How a Leftist Argues: It’s All About the Name Calling

April 23, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston |

-By Warner Todd Huston

A few days ago I was rummaging through the web and ran across a tiny little blog hosted by the Houston Chronicle. It is written by a fine example of civility and perspicacity named Bobbie Cavnar. The post I saw was a perfect example of what I called the “nutrooters” going crazy beating up on George Stephanopoulos and the ABC Democratic Debate team after the ABC debates on the 18th. Needless to say, like most of the extreme leftists of the netroots, ol’ Bobbie was furious that anyone dared force Barack Obama to answer some tough questions about his character.

(And, um, as an aside, wasn’t that whole “character” deal the very thing everyone on the extreme left wanted to talk about when brining up George W. Bush’s past drinking problems and his unproven “AWOL” status with the Texas National Guard during the 2000 and 2004 elections? I’m juss sayin’.)

Well, after discovering Cavnar’s erroneous analysis on the ABC debate I wrote my piece to address Bobbie’s little rant on his dead tree hosted blog. I called it “ABC Debate Obama Flag Pin Question ‘Planted from the Right’? Nutrooters REALLY losing it now!.”

Well, it seems my post has sent our pal Bob into frenzied paroxysms of pure emotion driven fury. As a result, our old buddie Cavie went off on a spit speckled rage in reply to my mild questioning of him that was one part untruth, one part partisan talking points and four parts pure name-calling. (I know that’s six parts, but he REALLY lost it here, so extra points for vitriol.)

The Cavmeister’s post was really instructive, though. Cavie’s response really shows how the left conducts a “debate.” When confronted with things they don’t like, reason and civility leaves them faster than sanity leaves the man who walks into his own bedroom and sees his best friend in bed with his wife!

Now, there simply was no substance to anything he wrote. There was little else but the name-calling — and all surprisingly posted on a mainstream media’s website, at that. I have to say that it is really something to behold. So, since there wasn’t anything substantive for me to reply to, I thought I’d just give you a recap of all the name calling and hate he unleashed at me, your humble correspondent.

So, without further delay, here is that list of Bobbie’s acidic drivel — er, I mean “debate”…

Rabid O’Reilly Wannabe, Warner Todd Huston…
…oblivious…
…Warner Todd Huston (never trust anyone with 3 last names)…
… to further his hate-filled agenda…
…he’s way off on “thoughtful”…
…he whiffed in his bloviation about my piece.
…He then repeats the right wing lie…
He then, foaming at the mouth…
…then furthers his silly argument…
Typical of those of his ilk.
I believe his odd, rabid behavior is typical of those who have watched and listened to years of propaganda and hate rhetoric from “news” networks like Fox Noise and commentary from the likes of Limbaugh, Patrick, Beck, Dobbs, Ingraham, Smerconish, Malkin, Coulter, Savage, and the other idiots who dominate the airwaves.
…why else would someone who doesn’t know a person feel perfectly free to publicly libel another person?
Why is it that right-wingnuts who shoot off their mouths…

That’s quite a list, isn’t it? All one can do is laugh. Though I would like to answer just one of his little vitriolic taunts. His second to the last jab above, to which I say: I don’t know Bobbie, you are in a perfect position to answer your own question after THIS little rant, wouldn’t you say? After all, I don’t recall we two ever having gone out for a little drinkie, or sitting down to a nice Thanksgiving dinner lately!

And now we must be fair. Here is the long, long list of things that might even conceivably be termed “name-calling” in my original piece that was directed at the Cavster:

Nutrooters
Bob Cavnar needs to take some time off, or lay off the caffeine, or maybe someone should gently tell him that the black helicopters aren’t following him after all.
Cavnar(’s)… wild eyed rant…
…example of the overheated far left’s panty bunching…
Cavnar especially goes off his nut…

There ya go. That’s all the “names,” all the taunts I tossed his way and I might add that they are quite mild by comparison to how he went off on me.

I don’t believe I have to say anything else, really. These two lists speak for themselves, don’t you think?

But, I do wonder how Bob Cavnar’s MSM newspaper masters view his work here? Is this the sort of work of which a newspaper should be proud? I can’t see how it could be.

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston