Well lo and behold, I’m under fire from the left!
And from what they posted on their own blogs, they sure do have a lot of "ammo" for pacifist liberals…
They’re angry because I totally infuriated them with this post, published just before the one you’re now reading.
First, there’s Canadian Cynic. I quoted him here for your convenience, so you can know what I mean:
"Honestly, every time you think you’ve met the absolutely dumbest right-wing wank imaginable, it turns out you have to re-calibrate your wank-o-meter. It never fails, does it?"
Ah, that’s not too nice.
But hey, that’s what you do when you’ve got nothing intelligent to throw back at the guy, you insult and launch all kinds of personal attacks on him.
Since he insulted me first, I took the liberty to fire back at him in my own post’s comments section:
"And as for you, Canadian Cynic, I read a couple of your posts and I can say that you’re as much a cowardly leftist socialist utopist hippie AND moonbat as I am “the absolutely dumbest right-wing wank imaginable”.
Plus, you disrespected me based on my political beliefs. That alone shows what kind of person you really are deep down. Political debate must be kept to civility. And you’ve got to learn to accept that people have the right to think in a different way than you do.
And strangely, you do seem to have a problem with that: I read your little intro: “These views are not necessarily the same views held by Canadians in general. But they should be.”
Maybe you’d like a thought-police, forcing all people to think alike in some kind of totalitarian leftist regime in Canada?"
So I guess we’re kind of even. But wait, there’s more: Red Tory has picked up on the story on Canadian Cynic’s blog.
If you thought CC was nasty, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet:
"Wanker extraordinaire and angry bed-wetting pawn of the neocon right, Xavier R. Dubé"
"Wanker extraordinaire and bed-wetting pawn of the neocon right"! HA HA HA, I love it! Like I said, this just goes to show you what they are like deep down. The old Liberal tactic of defamation against your political adversary at work here. And anybody who’s even merely a remotely occasional reader here just knows that I have just about as much in common with neocons as I have in common with, um, let’s say, communists for instance.
"wants America to pick up all of its toys and storm out of the sandbox to teach the world how absolutely essential it is to global well-being. “Let’s show them how a world without the United States is REALLY like. America doesn’t have to put up with a bunch of utopist ingrate leftist governments who can’t tell the difference between good and evil. Let them fend for themselves and see how bad they screw up” squawks Mr. Dubé from his remote academic hideout in the Laurentians."
"The Laurentians!" Red Tory, I got some news for you. I DO NOT live in the Laurentians. Never did. They’re located northwest of Montreal. Did you flunk Geography in high school or something?
You know, they could have left a comment here on KR, we could have gotten into a healthy political debate right there, it would have been fun and everything, like blogging is meant to be. Which is always what I seek to do when I publish something. It’s always about starting a debate, or, in some cases, venting.
But no, instead, they resort to pointless name-calling and language of the lowest kind.
Pretty much pitiful.
And if you ask me, I’m in for the long haul and the worst has yet to come. Red Tory’s posts all show up on the main page of Liblogs, a Liberal Party of Canada Political bloggers’ blogroll (kind or like the Aggregator at Blogging Tories). And if they all react alike in utter stupidity, I will be completely bombarded by inane observations on my own person and below-the-belt attacks of all kinds pretty soon.
Otherwise said, the shit’s going to hit the fan… luckily I’m out of here for 5 days starting tomorrow. Heading down to the Eastern Townships and New Hampshire’s White Mountains for a trip before school starts.
But, keep in mind that it’s always shamefully shallow reactions from nincompoops like those that keep me further and further motivated to leave this country and settle south of the 49th.
Wow, that’s nuts. The most extreme reaction I’ve ever gotten was “You’re worse than Mike Harris.” I take it as a compliment.
Comment by Kerry — August 22, 2006 @ 12:34 am
your 2 posts have generated 10 comments, 4 of which are your own. under fire? hardly. under severe delusions of grandeur? more likely.
Comment by jeff — August 22, 2006 @ 8:59 am
@jeff:
I can’t believe I actually have to clarify this to you.
By “under fire”, I meant the torrent of injustified insults and personal attacks from some Liberal bloggers. Nothing else. Oh, and even if 4 of the comments were my own, there are still 6 others that were not. I usually don’t get more than 2 or 3 when I post something.
Comment by Xavier R. Dubé — August 22, 2006 @ 9:08 am
XAV!!
Bravo!! Keep whacking these libranos, and their unstable followers. They ALL seem to believe in ‘The Divine Rights of Thieves,’ and become very testy and touchy and testy when they get kicked away fron the trough.
I may be wrong here, but I imagine that English is not your ‘langue maternelle,’ but you do far more than an average job in this second language.
French was my fourth language, though through a series of incidents I have lost much of my command of the languages I once posessed.
Keep fighting the good fight, and bonne chance et victoire chez le Bish! Take advantage to cruise down into Vermont and upstate NY during th autumn and winter. The scenery you will find, will be evocative of the =Roberval regions, yet strangely different.
Enjoy, mon brave!
Comment by Tango Juliette — August 22, 2006 @ 9:36 am
Torrent? 10 comments constitute a torrent? Delusions of grandeur indeed. How in love with yourself do you have to be to write a new post, all about the voluminous response you received for your previous post? And shouldn’t you wait til more there are more than 11 responses before referring to anything as a ‘torrent’?
Comment by Dave — August 22, 2006 @ 10:10 am
*Sigh*.
For the SECOND TIME, I was referring to the GRATUITOUS INSULTS on CC and Red Tory’s blogs.
