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- snupples, on 10/12/2007, -7/+61"Look at how highly rated your conservative-bashing comment is, and then tell me this site isn't liberal."
So if you're not "A Conservative" you must be "A Liberal"...
That kind of thinking needs to end. The sooner the better. - AlpineJones, on 10/12/2007, -9/+52I agree that Ann Coulter makes conservatives look bad. It is really hard to find a conservative who brings up a good argument without using the bible or just claiming everythings a bunch of liberal bull *****. Most conservative on this site can't even develop a logical argument. Conservatives make digg seem liberal (even though it's not).
- frankchickens, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32Kudos to conservatives for reining that shrill nazi Coulter in.
I wouldn't want that spoiled brat being my voice. - iggee85, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32Wow, have you ever considered that not all digg users are American and don't necessarily align themselves according to U.S. political lines? In American standards the rest of the English speaking world leans to the left (even though we don't see it that way), so don't get upset about digg being so "liberal".
- Scruffydan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Political debates are at an all time low. Arguments on both sides are terrible. Good honest logical debates are a thing of the past. for shame.
- snupples, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31I modded Alpine up mainly for his first sentence.
Ann Coulter DOES make conservatives look bad, and a lot of the more vocal conservatives on Digg make conservatives look bad too, for that matter. Conservatism has a long, distinguished history of intellectual movers and shakers, but that definitely doesn't include snakeoil pundits like her. - Niffer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26Or you could say people tend to become conservative when they run into some money. Young people don't make much money.
See, we can all make baseless statements fun! - hockeysk8, on 10/12/2007, -9/+29But why is digg so left? It certainly isn't advertised as left wing, liberal, progressive or anything else that would attract left leaning people to it. Could it be that the majority of the population is left of center and digg just reflects that? Could it be that conservative view points get a greater share within traditional media because of monopolized corporate ownership of media in the U.S. touting ideas that protect their own interests? But here on the Internet where everyone gets a voice and sites like digg that operate on a true democracy you get to see what the common man actually thinks?
- phoobahr, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25"The sad truth is that Digg leans left because sadly the young/technology crowd leans left. That does not reflect on the general population in America which leans right (Replican President, Senate and House)."
There are those who might note that digg doesn't lean left - it only looks like that in a republican cultural backwater like the US. Left of hard right isn't left per se - deanlowe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Left of Bush isn't just Air America or Jon Stewart. Left of Bush is Bush Sr., Reagan or Nixon. There are other numbers between 1 and 10 besides 5.
In other words, Coke and Pepsi are not the only drinks in the stores. - hockeysk8, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19It is news because Coulter is one of the most inflammatory hack journalists that has ever existed and it is about damned time that her hate inciting trash be removed from the public forum.
- silenceHR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11@Banagor
once again, you are wrong.
here, lets talk about gay marriage, european countries allow it (not all of them, but some) ... thats surely more then 1% of their population that supports it, otherwise it wouldnt be allowed. heck, Spain, one of most cristian/catholic countries allows gay marriage. Czechs allowed them last week. and so on.....
legalisation of drugs.... here is tricky one.... NO country legalized them, but many DECRIMINALIZED small ammouts for personal usage, meaning that you can light a joint in the street and nothing will happen.
you have two terms totally mixed - it is NOT legal to buy, sell or even have them, but in some countries if you have some on you, they wont send you to court/jail. that's VERY different from legalizing.... it's not like you'll find heroin being sold by kilos in supermarkets.
both these topics are currentlly pretty hot political potatos in my country .... and i can tell you that support for both issues is way higher then 1%. only FAR RIGHT is against both. - BillDoor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14It's easy to be a Liberal when the right has moved so far to the right. To all you Conservatives out there I have a question. If you as right-wing Conservatives were living in Germany in the 1930's and 40's how would you protest Hitler's policies without seem like Liberals?
- stark23x, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Good. Ann Coulter is a disease.
- Banagor, on 10/12/2007, -10/+18Here's an argument for you:
I'm conservative on many issues. I'm a strong supporter of the war on terrorism. I'm a strong supporter of Bush.
