disgruntled

 The blog by Robbie Cooper entitled “Why Liberals Cheer When Conservatives Die” is one that drew my attention simply by the fact that it was so harsh towards all liberals but it had no coherent argument that validated any of the authors amateurish claims. He just seemed more hurt by the fact that Matt Taibbi, a liberal columnist of Rolling Stone magazine wasn't very sensitive to the fact that a man, Andrew Breitbart, had recently died. Not that there is any excuse for being harsh to someone who has died, but this was a man who tarnished the image of Shirley Sherrod, a woman who was innocent and a group called Acorn by releasing heavily edited videos of them and others. Not to mention that Breitbart wasn't very sensitive to death either proclaiming minutes after Ted Kennedy died that he was a “villain” and “a pile of human excrement”.

 But, no matter what Andrew Breitbart or the columnist that Cooper disagreed with did, Cooper's argument that all liberals are basically “immature” people with “mental disorders” seems more of a rant than an actual piece based on logic or evidence. His audience of conservative minded people probably ate it up though, since Breitbart was something of a larger than life character in the conservative world and took down those whose ideology he opposed. Cooper probably gets away with this type of writing since it's something that his audience can kind of feel an empowerment in his outlandish rhetoric.

 Even though he is on defensive because some liberals were cruel about the death of Breitbart, he goes on to say that, “Taibbi will likely die alone, afraid, and in horrific pain”. Who's the insensitive one now? His attacks on the whole liberal spectrum are full of circular reasoning, such as “liberals are stupid because they are idiots”. He never really offers any genuine reasoning behind his thinking besides that he is obviously a devout conservative and kind of arrogant. His whole post is basically a temper tantrum.

 Just because he is a conservative does not mean he was in the wrong to feel as if that particular author was unfair, too cruel or even wrong. Cooper could have taken a more mature tone and made Taibbi the fool in this situation. Instead not only did he not make Taibbi look bad like he intended, he made himself look like someone who can't articulate a real point and a hypocrite.

 Perhaps the author of the Rolling Stone article was harsh, although it was his opinion based on things that Breitbart did. But Cooper's “response” blog that could have called Taibbi out, instead summed up to an elementary piece of work where all liberals, according to him are stupid and evil. Why? Because they are!