I read a good number of center-right/conservative blogs on a daily basis. I also check out a number of center-left blogs as well. Among the sites I visited today, I noticed something of a trend. I don't think this is necessarily indicative of anything, but the list includes the more prominent blogs on either side of the aisle.

Almost every center right blog I have read has cheered the news of the $11 million verdict against the Westboro Baptist Church. Fred Phelps and his band of lunatic freaks have been protesting at the funerals of members of the military. They are protesting because they object to the U.S. policy of allowing gays to serve in the military.

A number of bloggers have cheered the verdict with sentiment that amounts to (if not outright stating it) "God Hates Fred Phelps."

The response to the verdict from the left can best be surmised as "       ."

I think silence may be the only response open to the left. On the one had the Phelps freaks are protesting gays being allowed to serve in the military. At a minimum this displays a staggering level of intolerance that not even the most intense sensitivity training could cure. They are protesting the inclusion of one of the left's favorite oppressed groups. This would normally have the left howling in fits of rage, but then again the Phelps freaks are protesting the military and a policy that even though put in place by their political god, Bill Clinton, is supported by the evil tyrants Bush and Cheney.

What is a good leftist to do?

What is a good leftist to say?

Apparently nothing.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 07:59 PM | No Comments | Add Comment