Q, w/ A -- Mass. Conservatives

Published Jul 25 2008, 02:58 PM by David S. Bernstein

"Willard" asks:

Why are right wing bloggers and commenters of the MA political blogosphere generally so inarticulate, unoriginal, sloppy, dull, obtuse, dense, and devoid of critical thought?

I have ruminated on this very topic in the past, and I actually have a theory about it which I will now present in vastly oversimplified sweeping generalizations:

The breed of intelligent, relatively moderate "Massachusetts Republicans" are now all over the age of 50 and do not participate in the online world. Their literal and intellectual offspring have been driven leftward (or into hiding) by the new breed of ultraconservatives. These ultraconservatives, having no local intellectual heritage to draw from, have learned their ideology from the vacuous, "dittohead" simplifications of talk radio.

Meanwhile, the Republicans....

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obi juan said:

Who did Willard have in mind? I can't name many right wing MA bloggers. Hub Politics? That's just 2 people that fit the generalization. Dan Flynn at Flynnfiles.com? He doesn't fit the generalization at all. Over at Red Mass Group there are quite a few people that also do not fit the generalization.

July 26, 2008 10:00 PM
Peter Porcupine said:

Obi - we must all fit the stereotype. We MUST, dammit! We have no actuality, except as receptacles of blame for the failure of casino bills, or making people cry when their peccadillos are weakly exposed.

As a well over fifty conservative, I am - of course - not commenting here.

August 11, 2008 3:32 PM

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