NOT… THE… COMMENTS, for chrissakes.
Comment by Xavier R. Dubé — August 22, 2006 @ 10:32 am
Even looking at the comments on those blogs, I’m afraid it hardly qualifies as a torrent. I know you want to believe that your brilliant cut and paste skills have set the liberal left blogosphere alight, but I’m afraid the facts don’t bear that out. A few people got a good laugh out of your post. No foaming at the mouth, no angry hippy mobs trying to burn your house down. Just a few people blasting giant holes in your, wait, no, not yours, someone else’s logic. And you may want to explain how you infuriated people, when you presented nothing of your own. You simply copy/pasted someone else’s ideas. The writer MAY have infuriated others, but in order for you to personally infuriate anyone, you would have to make an infuriating statement.
And BTW: Complaing about gratuitous insults would get a little more sympathy if you weren’t calling people nincompoops.
Comment by Dave — August 22, 2006 @ 10:55 am
Don’t take Canadian Cynic and Red Tory too seriously. They ruin their credibility by their blind cynicism.
Comment by SUZANNE — August 22, 2006 @ 10:55 am
“shamefully shallow reactions from nincompoops like those that keep me further and further motivated to leave this country and settle south of the 49th.”
Is there a specific number of shamefully shallow reactions you’re looking for? I’d love to help….
Comment by Dave — August 22, 2006 @ 1:36 pm
Well good for you…..this is so common that it’s becoming quite predictable…you make an observation or comment that challenges the dogma of the left or better yet smacks the politically correct sensibilities of the children and you will get the name calling and personal invective.
This little gang you’ve encountered have been trolling around the conservative blogs for months that I’ve seen and some of ‘em are real asses.
Comment by OMMAG — August 22, 2006 @ 6:22 pm
I find it rather amusing to be called a nimcompoop. I’ve always liked that word. Everyone seemed to get a good laugh out of your post. Keep up the good work!
Comment by Red Tory — August 24, 2006 @ 8:32 pm
What a coward. I see you still haven’t published my comment from yesterday.
Comment by Red Tory — August 25, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
OK, here goes:
I am now back from my trip to New England (that’s right, Red Tory, I couldn’t moderate or answer to anything because I WAS OUT OF TOWN - And I said I would be in my last post, so try reading more before you post…)
@Dave:
*Sigh*.
Just never mind. Obviously, you don’t get it.
@SUZANNE: Yeah, I kind of noticed that now…
@Dave (again): Oh my gosh, can you believe it? A leftist is egging me on to move out of the country. Dave, don’t worry, if the U.S. want me, it’ll happen. That was just a figure of speech, it just adds to my motivation to leave. That decision has been taken already. Less government, more freedoms, lower taxes, keep more of what you own, better buying power, better way of life, and, of course, NO WINTER when you go southwards enough are the real reasons behind my decision.
@OMMAG: Exactly what happened. As if they had the monopoly to The Ultimate Truth and The Only Way, which, by the way, do not even exist as everybody sees things differently.
@Red Tory: I’m happy you enjoy reading my blog. It is not intended to make anyone laugh (usually) but rather reflect on their own thoughts and actually realize that not all people think alike and believe the same things. That’s what the political blogosphere is all about and why I enjoy being a part of it. As for you getting a laugh of being called a nincompoop (try typing it right next time) well, what can I say? If you hadn’t insulted me because of different political beliefs (tolerance, anyone?), then never in a million years would I have thought about saying such a thing about you. Respect works both ways, buddy.
Comment by Xavier R. Dubé — August 28, 2006 @ 10:43 am
It is not just left-wing bloggers that lack civility. It seems to be a general reaction by those opposed to conservative viewpoints.
Comment by Steve — August 28, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
Qu’importe, Xavier? Voici le bienfait de notre libéralisme classique: égalité à tous. Il ne cesse jamais d’être amusant de voir d’autant de la pensée de la gauche tordue et sa dépendance sur la bigoterie.
Comme tout le monde le sait (plutôt nous, les étudiants universitaires!), rien n’indique mieux son intelligence que la haine irrationnel des Américains. “Je déteste, donc je pense librement.” C’est pas Descartes, mais ça va…
Si on appliquait ce même standard aux autres pays (”Qui a fait quelque chose du mal en histoire? Est-il possible d’inventer des faits pour faire pire son histoire?”), on aurait une peur irrationnel de la moitié du monde.
Incroyable que ceux qui sont si fiers de ne pas croire à peu importe quel dieu ont autant de peur de la diable qu’ils ont créé pour rationaliser leur pensée.
Quels sots, non?
Amuse-toi bien en vacances. Si tu jamais viens en Colombie-Britannique, t’es bienvenue chez moi.
Comment by Jarrett — September 14, 2006 @ 2:15 am
Allô Jarrett!
Je suis bien d’accord avec ce que tu as écrit. Y’a vraiment des gens qui se prennent pour d’autres.
J’adore lire Kerplonka, tu le savais? Tu as un style d’écriture unique, et une touche d’humour que j’apprécie énormément.
Merci pour tes bons commentaires, and if I ever come to BC, I’ll let you know. Thanks for the nice offer, man!
Keep up the good work!
P.S. Just so you know, I had a wonderful vacation in New Hampshire. The White Mountains are ever so beautiful. I wish I can see Western Canada someday as well, it really looks like I’m missing out on something…
Comment by Xavier R. Dubé — September 14, 2006 @ 10:15 pm