Comments on: Kick Him For Me

By: Right Wing News

Right Wing News — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:38:45 +0000

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By: MEC

MEC — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:14:25 +0000

John Derbyshire. He's the words-fail-me who wrote that Chelsea Clinton should be killed because her father was Bill Clinton. Kicking him in the face isn't nearly enough.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:21:46 +0000

Max Renn, he’s wrong about the sense of humour thing. Somehow I think he’s confusing Greens with Ayn Randians. Or Moonies.

I don’t wish Derbyshire and his ilk ill. I just wish they had the credibility they deserve. None.

By: Max Renn

Max Renn — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:35:46 +0000

Do you guys still think Bush and Gore are identical? Do you think it doesn’t matter if we give Republicans absolute power over the USA? After all, they’re no different than Democrats, right?

posted by: Von Rex at March 10, 2006 09:20 AM

This point is why I am still pissed at some of my friends who voted for Nader. Some of them have come to realize how socially conservative he is on many issues, and how much baggage he has.

Rob G: if Von Rex is wrong, in what way is he wrong?

Humorlessness and Pecksniffery are the hallmark of Naderites. Not Greens per se.

Finally, John Derbyshire is a borderline pedophile and really nasty. He’s a bad piece of work, and I wish him ill. That said, I don’t wish him physical harm.

By: Rob G

Rob G — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:55:05 +0000

anon, I’m a Green too (and you’re wrong, Von Rex). There is an ocean of difference between condoning genuinely outrageous acts of violence, and poking fun at the assholes that do the condoning (even if that fun involves violent language and images). Are you truly not capable of seeing that?

I doubt anyone here would condone any real violence against the Derb. Er, right guys?

By: ChrisV82

ChrisV82 — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:42:53 +0000

(ugh, “knew”)

By: ChrisV82

ChrisV82 — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:39:31 +0000

I enjoyed reading Derbo’s article about his time with Bruce Lee, and I enjoyed watching him get beat up. Who new Greg would turn me into a (very, very brief) John Derbyshire fan?

By: Von Rex

Von Rex — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:20:42 +0000

Not having a sense of humour is also a pillar of the Green community, as well as being completely detached from reality and critical thinking.

Do you guys still think Bush and Gore are identical? Do you think it doesn’t matter if we give Republicans absolute power over the USA? After all, they’re no different than Democrats, right?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:55:55 +0000

Obviously rhetoric is not reality, and humor is really not reality, but the kind of “vibe” that I’m seeing here is one of the reasons why I’m a Green rather than a Democrat.

One frequently sees comments and replies from Democrats complaining about how the Conservatives encourage violence, followed up by jokes about “Ha ha, when we get the whip hand we’ll kick them and see how they like it.”

On the other hand, one of the four fundamental values of the Greens is Non-Violence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pillars_of_the_Green_Party

– If you wouldn’t want somebody doing it to you, then don’t do it to others, or think that it would be funny to do it to others.

By: neil

neil — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:15:28 +0000

I wouldn't have believed it, even though I can clearly recognize his face, if he didn't explain it himself. The Derb is a much cooler guy than it seems, I think.