5 things I learned as a leftist that are still (mostly) true


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R. Lee Ermey and the hazards of hero worship


Hero worship feeds our secret hope that “somebody” will come along to finally shift that giant ugly sofa that is “Obama’s socialism” or “creeping sharia” or “political correctness,” while we get to hover around, make encouraging noises, and “supervise.”

What is it about progressive journalists inventing imaginary poor black people?


We all know leftists live in a bizarre alt-history fantasy world populated by perpetual victims and “liberal” saviors, but this is ridiculous.

R. Lee Ermey and the hazards of hero worship


Hero worship feeds our secret hope that “somebody” will come along to finally shift that giant ugly sofa that is “Obama’s socialism” or “creeping sharia” or “political correctness,” while we get to hover around, make encouraging noises, and “supervise.”

‘Red State’: Kevin Smith’s new film targets religious extremists. Guess which religion? Oh, sure you can!


I hate Kevin Smith. His slovenly appearance and (somewhat baffling) modicum of success have made him dearly beloved by that most misbegotten of cultural mutants: the loser hipster nerd.

All the Cinema’s Spawn: Woodward and Bernstein’s Bastard Offspring


In 1998/2003, the book/movie Easy Riders, Raging Bulls laid down a new stratum of received wisdom: That the 1970s witnessed a “Silver Age” of American film making, after brave young rebel outsiders employed their low budget indie hits as celluloid Trojan Horses, infiltrated bankrupt, boring old Hollywood and rescued it from itself. (And went on [...]

‘Red State’: Kevin Smith’s new film targets religious extremists. Guess which religion? Oh, sure you can!


I hate Kevin Smith. His slovenly appearance and (somewhat baffling) modicum of success have made him dearly beloved by that most misbegotten of cultural mutants: the loser hipster nerd.

WUSA: Evil Right-wing Geniuses put Paul Newman… On the Radio?


“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna make stale Network references anymore!” Wouldn’t you love to hear your least favorite progressive talker make that their new year’s resolution? It’s like I said yesterday: lefties are fickle. They pick up, dump, then booty-call their “clever” memes-du jour like Julian Assange at a key party. Remember [...]

Not EVERY Chilean rugby player is a cannibal! — In defense of generalizations


Having spent too long as the Media Matters “watcher” for NewsReal, I’ve learned that “good writing” — if you’re a modern day “progressive” — equals “reads like it was typed up at the last minute by a moonlighting Groupon intern with Tourettes.”

YouTube’s latest anti-Western censorship points to bigger problem


Blogger IsraelyCool and Brian of London call it an emergency: Palestine Media Watch (PMW) translates and posts videos from the TV Channels of both the official Palestinian Authority (rulled by Fattah) and Hamas TV. They’ve brought to the world such gems as the genocidal bunny rabbit and Farfour the murderous mouse. Well YouTube have shut [...]