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May 16, 2008

Right Wing Hackery The Same The World Over

Who else is attacking their domestic political opponents for failing to wear a flag pin? Lawrence of Cyberia has the extremely enjoyable answer here.

—Jonathan Schwarz

Posted at May 16, 2008 06:49 PM
Comments

Actually, Abbas only took out his Israeli flag pin shortly before the photo was taken.

Posted by: John Caruso at May 16, 2008 07:51 PM

Yes, I'm sure that's a joke many Palestinians have made.

But to be fair to Abbas, it actually was an American flag pin.

Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at May 16, 2008 08:53 PM

No, he was wearing his American flag pin on the left lapel—you just can't see it in that photo.

Posted by: John Caruso at May 17, 2008 12:26 AM

as if liberal ( or shell i call " progressive " hackery is not same and equally stinking around the world or at least in the white part of the world .
curious and idle mind wonders at some of these posts .

Posted by: badri at May 17, 2008 02:08 PM

typos...typos..
need more coffee even though it is 11 am here..

Posted by: badri at May 17, 2008 02:10 PM

The symmetry would be even more perfect if it were a Hizbullah site. Hizbullah means "Party of God" which could reasonably also be written "God's Own Party".

Posted by: me at May 18, 2008 11:26 AM

badri, there are left wing political hacks who make moronic claims about people's motivations based on the purchase of cheaply produced trinkets? Where? Do tell. Or is it the act of complaining about such hackery that makes one a hack, just as complaining about unfair treatment of blacks makes one racist?

Posted by: me at May 18, 2008 11:33 AM