Comments on: Will The Insurgent Protest Itself? http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10176 Timothy Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:18:03 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10176 That's called hitting what you shoot at. That’s called hitting what you shoot at.

]]> By: Andy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10114 Andy Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10114 But we still need reasonable gun control... But we still need reasonable gun control…

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10005 Timothy Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10005 My personal opinion is that the 2nd amendment is the most important, because you can defend all the other rights if you're sufficiently armed. My personal opinion is that the 2nd amendment is the most important, because you can defend all the other rights if you’re sufficiently armed.

]]> By: Brezh http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10003 Brezh Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:42:36 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-10003 Adrian Gilmore (see Stacey Bourke link) is right. There is a reason free speech appears in the First Amendment: The first two of the twelve proposed amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were not adopted, leaving the third proposed amendment to become to first to be adopted. i.e. The order was an accident of fate, not a cosmic statement of the relative importance of the rights contained in the respective amendments. Adrian Gilmore (see Stacey Bourke link) is right. There is a reason free speech appears in the First Amendment: The first two of the twelve proposed amendments comprising the Bill of Rights were not adopted, leaving the third proposed amendment to become to first to be adopted. i.e. The order was an accident of fate, not a cosmic statement of the relative importance of the rights contained in the respective amendments.

]]> By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » The Jesus cartoons http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-9641 Hot Air » Blog Archive » The Jesus cartoons Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:25:58 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-9641 [...] Congrats to the Commentator for being the only consistent voice for free speech during this debate. And yes, that includes the Insurgent, which had a very different reaction to the virtues of free expression a few years ago when it was the Commentator that was on the hot seat. The Commentator also found time on its blog to respond to the student who wanted to de-fund the Insurgent over its publication of the cartoons — and it got that right, too. [...] […] Congrats to the Commentator for being the only consistent voice for free speech during this debate. And yes, that includes the Insurgent, which had a very different reaction to the virtues of free expression a few years ago when it was the Commentator that was on the hot seat. The Commentator also found time on its blog to respond to the student who wanted to de-fund the Insurgent over its publication of the cartoons — and it got that right, too. […]

]]> By: Christ's Vessel http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8964 Christ's Vessel Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8964 "Socialism is a life spreading lies and hypocrisy." It's not TiVo, but it's a damn good life all the same. “Socialism is a life spreading lies and hypocrisy.”

It’s not TiVo, but it’s a damn good life all the same.

]]> By: Ian http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8896 Ian Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:52:34 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8896 <em>The Insurgent collective is hypocritical to an extent that seriously blows my mind, but there is absolutely no need wax apoplectic, or claim that your beliefs have somehow been raped.</em> And indeed, when you do that you play into their hands. They <em>want</em> to offend Christians and have their opinions taken seriously. The Insurgent collective is hypocritical to an extent that seriously blows my mind, but there is absolutely no need wax apoplectic, or claim that your beliefs have somehow been raped.

And indeed, when you do that you play into their hands. They want to offend Christians and have their opinions taken seriously.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8895 Tyler Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:38:57 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8895 Dude, Andy, I think I've stated this privately, but I'll make it publically known now. Your being offended by something as juvenile as a poorly drawn picture of Jesus with an erection is none of my concern, nor anybody else's. The world is full of assholes, Andy, and most of them do not take your faith as seriously as you do (that's sort of the problem with faith, isn't it?). Is it more appropriate to respond with an emotionally driven, utterly witless decry, "They're fuckstains; I'm offended!" or is it better to humorously and persuasively show these people, and others, the folly of their judgment, as Olly has done. Having a thick skin does not mean that you are incapable of being offended, but, I think, it means having the ability to keep your sense of bemusement and wit during times of controversy. You can cry and whine, add your voice to caterwaul, but by doing so you give these people the advantage. The Insurgent collective is hypocritical to an extent that seriously blows my mind, but there is absolutely no need wax apoplectic, or claim that your beliefs have somehow been raped. Dude, Andy, I think I’ve stated this privately, but I’ll make it publically known now. Your being offended by something as juvenile as a poorly drawn picture of Jesus with an erection is none of my concern, nor anybody else’s. The world is full of assholes, Andy, and most of them do not take your faith as seriously as you do (that’s sort of the problem with faith, isn’t it?). Is it more appropriate to respond with an emotionally driven, utterly witless decry, “They’re fuckstains; I’m offended!” or is it better to humorously and persuasively show these people, and others, the folly of their judgment, as Olly has done. Having a thick skin does not mean that you are incapable of being offended, but, I think, it means having the ability to keep your sense of bemusement and wit during times of controversy. You can cry and whine, add your voice to caterwaul, but by doing so you give these people the advantage.

