The Kids at digg.com

Posted on June 24, 2008
Filed Under Barak Obama, Blog, Democratic Party, Freedom, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the Press, International, John McCain, Liberalism, Ramon de Campoamor, Republican Party, US Elections, culture, democracy, politics, prejudice | 7 Comments

Last Thursday, I posted The Awaited Messiah ? and also submitted it to mccainnow.com, aside from getting it on r-igg.com and digg.com. The post contained some quotes from Senator Obama’s own books, Audacity of Hope and Dreams of My Father as well as some statements he made. I tried to show that the Honorable Senator from Illinois either is unaware of or distorts the truth so as to fit his own agenda of the moment. Everything I quoted was well documented and known even before I wrote my post.

No comments were recorded either on mccainnow.com, or r-igg.com, though there was one comment by the the friend whose email I used and two pingbacks on the original post

On digg.com, the post got three comments and something else…

The third comment went like this:

+2 diggs +2 / -0

MadKennyP
on 06/20/2008

“John McCain is kind of like Jesus Christ on the cross,” Sue Everhart, Chairwoman of the Georgia Republican Party, said as she began the second day of the state GOP convention.

http://www.ajc.com/autoracing/content/metro/storie …

Another went:

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LoneRanger85
on 06/20/2008

Turning water into whine.

I have no problem with either comment however much I disagree with them, even if they address nothing in my post, this is still a free country and everyone is fully entitled to his/her point of view. I am reminded of these words by Ramón de Campoamor, (a Spanish philosopher, playwright, mathematician and politician who lived in the 19th century):

En este mundo traidor
In this treacherous world

Nada es verdad, nada es mentira
Nothing is true, nothing is a lie

Todo es segun el color
Everything depends on the color

Del cristal con que se mira
Of the glass one looks through

When it comes to politics, a person’s emotions often take over the reasoning ability and truth and evidence become the victims of one’s personal point of view. That is all legitimate, that’s how a democracy functions. Though imperfect, at best, it’s still works well and efficiently in spite of itself.

The first comment, however, shows the intellectual low, the obvious vacuousness of the commenter’s views:

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AugustusOsari
on 06/20/2008

Either way, McCain would make things worse than Obama ever could.

Buried as inaccurate.

My problem is not with the first sentence, Either way, McCain would make things worse than Obama ever could. AugustusOsari IS VERY MUCH WITHIN HIS RIGHTS IN OPINING SUCH. My problem and the reason I accuse the commenter of showing an intellectual lowness and vacuousness of views is because being obviously unable to come up with an intelligent counterargument to the quotes of Senator Obama’s own words, he opted to bury the story rather than let it fairly compete. And he does so by labeling as inaccurate, words which anyone can easily verify. Rather reminiscent of a totalitarian society, afraid of the truth as it is too dangerous, don’t you think?!?!? In the arena of ideas there are contenders and then are individuals like the last quoted commenter. Pity!

No doubt, unable to bear his own iniquity, this post will be “buried” as well…

Chaim

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7 Responses to “The Kids at digg.com”

r-igg.com from California, United States on June 24th, 2008 1:43 am

The Kids at digg.com | Freedom…

When the leftist supporters of Obama are unable to come up with an intelligent counterargument to defend their candidate they resort to censorship…
Barbara from New York, United States on June 24th, 2008 6:13 am

Guess we should have suspected the campaign and the internet would come to the ObamaBots trolling the net night and day and either spamming, deleting, or flaming anyone who doesn’t like Obama.

Or tries to tell the truth about NObama.

The way they keep scrubbing Google of the things that were ORIGINALLY on his website — I think we’d better send an industrial strength shredder to the Oval Office if he’s (heaven forbid) elected.

When you can’t debate the issues — attack the other individual’s PERSONHOOD. Very “Rove” like.
stienster from Friesland, Netherlands on June 24th, 2008 1:07 pm

Fascism. Psy-ops. Trolls. Disinformation. HAARP. 2008. Amerika.
Cassandra Troy from Attiki, Greece on June 24th, 2008 2:56 pm

The Postmodern Leftist is beyond care for a proper debate. Argumentation plays no role in the ‘discourse.’ The true does not exist in their philosophy of relativism, so all people have to say is their personal opinion anyway. That’s why it never gets beyond the level of the school playground.
Commando Leader from New York, United States on June 24th, 2008 4:29 pm

stienster,

Sweetie, could you please document your charges against the posts writer or this blog in general? Are you capable of rational discourse or you only know how to hurl insults. Even in the latter department, you should try and be more original dear, it might even make you seem intelligent.

Before you get bent out of shape at my calling you sweetie, I took a cue from the good Senator Obama. Is that OK? As for calling you dear, that’s OK between us girls, isn’t it?
Sammy Benoit from California, United States on June 24th, 2008 5:08 pm

I usually get the same reaction.. No argument with the facts just a generalized you are wrong. You cant even have a good debate with the leftards these days. I think its because they realize that they are full of bull excrement.
James Biga from Colorado, United States on June 24th, 2008 11:09 pm

Just as Marx refused to allow facts and truth get in the way of his communist philosophy, neither will the modern leftist.