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Summer Hathaway

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48. They don't listen to themselves

Fri Mar 2, 2012, 03:39 AM

Mar 2012

and that is the problem.

The vitriol being spewed at the man is understandable. The vitriol being spewed at his family is despicable.

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Be careful when you fight monsters, lest you become one yourself.... [View all] Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 OP

when somebody that hate-filled, that destructive, snuffs it, I am not going to pretend to be sad. niyad Mar 2012 #1

Because money can replace a father? Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #3

who knows how they feel about their father? all I was saying was that, there is, no doubt, niyad Mar 2012 #16

What leads you to believe that Andrew ... GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #59

What also bothers me is that the same voices who bemoaned the passing of Gadaffi Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #2

There was a big difference in the causes of the deaths MNBrewer Mar 2012 #17

Yeah, Gadaffi's was less tragic, and carried with it more reason for celebration. Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #22

Obtuse, really obtuse. MNBrewer Mar 2012 #23

Not at all, unless you think the death of a murderer is sadder than the death of a journalist with Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #24

One was killed as a result of military action, the other dropped dead. MNBrewer Mar 2012 #44

Not sure I'd call him a journalist. AlinPA Mar 2012 #74

Nobody "bemoaned" the passing of Gadaffi. EFerrari Mar 2012 #29

That's revisionist Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #30

Nope. And he was lynched. You don't digress, you obfuscate. n/t EFerrari Mar 2012 #52

Thank you for proving the point I was making. Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #69

Obtuse MNBrewer Mar 2012 #55

Care to provide evidence? GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #60

Who is celebrating? lunatica Mar 2012 #4

My first thought was to be gleeful and then I thought about it. Bonobo Mar 2012 #5

wow- Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #78

You're welcome. I hope you learned something. nt Bonobo Mar 2012 #79

To enter the battle field one must be on similar grounds. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #6

Does that include Limbaugh when his time comes? Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #7

His death made the world a better place. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #8

I disagree with that, silencing a voice in the debates makes the world quieter, to say better is Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #10

How? Here's how. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #14

Did someone silence Breitbart? MNBrewer Mar 2012 #51

Horse shit. The world is no better or worse today than it was the day before he died. phleshdef Mar 2012 #37

It should be, but it isn't. pecwae Mar 2012 #56

Neh, it's an ancient argument. We're all a MIX of the whole spectrum of good-to -evil /monster UTUSN Mar 2012 #9

we can choose to be better- Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #80

(only because this got kicked up) - Um, O.K., so next time I'm flamed I'll expect you to be there to UTUSN Mar 2012 #82

I agree. It's over the top vitriol. Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #11

Thank you so much for saying that Joe Kookaburra Mar 2012 #12

Maybe if you showed as much respect to OWS as you do Breitbart Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #13

Thanks for the strange stalkerish comment, if it makes you feel better, if a member of OWS were to Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #15

Do you dislike the ideas of OWS? Zalatix Mar 2012 #49

That's for an entirely different thread. Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #84

I think we should show Breitbart as much respect in death as he showed Ted Kennedy in his n/t markpkessinger Mar 2012 #18

I have to agree with the "lest you become one yourself" reminder. Sometimes it's gateley Mar 2012 #19

So don't fight monsters, fight guinea worms, Sacculina carcini, roundworms... saras Mar 2012 #20

12 years old is the age of reason?? Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #35

They don't listen to themselves Summer Hathaway Mar 2012 #48

I'm related to many people who think the very same as Breitbart did... a la izquierda Mar 2012 #21

I wonder if the "piss on his grave" crowd really, truly feel good about themselves, Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #25

I'm glad he's gone. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #27

A funny thing that. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #26

Thanks for posting that Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #28

What if he was single and childless? sadbear Mar 2012 #31

The he would have had a mother or father or friend who grieved his death Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #32

If I had wished death upon him and he died, I would feel terrible sadbear Mar 2012 #33

Eh, I save that for real monsters Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #34

Liberals. We oppose the death penalty, oppose war, call for life saving universal healthcare.... phleshdef Mar 2012 #36

Well said...it's sad and at its core immature. Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #38

it's a problem of Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #81

Is that the guy last seen screaming RAPE at an OWS protest? Rex Mar 2012 #39

Right because screaming rape at an OWS protest is worthy of death. phleshdef Mar 2012 #40

Well you can believe that if you want to. Rex Mar 2012 #42

Yea, thinking with my heart and sense of humanity is really "fucked up". phleshdef Mar 2012 #45

That is not what you posted, but nice try anyway. Rex Mar 2012 #46

Yes, actually it was. Breitbart didn't do anything worthy of death. phleshdef Mar 2012 #47

Everyone dies MNBrewer Mar 2012 #50

No shit. phleshdef Mar 2012 #53

Why are you behaving as though he were assassinated, or executed by some unjust system? MNBrewer Mar 2012 #54

Yeah, fuck life. Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #57

No, Fuck Andrew Bretbart. MNBrewer Mar 2012 #58

I'm not. Why are you just making shit up? phleshdef Mar 2012 #66

Well, to quote you "Breitbart didn't do anything worthy of death." MNBrewer Mar 2012 #73

Yeah but see no where did I say I was happy about it Rex Mar 2012 #71

So what exact age is a "premature death?" titaniumsalute Mar 2012 #76

He was. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #41

I won't dance on graves...to each their own. Rex Mar 2012 #43

Interesting to see.. girl gone mad Mar 2012 #61

That's absurd RZM Mar 2012 #62

No one around here is trying to protect his reputation. Stop making shit up. phleshdef Mar 2012 #67

The author of the OP ***GAVE*** him a reputation as a "journalist" upthread Occulus Mar 2012 #77

when you fight evil with evil, evil wins tk2kewl Mar 2012 #63

k&R Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #64

I thought this was about the Goldberg piece about Obama reassuring Bibi that we would destroy Iran leveymg Mar 2012 #65

A man can be judged by the quality of his enemies, bvar22 Mar 2012 #68

That's disingenuous sadbear Mar 2012 #70

disingenuous? .. not at all. bvar22 Mar 2012 #72

so predictable varelse Mar 2012 #75

Care to elaborate? Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #83