Posted by
Green Faerie on Friday, May 18, 2007 5:54:10 PM
I read the columns at Townhall every day and like most of you I have my favorites, but many of the columns I read here are pretty good.
I also will look at the column's rating and the comments from readers. Is it just me or are there a lot of leftist trolls hanging around? I'll read a really good piece only to be surprised at its rather meh rating and finding the comments section filled with leftist invective (what, an honest argument online?). I suspect many of these people are lowering ratings on purpose, though with some very popular columnists like Mike Adams or Ann Coulter, it doesn't seem to have much effect.
However, the worst gets saved for social conservatives like Brent Bozell or Suzanne Fields. Bring up atheism like Mary Graber did on 5/18/07 and the haters really come out in force. I suspect there are besides the usual leftist suspects some conservatives and libertarians who probably hate social conservatives more than they hate liberals.
I consider myself a social conservative; while I don't fall for nanny state solutions to social ills, I don't think it precludes us from taking on government, industry, or any other institution that wants to force feed us depravity. If you don't like social conservatives, don't read their articles.