Going to be a short rant diary because I'm so irritated. Doubtful anyone will even read this.
As progressives when we fight for something, such as a fair minimum wage, LGBTQ rights, equal pay for women, etc., we don't choose to fight for those things for only the people who are on our side, correct? I don't support marriage equality with the caveat that "Well only registered Democrats can have marriage equality, screw those Rethuglican jerks!" I mean as much as it might feel good to punish the other side, what good does it do, really? So when someone writes a diary about something horrible someone on the right says or does, why the hell do we think it's okay if we do that exact same thing TO the right? Because they're the enemy? Because they're horrible people and scumbags and liars and criminals etc. etc.? I'm not denying some of the folks on the right are indeed these things, and I enjoy diaries chronicling the crazy/stupid/insane stuff the right does, "know your enemy" and all that. But if someone does something we say is an assholeish thing to do, why do we think we can exhibit that exact same behavior that we deemed assholeish and somehow magically it's okay? Clearly I don't think it is, but apparently I'm a "quivering dainty" person for it. All right, call me all the damn names you want, but I don't have to do things that I think are wrong to fight back against the right's bullshit.