I hesitate to talk about this "news" item, because discussing them validates the idea that they are relevant, but…..
our friends over at Free Republic (the most popular right-wing message board / commentary community) just purged themselves of all Giuliani supporters. Moderators for the registration-only site have, under the direction of the site's principal, stated in no uncertain terms that a Giuliani candidacy is unacceptable, Case Closed.
I'm perplexed. This story must be a huge mistake.
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Conservatism is the great Marketplace of Ideas! Purges and authoritarian thought policing? Well that's pure Stalinism right there.
Only liberals would do that.
I think this dovetails nicely into an understanding of why the right-wing Blogosphere is so utterly irrelevant. While left-wing blogs organize, raise money, disseminate news items, and generally do more reporting than the mainstream media, their right-wing counterparts are essentially an extension of talk radio.
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That is, it's a place for angry white guys to agree with one another. Their idea of "reporting" or in any way contributing to the dissemination of news is to baselessly claim that everything they disagree with is made up. Remember this?
The left-wing blogs are all about spreading information. Their right-wing counterparts are all about opinion. Whether it's well thought-out opinion or bat-shit insane wingnut ranting, it's still just opinion. That's why their contribution to the political discourse is so blindingly insignificant – like AM radio, it's just a bunch of gas bags pissing and moaning simply because, when all of the facts are against you, there's nothing to do but A) change positions or B) piss and moan. And that's why nobody, and I do mean nobody, gives a flying shit about what any of these tantrum-throwing semiliterates have to say.