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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (70505)9/15/2004 4:10:31 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 794196
 
i don't recall anyone conflating cbs's rathergate woes with the entire MSM

Did you miss the great morality play between the liberal media and the blogs being cheered by the thread denizens? Perhaps you've been skimming...

but i'm going to suggest you go back to the link i gave you, and link back to original post in which you indicate how 'incomprensible' it all is as the deconstructors do their work

I was referring to LB and the thread. I find the thread's manic mode fascinating. It reminds me, since you object to Woodstock, of fans going wild at a sporting event. I've gone wild at sporting events. I've cheered "we're number one" like I was somehow, personally, number one rather than just smart enough or lucky enough to have picked the winning team and showed up at the game to bask in reflected glory.

what you still miss is that it was the ACTIVE participation of "the best and brightest"

I haven't missed it. I recognize it. I've been observing it at arm's length. I don't have to strap on pads and a helmet to not "miss" a football game. There's something to be said for perspective. Different strokes.

if you want to be a watcher and not a meaningful participant, that's fine, just try to go easy on the dismissiveness in the process

Yes'm. Sorry you were offended.

The beauty of the blogosphere is that it is self-igniting, self-propelling and self-selecting, a sort of intellectual ecosystem wherein the best specimens from various disciplines descend from the ethers, converge on an issue and apply their unique talents.

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