DU mentioned in AJC letter-to-the-Editor

[bunkerbuster1]

(I was going to write "AJC LTE" but it just seemed too darn cute.)

as archived here, but I read it in today's print edition:

Hillary Clinton faces heat; now fuss begins

Jonathan Tilove ("Clinton faces surge of misogyny," @issue, Dec. 4) expresses appropriate indignation at the vitriol aimed at Sen. Hillary Clinton. Names, such as "bitch" and worse, thrown about reveal more about the writers' lack of depth and argumentative skills than about the targets of attacks.

It's amusing, though, to see columnists and opinion writers just now discovering the vitriol and hate speech expressed daily on the Web. For several years sites such as Democratic Underground, The Daily Kos, and MoveOn.org have established new lows in intelligent conversation. I can only guess that as long as President Bush, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, Ann Coulter and Gen. David Petraeus were being vilified, the left had no problem with intemperate speech. It was only when their ox was being gored that they noticed.

JOHNEY R. FRIAR, Auburn

Wonder how many times "Johney" has been tombstoned?

[Iris]

1. Isn't the editorial page of AJC entertaining?

What an idiot "Johney" is. Can't even spell his own name and doesn't realize there are also sites on the right that offer what he terms "new lows in intelligent conversation."

[bunkerbuster1]

2. I never miss it, that's for sure.

But I tend to think of it as monitoring more than reading for pleasure.

As for the idea that "Johney" doesn't realize there are comparable right wing sites: I think some folks imagine that a place like Free Republic isn't hateful because there's no evil curse words, which aren't allowed there or in other conservative sites because it might upset the baby Jesus or something.

[Brewman_Jax]

3. Standard RW selective amnesia

I guess Johney forgot about the relentless attacks on then President Clinton by his beloved RW pundits and politicians.

As for "new lows in intelligent conversation", the participants of the above mentioned sites have a good command of written English and the posts are readable, unlike their RW counterparts. I guess that the study of English grammar, or any study at all, isn't needed to be a RW brain-dead scumbag.