Desensitized

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Aunt B.

I was reading over at Tennessee Conservative Watch, which is still not a site about watching conservatives, but a site about what conservatives watch.  This bothers me.  If I went to a site called Tennessee Bird Watch, I’d expect to see this:

Not this:

But, okay, who am I to argue with Tennessee Conservatives?

My point is two-fold.  One, in a post called “Cindy McCain is more qualified than Obama bin Biden,” why is the post actually a comparison between Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama?  Isn’t that weird?

And second, I am now to the point, when I see something like “Obama bin Biden,” I have no reaction to it.  It just signals the Democratic ticket.  I don’t think Osama bin Ladin or terrorists or anything.  It’s like the term feminazi.  The first time I heard that, I was like “Oh my god, Rush Limbaugh is saying that we’re Nazis.”  And the other day someone said she didn’t appreciate being compared to Hitler’s minions and I was all ike “What?  Oh, right.”

It loses its sting.  I’m all looking at Obama bin Biden and I’m wondering what kind of point they’re trying to make about Obama being the figurative son of Biden and I suddenly realize, I’m way over-thinking it.

I should just go back to my conservative watch, if I can ever figure out what it is.

Filed under: The Conservative Soap Opera

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6 Responses

  1. magniloquence, on September 5th, 2008 at 11:39 am Said:

    Completely irrelevant aside: I’m not dead! Honest!

    *catches up on the 200+ Tiny Cat Pants entries in her feed reader*

  2. Aunt B., on September 5th, 2008 at 11:42 am Said:

    Mag! I’ve missed you! Hurray and I’m glad to see that you’re back.

  3. magniloquence, on September 5th, 2008 at 12:00 pm Said:

    Me too! I’m glad to be back.

  4. Katherine Coble, on September 5th, 2008 at 3:43 pm Said:

    Wow! Mag is back! The world is starting to right on its axis.

    As for the rest of the post–I just can’t take the stupidity. Obama bin Biden?

    I really can’t take seriously anyone who couches their opinion in juvenile rhetoric. I hope TCW is proud of the black eye they give to the conservatives.

  5. nm, on September 5th, 2008 at 4:57 pm Said:

    Well, it isn’t merely stupidity. It is stupid, of course, but one of the reasons it gets so stupid is that the unconscious bigotry starts leaking out through the would-be funny/dismissive rhetoric, and the cover dismissiveness and the hidden bigotry intersect in fascinating ways.

    But my conscious and unconscious minds both share in the rejoicing at the reappearance of Mags.

  6. polerin, on September 7th, 2008 at 7:34 pm Said:

    There are a number of “Obama bin Laden” graphics out there as well. I’ve seen several like them in games that allow users to import custom graphics.

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