Let Me Put It This Way, Mr. Thiessen...
by tristero
...I'm not "with" you, pal. Never have been, never will be.
So you think I'm "with" Wikileaks, Mr. Thiessen? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! What an incompetent thinker you are!
Jeebus! I haven't come across such a stupidly contrived false dichotomy since, "So, if you're against the invasion, would you rather Saddam remain in power?"
By the way, sir, when did you first start your preparations to murder your wife?
Love,
t
Note to readers: As you probably noticed, I didn't answer the question. So where does this blogger stand on Wikileaks? Am I with them or with us? Let me be absolutely, perfectly clear:
It's a thoroughly false dichotomy cynically posed by a brain-dead bottom-feeder feasting in the bloody troughs of the AEI.
Mark A. Thiessen, a Bush speechwriter and an apologist for American government torture of people who don't look like him, is in no position whatsoever, either morally or intellectually, to set any kind of agenda for discussion. While you, dear readers, are decent and intellectually honest people, Thiessen is not: he is a paid rightwing propagandist who is advancing the cause of his masters. Since I strongly believe you cannot have a productive discussion when the agenda has been set by rightwing flacks and hacks, I will be happy to give you my (thoroughly unimportant) opinion of WikiLeaks only within the context of a discussion begun by responsible people - liberal or not - who eschew phony dichotomies.
Such a blatantly loaded question as "with us or with WikiLeaks" isn't an opportunity for a serious discussion of WikiLeaks, even at the low level of stickin'-it-to-the-Man contrarianism. IMO, if you say, "WikiLeaks or us? Me For WikiLeaks!" you've already given the false dichotomy far more intellectual status than its worth (and handed the right an open opportunity to be incredibly tedious about how much they love this country and you don't ). Instead, I think that when a rightwing loon writes such nonsense, we - meaning liberals -have been handed a prime opportunity to indulge in wild mockery. And indulge we should.
Not only in mockery but sneering contempt, directed right at the malicious, cold-blooded, and obscenely clueless scoundrels who still claim the moral high ground in American public discourse after cheerleading for the Bush/Iraq war, a spectacular catastrophe that has led to unbelievable levels of pointless human misery directly caused by US behavior.
One final thing. Did you notice how the first sentence of Mr. Thiessen's op-ed begins?:Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got one thing right last week..."
Wow! Think about it. The WikiLeaks disclosure forced a former Bush speechwriter to concede - ok, grudgingly, but still - that the murderouslesbianwitch Hillary Clinton actually got "one thing right" in her life. Once.
That is amazing. That, my friends, is a paradigm shift! Can't you see it now, at least a little? No? Can't you see that...I'm overcome!... that behind the hideous facade of the idiot-for-hire who wrote that op-ed, that the benign countenance of Bipartisanship is timidly peeking out? Be still my heart! This is one small step for a loon, one giant leap for Civilized Discourse (tm).
That WikiLeaks created a public discourse in which an AEI-approved bozo would feel compelled to admit that the Very Bride of Satan was actually right... I have only two words: Dee Licious.
I hope that answers all questions.