to rant against conservative journalist Bob Novak, author Ann Coulter, and the Fox News Channel.[...]
Accessorized by a permanent scowl (hard to believe she was once considered a comedienne), Ms. Garofalo accused conservatives of having "an anger management problem." Without a trace of irony, the frowning Garofalo griped about "right-wing partisan hacks" who "are always on the verge of punching somebody or always behave as if they've just been cut off in traffic."
This, dear readers, is a classic case of liberal projection. [...] Ms. Garofalo crossly blames the Right while denying the pathological wrath and fury that characterize the unhinged Left.
Who are you calling angry, Ms. Garofalo? [...]
It isn't out-of-control conservatives tossing Molotov cocktails at police officers in San Francisco, burning American soldiers in effigy, and smearing pig's blood and feces on the walls and windows of military recruitment centers across the country to protest on behalf of peace.
It isn't rage-blinded conservative professors who embrace fragging (the murder of American soldiers by their fellow soldiers on the battlefield) as a legitimate anti-war tactic.
It isn't vengeful conservatives torching SUVs, condo developments, and research facilities, and targeting biotech and pharmaceutical company employees and their families to protest on behalf of the environment. [...]
My Christmas wish for Ms. Garofalo and her ilk: a mirror and a clue to make the yuletide bright. In the meantime, when vein-popping liberals start seething about the rage of the Right, the wisest action for peaceful right-wingers I can recommend is this:
Duck.
I've edited this for length a little, but I can't say I've taken the best bits--the entire piece is a best bit. And as a bonus check out her inclusion of the charming Democratic Underground post in which an "unapologetic" writer wishes for conservatives to do him favor and kill themselves.
Maybe the end to this irrationality will come when the Left's emotional rage finally reaches a tipping point and begins to intrude into the consciousness of the silent centrists--the people who don't read Michelle Malkin or LGF or The Corner. I've always thought Joe McCarthy has been one of the best friends the Left ever had because they have been able to invoke his name like a cudgel to ward off legitimate criticism. Although the same kind of advantage doesn't exist for conservatives, the rage-besotted extremists that control the Democratic party will have to be confronted, just like McCarthy was.
This is certainly one of the best pieces I've read this year.
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