The Insurgent collective is hypocritical to an extent that seriously blows my mind, but there is absolutely no need wax apoplectic, or claim that your beliefs have somehow been raped.

]]> By: Andy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8884 Andy Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:50:48 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8884 I didn't mean just the insurgent - I said if NOTHING... I didn’t mean just the insurgent - I said if NOTHING…

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8866 Timothy Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:49:27 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8866 Kids, don't make me turn this blog around. Kids, don’t make me turn this blog around.

]]> By: Miles Rost http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8819 Miles Rost Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:39:38 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8819 Now that, Andy, offends the hell out of me. Where do you get off saying such a thing, Oh Great Judge that thou art? Just because I don't let the slimeballs at the Insurgent get under my skin, that means I don't have decency? You talking to me about decency is like trying to make a turtle teach a class on algebra. It makes no sense. Now that, Andy, offends the hell out of me. Where do you get off saying such a thing, Oh Great Judge that thou art? Just because I don’t let the slimeballs at the Insurgent get under my skin, that means I don’t have decency?

You talking to me about decency is like trying to make a turtle teach a class on algebra. It makes no sense.

]]> By: Andy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8817 Andy Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:08:53 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8817 Miles, if nothing offends you, then you have no decency. Is that a trait you really want? Miles, if nothing offends you, then you have no decency. Is that a trait you really want?

]]> By: Miles Rost http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8815 Miles Rost Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:21:25 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8815 Hell, they can try to offend me. They won't. Those it does offend, need to get thicker skins. Hell, they can try to offend me. They won’t.

Those it does offend, need to get thicker skins.

]]> By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8800 Olly Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:17:53 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8800 Not "those fuck stains", Andy: Aaron Shakra! C'mon! Nice catch, Dan. I forgot he <a href="http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2005/03/11/shakra-to-the-future/" rel="nofollow">joined in the fun</a>. <i>Of course, “feelings” aren’t considered within a system of law that prides itself on supposed “rationality” and “objectivity”...</i> Oh, the "humanity"! Not “those fuck stains”, Andy: Aaron Shakra! C’mon!

Nice catch, Dan. I forgot he joined in the fun.

Of course, “feelings” aren’t considered within a system of law that prides itself on supposed “rationality” and “objectivity”…

Oh, the “humanity”!

]]> By: Andy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8785 Andy Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:07:43 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8785 Dan- Those fuck stains said that last year? My how times change. Unfortunately the commentator has lost its title, to the insurgent, as the "vanguard for white, patriarchal America on campus which the [First Amendment] fully supports.." Dan-
Those fuck stains said that last year? My how times change. Unfortunately the commentator has lost its title, to the insurgent, as the “vanguard for white, patriarchal America on campus which the [First Amendment] fully supports..”

]]> By: Danimal http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8749 Danimal Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:26:53 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8749 It's a bit difficult to process this new free speech brouhaha without the clarifying wisdom of Aaron Shakra. What was it he said last year? Ah, here it is: "<i>[I]t is not unexpected that Commentator staff members would turn to the First Amendment instead of taking responsibility for their privilege. And as the microcosmic vanguard for white, patriarchal America on campus, the law fully supports the publication’s position.</i>" Because that's why we have the First Amendment: to protect the privileged white patriarchal vanguard. Black is white, Whitney Houston has a new line of fitness videos, and prohibition of government suppression benefits the powerful! It’s a bit difficult to process this new free speech brouhaha without the clarifying wisdom of Aaron Shakra. What was it he said last year? Ah, here it is:

“[I]t is not unexpected that Commentator staff members would turn to the First Amendment instead of taking responsibility for their privilege. And as the microcosmic vanguard for white, patriarchal America on campus, the law fully supports the publication’s position.”

Because that’s why we have the First Amendment: to protect the privileged white patriarchal vanguard. Black is white, Whitney Houston has a new line of fitness videos, and prohibition of government suppression benefits the powerful!

]]> By: Andy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8745 Andy Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:24:20 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8745 Socialism is a life spreading lies and hypocrisy. Socialism is a life spreading lies and hypocrisy.

]]> By: Josh M. http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8709 Josh M. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:50:38 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2006/04/22/will-the-insurgent-protest-itself/#comment-8709 Hey, I've "borked" tons of women in my day. Wait, you've borked? Dude, are you a virgin? Sorry, couldn't resist a "40-Year-Old Virgin" quote at Stacy Borke's expense. Hey, I’ve “borked” tons of women in my day.

Wait, you’ve borked?

Dude, are you a virgin?

Sorry, couldn’t resist a “40-Year-Old Virgin” quote at Stacy Borke’s expense.

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