“8/06/2010, 5:30pm EST”
Investigation: Conservatives have been conspiring to rid Digg of progressive stories →
Is it surprising that right-wingers — some of whom are the most batshit crazy conspiracy theorists around — would themselves conspire to censor progressive information and ideas?
Not really. This is what they do. Their highest principle is to gain power by whatever means necessary. They frequently point fingers without basis, only to be found guilty of the same alleged crime.
See the Shirley Sherrod ‘racism’ case, for example, in which Sherrod — and, by stupid-person extension, the entire Obama administration — stood accused of being secretly racist towards white people, when all the facts of the story point towards racism on the right. (Often, the media has moved on by the time the facts come out, though thankfully this was not the case with Sherrod.)
I suspect they are able to assume that others conspire in part because they themselves have such a strong predisposition towards conspiracy. Plus, it’s one of the only ways to ram through a completely illogical and insane agenda and/or to tear down a pretty reasonable one (e.g., the public option = government taking over your healthcare decisions). With bankrupt ideas and arguments, conservatives are repeatedly resorting to poisoning the well with disinformation.
Never leave home without it.
