You seem to manage pretty well without being forced.

In sum, “the blog” is not oppressing me, the people who comment here are not ganging up on me, and no one is harassing me but you.

You, and you alone.

Yes, Jaim, you.

I bolded it, in case you missed it.

I call it a smear, because, as usual, Oliver chooses to call any and all conservatives who come into his sights influential leaders of, and representatives of, and spokespersons for, all conservatives.

He wouldn’t say Pres Obama speaks for all liberals, or even all Democrats, and he’s the President!

Locus, I would argue that Pres Bush did quite a bit to weaken the influence of the Christian Right, Further, I would argue that while Phyllis Schafly was the “go to gal” for great right wing sound bites on women’s issues, she is an old line conservative of the Golwater stripe, who lost a lot of their power when Pres Reagan won in a landlide in 1984.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/jon-mcnaughton-painting-s_n_311912.html

My fave part is the pregnant woman siding with Satan. Pretty much says everything one needs to know about the artist’s psyche.

It may be the case that other conservatives are (rightfully) denouncing the action. However, the Schlafy-family backing makes this something a little different. Unless, you’re going to argue that the Schlafly’s haven’t been stalwart leaders of the conservative movement for the last thirty-odd years.

Also, you called this an “attempt to smear all conservatives”. However, Oliver’s original post didn’t say anything implicating everyone falling in the conservative spectrum.

You call this a “smear”. When progressives point and laugh at the absurdity of the other side’s actions it’s not a smear. It’s derision. In this case, I think the wound was self-inflicted.

“Blessed are the warmongers”…that was healthy derision.

Plenty of us stand up to them, Jaim. But teh blithering idiots are the ones getting air time because it sells.

And another feeble attempt to smear all conservatives with the same brush fails, if one reads the WHOLE article.

*yawn*

The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Or is that more like Conservative porn?

Seriously, if real Christians won’t stand up to these people then they might as well become atheists.

Wankers 7:23

If by “dumbest” you mean the “funniest fucking thing that ever happened,” then yes.

Also: http://wonkette.com/411469/real-american-records-actual-historical-event-in-beautiful-painting

And such as: http://www.shortpacked.com/McNaughton%20Fine%20Art.htm

So funny.