Kos Falsely Smears GOP Senator With Leftist Troll's Words

NewsBusters ^ | Matthew Sheffield

[RatherBiased.com]

Whether it’s comparisons between the United States and the Soviet Union or George Bush and Saddam Hussein, the far left has always specialized in false moral equivalence.

In the latest example of this, Daily Kos proprietor Markos Moulitsas has been trying to shift the spotlight that’s now being shined on the numerous vulgar and hateful remarks for which his site is famous over to conservative sites, implying that the right is just as full of hate as his followers.

Trouble is, that’s just not the case. As NewsBusters pointed out earlier, left-wing blogs and their commenters are much more likely to use profanity than conservative blogs.

Brushing aside those pesky facts, Moulitsas launched a false attack on Maine senator Susan Collins today implying that “Arthur Frain,” a commenter on Maine Web Report, a site run by her online communications director was speaking for Republicans when he/she wrote the following:

You know what this country needs? Another terrorist attack. Take out SF or some other city full of dirty libs, and then the country will rally behind the GOP for protection.

[william clark]

You know what really points up the difference between the sites is the type of comments that follow the death or revelation of serious illness befalling a high-profile liberal.

The contrast between typical FR comments such as “prayers for the family” or “despite political differences, no one should suffer so,” etc., and the kind of venom spewed at the liberal sites when a similar misfortune hits a conservative is extremely revealing.