That, according to Andrew, in and of itself marks EssEm (and others of us who think Andrew is too hysterical) as homophobes.

Since we ourselves are gay, that would make us… (drum roll)… self-hating homophobes! Go Andrew!

I wonder if it ultimately comes out of the Left’s version of “self-esteem”, where if you tell the truth about somebody, and it reflects badly on them, you just committed the crime against that person of injuring their alleged self-esteem.

Actually, I believe the left-liberal verb of choice is “smearing.” As in, “The Swiftboat Vets smeared John Kerry.”

Hmmm. So telling the truth about liberals or pointing out what they say is defaming?

Golly, I thought for sure Greenwald had Gay Patriot in mind when writing that.

Well that would make Greenwald a clueless fucktard like you.

That’s true, GPW. Your writing style seems entirely devoid of over-the-top emotionalism and self-righteous preening. Obviously, you’ll never compete with Andrianna Sullington.

Was it you, GPW, who claimed that you do not defame Liberals and Left

Why would anyone have to defame liberals? They do that all by themselves, just by opening their mouths. See Howard Dean or Al-Gore.

Ooops, you might get alcohol poisoning.

Now, in order to be considered a “liberal,” only one thing is required – a failure to pledge blind loyalty to George W. Bush. The minute one criticizes him is the minute that one becomes a “liberal,” regardless of the ground on which the criticism is based.

Golly, I thought for sure Greenwald had Gay Patriot in mind when writing that. It’s everyones’ ad hominem de jure.

Zing!

And, yes, Matt. There is a St. Andrew of Our Lady of Perpetual Hissy Fits. The only person cited by name in my blog’s disclaimer.

You gotta be kidding?

I thought he was just a foil for some great puns and slams at VdaK’s site. He actually lives? He’s been lampooned into such a buffoon, what a hoot that guy must be at a party… I wanna go to the next one just to watch!

Andrew Sullivan IS real; God, this world never fails to amaze.

In my case, I actually was a fairly big liberal (by most normal people’s standards) until just a few years ago, but I was supposed to have gone over to the Dark Side! Nice to wake up this morning and find I haven’t! I really criticize Bush, so I’M A LIBERAL, YEE-HAW!!!

Hint of the Day for Jeremy: Nothing makes an attempted zinger fall flat like your having to qualify or apologize for it 2 lines later.

Some of us really didn’t need that particular imagery before breakfast.

You took the words right out of my … er, never mind.

Sullivan has never been a conservative by US standards — UK standards, perhaps, but that’s not relevant here.