RW Fun With Words - Thursday Edition

[Stinky The Clown]

Today's words are "Internet Based Attacks". The phrase is being used to characterize the primary challenge of Ned Lamont against Joe Lieberman.

See the offending phrase in context here, in Totally Committed's post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2744749

Why mention this? Because it serves their purposes very well and there's an object lesson for our side. They're not calling this a 'grassroots' attack. They're not even calling it a campaign. They're calling it an Internet Based Attack as a way to:

a) Show Joe to be rightful heir to his own throne

b) Show that the internets are the harborages of all manner of left wing, radical, insane vermin (that would be us)

Using the phrase in the context it gets used, even when in print, gives a snarly, dismissive, disdain to the words "Internet Based Attacks'. You can fairly hear the words being spit at you from the screen as you read them.

Internet Based Attacks

As if the Internet doesn't have real senient beings using it as a way to communicate with other real sentient beings.

They also throw out a few other gems ..... but none that rise to the artful "Internet Based Attacks". Among the other gems is this particularly venomous one: 'blogofascists"

Well, let me spit one right back at them: "Right Wing Assholes"

Carry on ......

[BOSSHOG]

1. Wow its a good thing that "conservatives" don't use the internet

to attack anybody. That would really diminish their credibility on this issue huh?

[waiting for hope]

2. Can you say "Freeper"?