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Daily Kos Attacking Charlton Heston on His Passing
Stop The ACLU ^ | April 6, 2008

Posted on 04/06/2008 2:06:13 AM PDT by Lady J USA 1981

Daily Kos Attacking Charlton Heston on His Passing

Posted on April 6, 2008

I guess we shouldn’t expect any sense of decorum from Kossacks, but it is pretty lame that they had to unleash their hatred only minutes after the announcement of the passing of famed American actor Charlton Heston. A Daily Kos “diarist” named doriangz started out calling Heston a “gun-nut” and ending with his life and causes being considered “political nutdouchebaggery,” and the incivility just flowed like the opening of a damn from Kos posters’ keyboards after that. Not much respect for a man who’s film career spanned many decades, who marched with Martin Luther King, and fought to uphold our Constitution.

One poster said that Heston tore into the “victims of Columbine,” one Marcus Tullius said he laughed when Jerry Falwell died and that Heston’s death made the world a better place. And Fairy Tale echoed that with a post that said, “Things are already getting better in America” now that Heston was dead. RandySF said that he was sorry but that he “can’t think of anything nice” to say about Heston. Aqualad08 seemed to think that if there were “no guns in heaven” that would make it “hell” for Heston.

And they were just getting warmed up.

Then, we always have to have the “he’s a crappy actor” types like poster jazzmaniac and the ones that have no respect, like ohcanada who said, “As we sow.. I didn’t respect him in life..and I won’t in death.” Then FischFry jumped in to say that he assumed that mention of the Heston film “A Touch of Evil” was really a description of Heston himself.

And, predictably, there is the foul mouthed type that we have all come to associate so specifically with uncivil leftists, too. PerfectStormer posted a loving “So long, motherf***er” when he heard the news of Heston’s death.

But remember, these are the same sort of people who claim that it is they that are the more “compassionate,” more “caring,”, and more “civilized” in our society. Well, if the compassion they displayed for Charlton Heston is any indication, we are in more trouble than we thought… either that or the left has no real compassion at all.

I favor the later, don’t you?

Still, there were several posters that were chagrined by the hate and uncivil postings by their fellow lefties. So, at least some of the Kos posters were sorry to hear of Heston’s passing and upset at the ignorance of the other posters.

But, all the vitriol is sadly to be expected from the more “loving” left, unfortunately. I can only imagine how the media will treat him over the next few days. Who can doubt that their compassion will quickly fade to be replaced by sniping and attacks of this iconic and quintessentially American personality?


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To: Jet Jaguar
Rest in the Hottest Parts of Hell, motherf****r.

Since when did the left believe in Heaven & Hell?

61 posted on 04/06/2008 6:17:25 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Lady J USA 1981
It's a badge of honor to be attacked by the kooks.

You are known by the enemies you keep. One reason I don't trust Sean Hannity.

62 posted on 04/06/2008 6:21:53 AM PDT by Tolkien (Freedom comes with the Highest of Costs. The Cost of Blood)
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To: Lady J USA 1981

Sigh...


63 posted on 04/06/2008 6:22:17 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Charming


64 posted on 04/06/2008 6:26:02 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Lady J USA 1981

What till Carter or Bin Laden kicks the bucket. The left will be wailing over that like you won’t believe


65 posted on 04/06/2008 6:27:30 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Lady J USA 1981

I come here to FR to get away from the endless fascination some other sites have with everything that the Kossacks and the DUmbasses have to say about anything and everything; but still things like this pop up here from time to time.

A portion of the time the posts that show up at Kos and DU are flamebait that is deliberately posted by agitators from some of the alternative so-called “underground” sites (and their many, many spinoffs) who have made good sport of this kind of activity for years. Just like we get left-wing agitators trolling FR, Kos and DU get the same treatment (although a lot more effectively...) from our side. I know of several DU trollers who have been posting inflammatory and disrespectful articles like this for years; in fact I think I recognize a particular writing style in this one...

Kos and DU try to zot the most obvious agitators but they have never rooted out all of the deep-cover Right wing cyber-commandos that still haunt their websites posting inflammatory things just like this article, in order to attract the most outrageous and stupid replies as possible. I know a few of these people who have been doing this for years, and first honed their skills doing this stuff back during the campaigns for the 2000 elections.

I would not be surprized to find a post on one of the alleged Conservative “underground” sites, claiming responsibility for this post, detailing all of the stupid responses to it, and bragging about how clever the perp is.

Given Charlton Heston’s popularity among Conservatives, and the speed at which this particular post went up on Kos, I give it pretty good odds that this was flamebait of the type I described.

