Obama makes Olbermann's "Worst Person" list

[Sims2789]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/obama-makes-keith-olberma_n_130445.html

Who's the "confused" one now?

 

[Elrohir]

While an entertaining tidbit, Olberman is still an obnoxious douche.

(And yes, so are O'Reilly, Hannity, Colmes, and that harpy Nancy Grace. Pundits in general suck)

 

[Ecofarm]

Something tells me that this is an amazingly self (democrat)-serving criticism.

I don't read puffington articles, just like I don't read stormfront articles. They're pretty much the same thing.

(And yes, so are O'Reilly, Hannity, Colmes, and that harpy Nancy Grace. Pundits in general suck)

Not O'Reilly. He's a stand up guy.

And not Colmes, c'mon... that guy might be the lamest token on cable news. He can't even piss off the republicans. At least tokens on CNN are infuriating to liberals. He actually makes liberals look nice and tolerant; what kinda crap is that. I want a real token; someone we can throw tomatoes at.

 

[CCA]

Something tells me that this is an amazingly self (democrat)-serving criticism.

I don't read puffington articles, just like I don't read stormfront articles. They're pretty much the same thing.



Not O'Reilly. He's a stand up guy.

And not Colmes, c'mon... that guy might be the lamest token on cable news. He can't even piss off the republicans. At least tokens on CNN are infuriating to liberals.

Godwinned the thread 2 posts in

 

[Ecofarm]

I call em like I see em. Hate-based websites. Garbage passing as information.

Posting a huffington article is (intellectually) the same thing as posting a stormfront article.

 

[Bill3000]

I call em like I see em. Hate-based websites. Garbage passing as information.

Posting a huffington article is (intellectually) the same thing as posting a stormfront article.

No, it's intellectually the same thing as posting a townhall/newsmax article. It's merely your typical partisan news site. I mean honestly, you're not even accounting for the "nonmainstream media" anarchist news sites.

 

[Phlegmak]

I don't read puffington articles, just like I don't read stormfront articles. They're pretty much the same thing.

I've been watching you post that nonsense for a while now. Please state how Huffington Post is like a Nazi group. If your comparison is "hate", please state how Huffington Post hates like a Nazi group.

 

[Ecofarm]

Either it is hate based or not. Either it has a target to be demonized or not.

I'm not sure this even counts as "godwinning". I'm not comparing anyone to a Nazi. I'm commenting on the intellectual dishonesty of the source. But I wouldn't expect some people to understand that.

Bill, of course, does and is trying to piss about the details. Fine, Bill, you're right (if townhall is hate-based)... I haven't seen that site and it might just be conservative, not a source of SEETHING IRRATIONAL HATRED.

The only hate-based websites I know of are moveon.org, puffington, thinkprogress(?) and stormfront. I don't go to conservative websites and noone posts from them, so I wouldn't know about those. Comparing puffington to moveon or thinkprogress would hardly make sense to some people, so I was left with no other choice to illustrate my point.

 

[Bill3000]

Seething irrational hatred? You get that at any political site, including CFC. It takes more than that to classify a site being a "hate site" - namely genuine bigotry. There's a huge difference between a site being partisan where a lot of sparks are flying and a site that is based on the hatred of ethnic groups.

Of course Huffington sucks, but that's no different from any other popular political site, but it's just stupid to compare it to Stormfront. It's equatism of the worst kind.

 

[History_Buff]

If you actually watch the video, it's just some quick humor about Obama giving the wrong length for his marriage. The way it's done is actually pretty funny. In fact, even the Huffington Post article acknowledges that it isn't serious.

 

[Phlegmak]

Either it is hate based or not. Either it has a target to be demonized or not.

I'm not sure this even counts as "godwinning". I'm not comparing anyone to a Nazi. I'm commenting on the intellectual dishonesty of the source. But I wouldn't expect some people to understand that.

I hate the president. Probably a lot more than Huffington writers. This comparison of yours is completely dumb.

You hate Huffington Post. You're like Stormfront. You hate common sense. You're like Stormfront. You hate Nancy Pelosi. You're like Stormfront. You hate religion. You hate meat. You hate ...

