Yep. That's what I said and I'm gonna stick by it. And I think it's definately worth this diary because I feel this site is being compromised very regularly by our opposition and it's actually working, much to my dismay.
From the flame wars that have driven OPOL to resort to all sorts of creativity with his brilliant, visual posts to the current "discussion" going on with Adam on the current rec list, we're being compromised with fakes posing as kossacks.
Just like the fake news in the media, focusing on an insanely jealous former astronaut instead of a White House gone mad with power and outing a CIA agent and then lying about it under oath. When powerful diaries get hijacked by concerned "kossacks," sending veiled threats about Markos getting sued for copyright infringement or more veiled threats to a soldier possibly being tried for treason for speaking out against Mr. Decider or even the most petty insult of all, his grammar and spelling, not to mention the absurd idea that this poor soul is a fake, which is just a great way to change the subject and I call it hijacking with a purpose.
The fakes are those who hijack important, inspiring, insightful, powerful, activist diaries. Those fakes have a serious purpose, IMHO. Shut this blog's voice of dissent down asap. At least change the subject to what these fakes want us to be talking about, which is anything but the content of the diary!
And that, my fellow kossacks, is the problem here. If a diary gets posted that has actual content and truth and power and the dialogue descends almost immediately into the smoke and mirrors of complaining or warning or whatever to change the subject, then we have been compromised. And, if this blog is so completely compromised that really powerful diarists are being regularly and successfully hijacked in this manner, I think that spells real trouble as opposed to veiled threats.
So, fellow kossacks, I strongly suggest that when the comments on powerful diaries descend into petty arguments about grammar, spelling, party affiliation and always, always, always some sort of threat (remember fear is the Rethuglicans greatest weapon of choice because it always works - see Iraq's supposed WMDs, ties to 9/11, yellow cake/nuclear program and now enabling the terrorists if you disagree with the president, just for a few examples) you can bet it's because the content of the diary is too important and the subject simply has to be changed.
Beware, my fellow kossacks, of the smoke and mirrors on this blog. We get them daily everywhere else (LA TIMES today has a cover story about airlines having "a bumpy ride" while Russert throwing Scooter to the wolves is on pg. A14. Yeah.) This blog has to come up with some way to thwart the same thing happening here. So, I suggest we all just ignore those hard-working hijackers when they pose their petty questions and repeat their veiled threats in order to change the subject. Just look away, or give 'em a recipe, and go back to discussing the actual content of the powerful diary.
And I hope I get flamed for this! I'd like a list of who you hijackers are!