Moral manias and mob psychology in the blogosphere and Brooks is the stalking horse
brooks leaps to lieberman's defense by attacking the netroots and the liberal and progressive bloggers who are helping to lead a revolution in people-powered politics...
the recent assault on the nyt, initiated by karl rove with gasoline poured on by bush, cheney, and snow, is only a precursor to an equally determined attack on the blogosphere... brooks is a stalking horse, testing the waters for the full-scale blitz sure to follow... Submit To Propeller
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"What's happening to Lieberman can only be described as a liberal inquisition," writes Brooks. "Whether you agree with him or not, he is transparently the most kind-hearted and well-intentioned of men. But over the past few years he has been subjected to a vituperation campaign that only experts in moral manias and mob psychology are really fit to explain."
"I can't reproduce the typical assaults that have been directed at him over the Internet, because they are so laced with profanity and ugliness, but they are ginned up by ideological masseurs who salve their followers' psychic wounds by arousing their rage at objects of mutual hate," Brooks adds.
Brooks singles out the netroots as helping to lead the brigade.
the recent assault on the nyt, initiated by karl rove with gasoline poured on by bush, cheney, and snow, is only a precursor to an equally determined attack on the blogosphere... brooks is a stalking horse, testing the waters for the full-scale blitz sure to follow... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
7/08/2006