 

[Phlegmak]

Seething irrational hatred? You get that at any political site, including CFC. It takes more than that to classify a site being a "hate site" - namely genuine bigotry. There's a huge difference between a site being partisan where a lot of sparks are flying and a site that is based on the hatred of ethnic groups.

Of course Huffington sucks, but that's no different from any other popular political site, but it's just stupid to compare it to Stormfront. It's equatism of the worst kind.

Extremely good catch! But I would state that it's equatism of the dumbest kind.

 

[.Shane.]

I'm commenting on the intellectual dishonesty of the source.

QFI

Don't squander the progress you've made on these kinds of intellectually dishonest comparisons.

 

[Ecofarm]

Seething irrational hatred? You get that at any political site, including CFC. It takes more than that to classify a site being a "hate site" - namely genuine bigotry.

If you don't think huffington is bigoted, then you are not as smart as I thought.

There's a huge difference between a site being partisan where a lot of sparks are flying and a site that is based on the hatred of ethnic groups.

Maybe you haven't looked closely at huffington.

Of course Huffington sucks, but that's no different from any other popular political site,

It's not that popular. Most people have some sense of intellectual honesty. Besides, I think it is ALOT different than other political websites. It is biased to the point of bigotry.

but it's just stupid to compare it to Stormfront.

What would you compare it to (that I've heard of?). And that's the important part... That people have heard of. I dunno wth townhall is, never heard of it. Unless you can provide a well-known alternative to describe a bigoted site, I don't see how my choice is stupid.

It's equatism of the worst kind.

How dare you?

 

[Ecofarm]

You hate Huffington Post. You're like Stormfront. You hate common sense. You're like Stormfront. You hate Nancy Pelosi. You're like Stormfront. You hate religion. You hate meat. You hate ...

You really don't have any idea of the point I was making, do you? It's not just about hatred. It is about organized hate-based propaganda being perpetuated by a supposed news source.

Meaningful similarities:

1) Hate-based propaganda
2) Website that pretends to be news

Sorry, I don't know any other websites like that.

Of course, every left-wing-wackjob will now jump to the defense of puffingfront. Shall I make a list of the soon-to-respond? How can this not be obvious to everyone else.

 

[MrPopov]

Breaking News!

According to an eye-opening report released Tuesday, 60 million people whom you would never talk to, would never be in a position to talk to, and wouldn't even be able to talk to if you tried will be voting for the other candidate in this year's presidential election, and there is nothing you can do about it.

 

[Ecofarm]

There is a BIG difference between being a democrat and pushing hate-based slime the likes of huffington onto other people.

If you think huffington is mainstream democrat, you are lacking perspective. Most people do not hatefully slander the other side. Most people are not bigoted like huffington. Huffington is a troll. It's BS. Read it if you want, but it's pathetic. Really, it's as pathetic as reading stormfront. But hey, some people are hateful. Whatever.

Some people (for whom huffington is a daily bible) might get offended. Pfft. They'll grow up and have perspective someday. Till then enjoy the bigotry kids.

 

[MrPopov]

maybe I should have emphasized my last post was to practically everybody (including myself) not just to one person specifically

 

[History_Buff]

There is a BIG difference between being a democrat and pushing hate-based slime the likes of huffington onto other people.

If you think huffington is mainstream democrat, you are lacking perspective. Most people do not hatefully slander the other side. Most people are not bigoted like huffington. Huffington is a troll. It's BS. Read it if you want, but it's pathetic. Really, it's as pathetic as reading stormfront. But hey, some people are hateful. Whatever.

Some people (for whom huffington is a daily bible) might get offended. Pfft. They'll grow up and have perspective someday. Till then enjoy the bigotry kids.

But the actual article/post linked to in the OP is not some lefty troll, and is instead a simple, mildy humourous video. It is not hateful, and this is hardly the thread for this. In fact, this should have died about 15 posts ago.

 

[LightFang]

But the actual article/post linked to in the OP is not some lefty troll, and is instead a simple, mildy humourous video. It is not hateful, and this is hardly the thread for this. In fact, this should have died about 15 posts ago.

Yes, but Ecofarm is a very militant individual!