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Dustinland – A Brief History of Conservatism

Dustin Glick — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:16:15 +0000

“In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen… A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one’s will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic…” – George Orwell, 1984

This week’s Dustinland was inspired by all the nasty things McCain supporters have been saying about Obama lately – particularly that he’s a terrorist. I mean, does that word even have a meaning anymore? If you asked these people to define “terrorist,” I wonder what they’d come up with, besides just saying “Obama” or “someone who hates freedom” or some other meaningless bullshit. Because it’s not about truth or logic with these people. It’s about us or them. And it has been that way for a long, long time. The people who today call themselves “conservatives” have been around forever. I’m not talking about Ron Paul supporters or people with brains who choose to support the Republican party for some reason. I’m talking about the people who wish that McCain would step down and let Palin run for office herself. These people are angry. They’re afraid. They don’t want something different. They don’t want something new. They don’t want change: It scares them. So they look at the thing they fear, and they label it, they debase it, they hate it, and they try to destroy it. And the Republican Party today needs these people to win, so it has become a cult of mean, angry, raving lunatics. And to see them together in large groups can be a frightening thing.

.:: Dustinland 10.13.08 ::.

Dustinland – The Same Story

Dustin Glick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:16:26 +0000

This week’s Dustinland isn’t about a story that’s repeated over and over again (although it is). It’s about a story about how people like to vote for whatever is the same. The same sex, race, religion, whatever. Forget the issues. Forget where they stand on the economy, foreign policy, blah blah blah. All that matters is if they’re just like me in the most shallow ways possible. Heck, I don’t care if they know how to run the government, as long as they seem like they’d be fun to have a beer with, that’s good enough for me.

To prove my point, remember how they were saying 100 million people would watch the debate last week? Only 50 million tuned in. What about the rest of America? Too busy watching UFC?

.:: Dustinland 09.29.08 ::.

John McCain Picks… Sarah Palin?

Matthew Michaels — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:15:36 +0000

In a bold move, John McCain has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running-mate. (Updated with video from the announcement.)

The 44-year old governor of the 49th state, Palin is relatively unknown, but being painted as a very traditionally-conservative VP choice, with a McCain-esque maverick bent, and was apparently called Sarah Barracuda when she led her Wasilla high school basketball team to a championship.

So it’s set: Joe-Bama vs. … Jon-Rah (pronounced genre)? Looks liks business is about to pick up.