Into the fray

I found myself getting particularly perturbed
by news (via a "crushing of dissent" link at Instapundit) that Gay Patriot - an occasional read for me - was discontinuing his blog because of harrassment from blogger Michael Rogers. Rogers took offense at a post of GPs, and then went way over the line to retaliate (such as phoning GPs employer to get him fired).

I decided to spend time at Rogers' blogACTIVE, having never read it before.

I then took a long, hot shower.

I find it unbelievable
the lengths and depths some people will go in the name of politics. I've always been supporting of gays and gay rights to live as they wish. Along with this I've always been supportive of individual privacy when it comes to sexual preference. What Rogers is doing, what he calls reporting (god help us all), violates all principles of propriety, debate, and politics. (Of course, this comes in the wake of Gannon-Gate, where a conservative small-potatoes reporter who happened to be gay came under intense fire from the same "tolerant" lefty blogs for his sexual preference/political stance.)

What's even more infurtiating is that Rogers and Co. actually seem to believe in the justice of his activities, serving some sort of "greater good" in his mind. And even more, he seems to be generally supported by his peers on the left - cheered on in fact.

Can anyone think of any time in our political history when such behavior has been considered acceptable?

Clearly, no. But no matter - the LLL believes such unprecendented actions are acceptable in this case, because (in their opinion) GWB is such a bad and dangerous person to be occupying the White House. "By Any Means Necessary" - once the catch phrase of desperate radicals - is now the order of the day for Democrats and their allies.

When will this madness end?

At least as long as such "activists" believe that this opinion they hold so dear is more than opinion - i.e. fact. Unfortunately, such is the nature of "received wisdom" that the true faithful will never face criticism or logic, nor abandon their cause. The best we can hope for is completely marginalization, exorcizing them from the Democrat Party. Although I projected this would happen after Bush won reelection, the lack of any reasonable alternatives from the left has kept the lunatics in play.

A lose-lose situation for as long as it lasts.