Liberals Have No Sense of Humor

After a brief foray into the world of liberal blogging, I have had to retire. After only a month. I kid you not.

So Daily Kos. The liberal stronghold. It’s comprised of a few sanctioned writers who’ve proven their liberal fortitude, hundreds of “diarists” who are supposed to blog about things that help get Democrats elected (per Kos rules) but who also weigh in with comments on other things like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck’s latest idiot sayings. Of course, if you bring up substantive issues, you’ll never know what you’re going to get. For instance:

I wrote a diary about Glenn Beck claiming to have macular dystrophy (which I subsequently deleted in a fit of frustration). The whole point of the diary was that Beck would use this kind of thing to his advantage. Nowhere in there did I say, “All blind people are idiots. Especially Glenn Beck. And yahoo! He’s going blind. Isn’t that awesome!” In fact, I said this:

So Beck has set it up so that he can go blind. Or not. According to his doctor, he “might not” go blind. Of course, Beck isn’t going to act privately about his health like some other more noble, famous people (see Dean Smith). He’s going to go out there and squeeze every inch of sight out of this turnip. Just one more way to reel them in. I know he has some sort of Kool Aid, Doomsday scenario planned. I just hope to God it’s not going to occur in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

I’ll admit, I shouldn’t be so harsh. Perhaps he will turn out like Saul/Paul. God will make him blind only to remove the “crazy” scales from his eyes so that he can become a liberal and lead Democrats to the Promised Land. Plus, if he does go blind, for he and his audience, it will truly be the blind leading the blind.

The last paragraph is my total lame attempt at sarcasm and humor. In response, from the bleeding heart liberal crowd, who love to hate Glenn Beck, I get these comments:

“My Grandpa is blind. This is a serious issue. You shouldn’t make fun of Beck.” AND

“What a heartless diary. I wouldn’t wish blindness on anyone.”

About my diary. About Beck!! No mention in the comments about how Beck made fun of blind people a few years ago, about how he hasn’t donated a cent of his $32 million salary to researching a cure for macular dystrophy. Only, “gosh you’re mean.”

Then, I posted this diary about the Gun Owners of America trying to lobby to repeal a federal law that outlaws anyone convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor from owning a gun. I figured, slam dunk, liberal do-gooders love this shit. Nope. They actually attacked me for being anti-gun. They said I lumped all gun owners in together and was unfair. Seriously. Liberals.

And the comment police! Good, Lord. They’re out there telling people they’re being too mean, they’re using bad language, and to not attack other people with their comments. In fact, on the “Daily Kos FAQ” page there’s actually an entry that says: “Why are people yelling at me for posting a link to my diary?” Rules rules rules. I guess free speech is only allowed to a certain extent. If you’re mean, you can’t say anything.

I’ll give you that I may not get my point across well at times, and I may not always label my sarcasm as sarcasm, but come on! The problem with liberals is they’re too damn serious. I don’t know how Jon Stewart came into existence as he is actually able to laugh at these people. You’ll notice, however, whenever he does go after Obama nervous laughter like the kind you hear when Grandpa tells a racist joke rumbles through the audience.

Get over it people. The best diary I ever read at Daily Kos was this one. Wrote toots74:

Right now, I’m looking at at least three sky-is-falling alarmist diaries at the top of the rec list. Ohhhhhhhhhh Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! The economy is crumbling! The bankers are pillaging us! We’re gonna die!

Man up, you saps!

Is this Daily Kos, or Daily Kleenex? Is this the Netroots, or the Nut-less-roots?

Stop all this goddamn defeatism and get a pair. Things are better than they’ve ever been. How do I know? Because every goddamn kid from every income strata – even poverty – has a cellphone. And not just a cellphone – a fucking SMART phone. Those things – and their data plans – ain’t cheap.

How do I know? Because every other house I pass has not one – but TWO satellite dishes on it – even in the poorest of poor neighborhoods.

How do I know? Because you belly-aching pansies don’t know what hard times are. Things are a little tough, but they’re nowhere near hard yet.

And I hope they never will get hard, because if THIS is what you think is the end of the world, you saps will never make it in real troubled times.

So what comments did he get in return?

“I think that pansies is pretty offensive…” AND

“Sexism? Check. Homophobia? Check. Condescension? Check. I would perhaps rethink this.”

Seriously! Do you guys ever quit with the PC bullshit? I am a woman and an attorney who spent the last ten years defending Dr. George Tiller. I also understand that if people say, “grow a pair” they’re telling you to get a backbone. Of all the things I have seen and heard done to women over the course of the last ten years the very last thing that’s going to get my blood boiling is someone telling you to “grow a pair.”

I stand by my initial reaction to liberal elitism, which is to stay far, far away. When you get a sense of humor, I’ll come back and we’ll talk. Until then, adios Daily Kos!

I’m going to post this over at Daily Kos and see how many angry comments I’m going to get. 100? 200? Maybe I’ll finally have a diary “recommended!” In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Republican with liberal tendencies. Guess that makes me humorless, too. Probably why my sarcasm never works!