Roy Edroso of Village voice has given us this helpful guide to the right-wing blogosphere. If nothing else, it'll make Sadly, No! a much funnier daily read if you're new to the depradations of wingnuttia.
Edroso also gives us a helpful tool for rating the shit we read every day: the Stupid-to-Evil ratio. For instance, when discussing Tony Strickland's campaign designation, we would show
Stupid: 10/ Evil: 90
"Stupid" representing the part of his lying soul that probably remains convinced he's telling the truth, "Evil" representing his lying soul and his manipulations of meaning.
Tim prefers a Static-to-Signal ratio. In Tony's case, we would see
Static: 90/ Signal: 10
with "signal" representing the facts one can actually pull from his biography, illustrating the true nature of his intentions, and his lying soul.
I like these tools very much. I must remember to use them.
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