A Sampling of Liberals Being Driven to Incoherence by Our Eloquence and Moxie
Liberty Island Makes 'Em Crazy
Who would have thought that an obscure website publishing fiction by and for conservatives would create absolute apoplexy among liberals?
Below we've produced a "best of" list of the angry, nutty, and elitist rants criticizing Liberty Island. They come in 3 basic categories:
- ANGRY: "Those stupid racist Tea Party people can't even read, how can they write books?"
- NUTTY: "Those racist teabaggers are just writing books to work out their homosexual rape fantasies."
- ELITIST: "I haven't bothered to read anything on their site, but I can tell you from my expertise that there isn't a Faulkner among the lot. Lionel Trilling would not be impressed."
Okay, I'm exaggerating slightly for effect. But only slightly. Please don't click on these links if you have a weak stomach or a low threshold for B.S. You've been warned!
Alicublog. ANNALS OF THE CULTURE WARS
Alicublog. ESCAPE FROM LIBERTY ISLAND
Alicublog. SWEET SCAM OF LIBERTY
Bookforum. Keep the language crisp and pungent...
The Extrahuman Union. A Wild List of "Conservative" Books Appears, and it's as Bad as You Think
Mother Jones. Liberal Comedy, Conservative Outrage. But Why?
Tablet Mag. The Tea Party's New Front in the American Culture Wars: Literature
The Washington Post. Ayn Rand, please keep typing!
2paragraphs.com. The Conservative Revolt is Coming
UPDATE:
Seattle Times. Hippies Under the Bed
UPDATE #2: Delagar. Conservative Fiction
UPDATE#3 ("utterly, utterly shite"): London Review of Books: On Liberty Island
UPDATE#3 ("utterly, utterly shite"): London Review of Books: On Liberty Island
Review by krpedm
Jul 27 2014
1 of 1 liked this
Living in the bizarro world
So let me get this right Mother Jones....conservatives can't do comedy because as members of the "power structure" they are more easily ridiculed. "Member of the power structure?" Me? Colbert can do his schtick because of the silly pleasure of confirmation, the "we are the cool kids making fun of the jerks" brand of humor. Their's is pack mentality humor ala junior high school...MJ has it backward. The media is laughing at the powerless, the uncool kids who give a shit about doing something as in Edmund Burke doing something.
Review by uberetalis
Jul 12 2014
2 of 2 liked this
They know you have a point.
They know you have a point and it scares them. If Liberty Island was really the mindless ranting of fringe wackos it would be ignored by our Progressive Brethren. The Fox News analogy works. They never guessed fair and balanced reporting would be embraced. They don't want to let that happen again. The underlying current in the blogs you cite is one of "Oh shit this could be trouble".
Reload and keep up the fire!
Reload and keep up the fire!