I also don't like Ann Coulter. I don't watch Fox News. I don't listen to Rush. I don't use the Bible to defend policies, and I also am a "devout" atheist.
And yes, Digg is extremely liberal and has it's own little liberal bubble. As I said a few days ago: Most people here would support gay marriage. I do. I know most of you do. that's about 1% of the world view. Most people around the world do not support gay marriage. That puts your "world liberal view" in an extreme minority.
Most people around the world also believe in strong conservative values when it comes to family things which, I'm fairly certain, most Digg users do not.
Most people around the world don't believe in the legalization of drugs either. Anyone here completely against the legalization of drugs?
Stop pretending that Digg isn't a liberal paradise. It is. Just frigging admit it already. I know it is. As I said, I'm very conservative on some issues, but I'm obviously a liberal on others. So I can spot bias really easily. This is a biased crowd, okay? Bring any of these issues up in most countries in the world and some of those ideals would get you killed.
So I guess not all of us "Conservatives" are bible-bashing freaks.
Was that a cogent enough argument for you? Or do you want me to slap you upside the head some more, you dork?
Thanks for trying to pin some of us in your category. It didn't work with me though. - BloodJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Actually I didn't write this article, bonchbonchbonch.
- silenceHR, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12"The sad truth is that Digg leans left because sadly the young/technology crowd leans left. That does not reflect on the general population in America which leans right (Replican President, Senate and House)."
and you hit the nail.... digg isn't exclusive american playground. simple.
what is considered left in US is in most european countries centre or even conservative. there are acctually VERY FEW true leftists in european meaning of the word.
this just shows that you cant judge whole world through your US right wing bible thumping eyes..... so cry me a river when you get modded down - Scopitone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7So shines a good deed in a weary world.
- danielwsmithee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am sure they do consider it, they just don't care because it gets them attention. Which alows them to sell books, and get payed to speek at universities.
- Flashman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8I dropped my column into Ann Coulter, and she loved every inch of it.
- BloodJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to contribute that comment.
- pr0t3st, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@bonch
That's not "pro-censorship" at all. That's protecting the publisher's rights of free speech. The publisher can print whatever the hell he wants and if a few opinionated people don't want to read Ann's crap then there is nothing you can do about it if the publisher doesn't send it to print. With your logic I bet you think that digg is pro-censorship because of the publics ability to hide your comments. - rohcky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I gotta have more cowbell!
- BloodJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@bonchbonchbonch, you suggested that I was in some way responsible for this news. I am not.
- mousky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That's because religions conservatives are not true conservatives.
- jdb252, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That's right - The Hawkeye State has its head screwed on right.
- kindaslow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"You're either with us or against us"
This type of thinking has pervaded our country (USA) to the point of insanity. It doesn't matter who started it or how it has gotten this out of control, but only bad things can come of it IMO. - newspimp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@Banganor
So, you're generally considered liberal on social issues, and fiscally conservative. Then you're Libertarian. Maximum freedom of self and of business, minimal government and taxation.
There is more than left/right. - CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6This is seriously getting weird. There have been so many odd partisan political links that basically get modded up to a low level very quickly and hit the front page. Then equally as fast they are modded right out of existence. I am really kind of sick of reading this crap. Who the hell cares if one pundit (lib or con) gets booted from one small publication!? When was the last time people got their knickers in a knot over something the Cedar Rapids Gazette did? Why is this even close to newsworthy? Who is digging this and why? Is it part of some guerilla politic campaign? Is it just a bunch of partisan hecklers humping the digg system dry in order to piss me off and further whatever dogmatic political bullcrap they love?
- Banagor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Hehe now that actually made me laugh. Good one.
- helix400, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6But then the political section would be empty.
Wait a minute. That would be wondeful! I like your idea now. - ZombieJesus3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm no conservative (pretty solid Libertarian), but I don't believe for a second that Ann Coulter represents conservatives. Her and Malkin and a couple other pundits, they're the fringe not the mainstream.
