I’ll repeat this, because I like to: I’m not really into politics. I’m not really into religion. But when someone abuses logic to defend their views on either, it really pisses me off.

Ann Coulter led me to Ted Rall which lead me to some Tom Toles political cartoon controversy which led me to some guy’s opinion on a Toles cartoon:

Mr. Toles and the editors at the Washington Post, while observing their right to freedom of the press, have without remorse or apology defended the cartoon and their right to print it, but they have clearly misjudged the tolerance the American people may show the press, especially when it so disrespects American servicemen and servicewomen. Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor was quoted as saying, “I can understand the strong feelings, but I took it (the cartoon) to be about the state of the Army, and not one mean to demean wounded soldiers.”

Are you kidding me? If Tom Toles, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist can draw a cartoon like that and editors can proof it and say, “Yeah, that’s about the state of the Army…” then the quality assurance and “reasonable man” process at the Washington Post is so beyond repair that all involved should be sacked. To me, this cartoon is really about courage, or the lack thereof; Tom Toles and Fred Hiatt knew what they were drawing and publishing and knew how it would be interpreted, but now they hide behind the Bill of Rights to mask their true intentions, defend their poor judgment, and show a clear lack of respect for those who have sacrificed in the service of our Nation. While such a lack of moral courage is nothing new in Washington, this time, it goes beyond the pale.

whubbudawuggudaWhat the hell are you drivelling about? This guy actually thinks that Toles is trying to say that, because a soldier loses all his limbs, he’s a coward? Or something? How do you look at that comic and say “Toles is calling our servicemen cowards”?

I guess if you start with the assumption that Rumsfeld is Ozymandias, you figure the comic can’t possibly be about him. So then the chart means that the quality of servicemen is going down. Or something Jesus. But that assumption totally disregards Dr. Rumsfeld’s statement; if it was about the declining quality of servicemen, he’d say something more like “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to” or similar. But when he lets his political logic cloud the more obvious point being made in the comic…ugh nevermind why do I bother trying to explain simple humor concepts to these people.

I know I’ve asked this question before, but why, O Lord, does anybody pay attention to this woman?

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Don’t answer that question. Answer this one: is there an equivalent loony for the Left? Someone who regularly says in interviews that conservative politicians should be killed? I wanna know how a “liberal-controlled media” could allow Coulter to continue. And you couldn’t even say “she’s part of the Liberal agenda by showing how ridiculous the Right is” at this point. Big corporations aren’t that subtle. If the Left had control of the media, she’d be a flight attendant, at best.