I think that it could stem from a personal dislike for some of the messengers, and they'd rather eat broken glass than agree with some folks. This is just a little too important for sibling rivalry stuff. For some it is impossible to say, you were right.
Hell, I can't believe that with an "in your face" timeline such as this, Judge Greer still sits on the bench, collecting awards that he's not supposed to be collecting, and that MS is a free man. I cannot believe it went all the way to the bitter end.
Of course where there is an agenda to advance, there ya go. You can picket, email, fax, show up and protest, but damn the evidence, the plan will go through.
I wonder if OJ and MS ever bump into each other at the golf course?
Part of the same thing. This stuff has a lot to do with style and manners and cliques, ins vs. outs, us vs. them. At least on the surface.
Now, it gets a little more complicated because they are devout haters with no tolerance of any other view. In contrast, we are enjoined not to hate; to love our enemies; and to pray for them who use us despitefully. This we do (1) because Jesus said to do it, (2) because we feel the rightness of it in our hearts and souls, and (3) because it drives them bonkers.
But of course he is supposed to collect awards. Liberalism is three-quarters show biz. Liberals are forever giving each other awards for their liberalism. In the think tanks and foundations, they give each other lucrative grants for nutsy studies. In the academy, they give each other tenure, bonuses, titles, chairs, and fancy degrees. They give Pulitzers to liberal writers, Oscars to the freakiest stars and movies of the year, Nobel peace prizes to people like Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter and any other pond scum they can scrape up. Their whole idea of merit is being "liberal-er than thou."
Needless to say, those who hold more traditional values are shunned in these orgies of liberal self-appreciation.