That there's pretty interesting, seeing as how Perry didn't enter the race until August 13...
As a Palinista I agree that there were indeed obnoxious troops in the ranks. Many consider me such. So be it.
Anyone with an ounce of integrety who is interested in seeing the truth about the Palin flamewars and how they compare to the Perry flame wars need only go back to the posts themselves and read. Of course that will take weeks of reading since the SP threads were one rolling nonstop trollfest.
You will note that some of the worst Palin trolls...jla, Clarity, Carling and a few others, were amongst the hardest of the hardcore Perry supporters. For every zotted Palinista, 5 or more Perry supporters self immoliated. And note I say ‘self’ immoliated. A few openly argued and got rather snippy with the boss.
Not one Perry supporter, nor one Palinista got the zot because of their prefered candidate. They crossed lines they should have known to leave alone and did it anyway.
That said, as readers peruse those threads, they will notice exceptions of course, but a couple things stand out. The people ragging on Palin used a lot of inuendo, false representation and flat out BS in their attempts to discredit her. You will see post after post by myself, Windflier, Onyx and others calling them on it and saying ‘lets debate the FACTS.”
On the Perry threads like this one, you see those of us pointing out FACTS about perry and his disassociation from conservative values. From the beginning issues like guardasil, TTC Gore and most importantly his stance on illegals/tuition/LaRaza and Muslims...all legitimate issues concerning this country... have been met with claims of irrelavance and being ‘personal attacks’.
As to the so called ‘attacks’ on Perry supporters themselves, people should not be shocked that when they defend and support non conservative positions on a conservative website that people take issue and respond in kind.
“That there’s pretty interesting, seeing as how Perry didn’t enter the race until August 13...”
Yes, the most ardent among the Perry supporters were way ahead of the ball......doesn’t change the effect of their behavior or the reactions of other posters to them.