- Banagor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2While I don't like Ann Coulter all that much, I think it's high time the left stopped referring to her or other right-wing commentators as "Nazis". People who use that term appear not to really understand exactly what it means. It is a very specific thing, and it is a deplorable thing. And as much as you might not like her stances on certain issues, or even on all of them, she does not advocate putting anyone in concentration camps and killing off an entire people to promote a racist supremacist ideology. Tactics of war and overwhelming force are not the same as genocide. The two are absolutely distinct in nature.
That has really bothered me about the left for quite some time. It is demeaning and it is deplorable. Please stop it now.
When the Hamas calls for the entire destruction of the Jewish people in it's charter, that is akin to Nazism. When Ann Coulter calls for Muslims to reject violence as a people, that is not Nazism. Plus the fact is that Ann Coulter supports the war in Iraq. Whatever your perspective on whether or not it was a good thing, America did not go into Iraq to exterminate the Iraqi people. I'm sorry, but to claim such a thing is absolute nonsense. It is also highly offensive.
So please stop it now. - AlpineJones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Newspimp
I agree. Atheism does not fit with modern American conservatism.
Also, I made the original comment as a Libertarian, not a "Liberal." - Modulo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The only cure? More cowbell!
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like a little Champagne with my cowbell.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who started it? Well... other than Emperor Palpatine, it was clearly George W. Bush and his Neocon speechwriter.
"You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists."
Don't you find that a tad disturbing? The president of the US said something like this! Why is this man still in office? - designer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Freedom of speech is overrated.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1[quote]I agree that Ann Coulter makes conservatives look bad.[/quote]
Conservatives make conservatives look bad. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Standard fascist debate tactic: defame the messenger in hopes of discrediting the story.
You'd be surprised at how often this works for Fox News! - lostinseganet, on 02/09/2009, -0/+1Well the people seem to digg it.
- Spyntek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1GOOD!!!! I also hope that she DROPS DEAD!!!! This country could well do without her inflammatory comments and innuendos
- leehodge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@AlpineJones
It is really hard to find a conservative who brings up a good argument without using the bible or just claiming everythings a bunch of liberal bull *****. Most conservative on this site can't even develop a logical argument. Conservatives make digg seem liberal (even though it's not).
That is a very bigoted comment - do you actually think this crap is a logical argument? Sounds like you live in a small-minded world where you paint any group you don't like with your broad bigoted brush. You are irony incarnate - you are what you claim the group you hate is
BTW: Intellectually I doubt you are even good enough to shine Ann Coulter's pumps. - ccheath, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2it's my humble opinion that people that complain/whine on this site need to be ignored... there's a nice little button for it too...
... ok I clicked reply to the wrong person, but my point stands... use the ignore button you fools... if you don't like bloodjunkie just ignore him... he'll go away at the click of a button.
as they say in usenet "PLONK" - leehodge, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@BillDoor
To all you Conservatives out there I have a question. If you as right-wing Conservatives were living in Germany in the 1930's and 40's how would you protest Hitler's policies without seem like Liberals?
Study history (and grammar) and try again. Hitler was a liberal. Hitler and the Nazis overthrew the conservative government of Hindenburg. While the Nazis were right wing compared with the German communists, the Nazis are far to the Left when compared with the US government - Hitler was a bloody socialist (totalitarian, but socialist all the same). - leehodge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@ p0s3r
If you filter out Coulter's over-top and outrageous rhetoric she really nails alot of issues. The problem is the message is being overshadowed by the antics and media whoring of the messenger.
Good logical and reasoned point - expect the lock-step Moonbat children to mod you down. Most of the Digg Moonbats have likely never read a single thing Ann Coulter has written - they just parrot what their handlers feed them. - leehodge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@Flashman
I dropped my column into Ann Coulter, and she loved every inch of it.
So you masturbate to pictures of Ann Coulter - does your mother know you are doing that in her basement? - leehodge, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@kindaslow
"You're either with us or against us"
This type of thinking has pervaded our country (USA) to the point of insanity.
So you don't like that slogan - what do you like:
You are either with us or we will change and be like you
You are either with us or we will pretend you do not exist
You are you and we are we and I like fuzzy bunnies
You are either with us or you are...I forget...man am I a stoned
Tell us what you think is better, - noamsml, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1diggdownme
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