In any case, I really don’t give a big rat’s ass what anyone at Kos or DU says about anything. I hang here at FR to discuss what Freepers think, not what Freepers think about Kos and DU...

Moving on...


66 posted on 04/06/2008 6:33:16 AM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts.....)
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To: staytrue
read FR comments on Metzenbaum’s passing.

I did and, unfortunately, you are right.

67 posted on 04/06/2008 6:33:46 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: madconserv

Machiavelli: The Prince: Chapter XVII

“Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved,”


68 posted on 04/06/2008 6:40:24 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: carton253
Yes, I will agree with you there. But it does amaze me how many FReepers don’t seem to understand the “no profanity” rule when they post.

I'm a regular FR poster and I usually refer to her thighness as "bitch" and never consider that to be profanity.

To equate the usual postings on FR to the usual postings on DU is irrational and impossible to substantiate.

There are singular posts that are crude {and some maybe profane} that the mods don't remove, but they are the exception, not the norm.

This moral equivalence that you are trying to draw between FR and DU doesn't pass the smell test.

69 posted on 04/06/2008 6:41:53 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Bean Counter

Heston’s passing is a legit news item that made headlines on all the major news sites like Yahoo. It would have been odd if it hadn’t been quickly posted at the political forums. I doubt it was a mole that posted it at DU, but even if it were, it would have gotten the same response from them.


70 posted on 04/06/2008 6:44:05 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Jet Jaguar

Keep in mind, these are the same folks that applauded when Georgia Clooney said “Good” when told of Heston’s ALS diagnosis.

The Mike Moore took the shots at him in Bowling for Columbine, I can’t get angry at them, only pity them.

They need a hug or something.


71 posted on 04/06/2008 6:47:01 AM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Belafonte does not belong in such august company.

Quite sincerely, ‘Pod.


72 posted on 04/06/2008 6:53:08 AM PDT by sauropod (“Forgive me Gore, for I have emitted.”)
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To: staytrue

I’m sorry. I’ve seen a fair amount of vile stuff posted here, but neither the amount nor the tone approaches anything close to what the Left does.

There is no moral equivalence here. There is a good side and a bad side. ‘Pod.


73 posted on 04/06/2008 6:56:05 AM PDT by sauropod (“Forgive me Gore, for I have emitted.”)
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To: sauropod

Yeah, third rate commie loser Belafonte took his 15 minutes of fame and stretched it longer than any human could conceive.


74 posted on 04/06/2008 6:58:28 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: Lady J USA 1981

I went to the link but can not tell who authored this piece. I want that person to stop calling these anti-American sub-humans “Kossacks”! “Cossacks” were a martial people famous for their self-reliance, patriotism and military skills, particularly horsemanship. “Kossacks” are the polar opposites . . . metrosexual, anti-patriot, dependents with NO martial skills whatsoever. And their only association with horses would be more aligned with non-consenting sexual acts.

That these vile people feel threatened by a real — albeit, dead — man is no surprise.


75 posted on 04/06/2008 7:07:00 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Lady J USA 1981
Doncha just feeeeeeeeeeel the love.

And Aqualad08 would have a cardiac if he found that during one of the LA Riots his liberal actor 'heroes' were calling Heston to borrow guns for protection from the rioting blacks. Heston in effect told them to go to hell.

IIRC he said, "You wanted tough guns laws and waiting periods - well, you got them."

77 posted on 04/06/2008 7:25:06 AM PDT by Condor51 (I have guns in my nightstand because a Cop won't fit)
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To: Condor51
...his liberal actor 'heroes' were calling Heston to borrow guns for protection from the rioting blacks.

Most of them would have likely blown their own toes off with them.

78 posted on 04/06/2008 7:29:05 AM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: carton253

“Have you never read the threads here on FR concerning those on the opposite side of the political fence? Read a thread that concerns the late Princess Diana. DailyKos has nothing on ill-bred Freepers... nothing.”


Just shows that stupidity can be well spread out amongst the population.

Education costs money. Stupidity is free.


79 posted on 04/06/2008 7:41:39 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Just saying what 'they' won't.)
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To: MarkL
Leftists are so convinced of their own superiority and that they're not only right, but "good," so anyone who disagrees with them isn't just wrong, but evil. So this gives them the "justification" to hate,..."

Beautifully put. I've worked around liberals for many years in their Mecca of Washington, DC. That describes them perfectly. They are superiorists through and through who routinely belittle common folk. Leftists love to hate.

80 posted on 04/06/2008 7:41:59 AM PDT by Starboard
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