Asshat Quote of the Day

It is becoming more clear that if we want to survive as a nation we are going to have to change the way we fight this war, and it is a world war. These extremists are not going away until we put them away. They want us dead, they want our children dead, their whole being is to kill until they are the only ones left. Innocent people have been dying for ages and that will not go away either. At some point, you have to ask yourself, it is either going to be them or us? I would much rather it be them. We are a good people and always have been for anyone that needs help. We just need to face a fact, and that is we need to win this war, and whatever it takes we need to do it. I have never hurt anyone in my life and cannot understand how people just live and breathe for the destruction of an entire people. I would love to live in peace but not on their terms.

That's a comment from some right wing freak brigade, here:

The original post called for, and justified the slaughtering of, Muslim children. It is entitled, quite appropriately, On the Virtues of Killing Children.

Small point before I rant - again, none of these freaks are actually in the military or stationed in a combat zone. That they are cowards is the baseline that I always start with.

The cowardice and the desire to kill children goes hand in hand with shear intellectual banality. These people are frightened of the boogey man, and they aren't very bright. I know I'm stereotyping here, but if you've seen the blogs I've been linking to, and the comments of the blogger and readers, it's pretty apparent we're dealing with a whole bunch of Americans with sub 100 IQs. Hell, Right Wing Guy claimed a 140 IQ, but as I pointed out time and again over there, he doesn't understand the basic rules of English grammar (he even misspelled "grammar"), and simply cannot form a grammatically correct sentence in English. 140 IQ? No no.. that's why I was calling him 85 (patterned after Alien 3 by the way).

Fear + cowardice + being really stupid = desire to kill children

And when you debate with them, their sole argument comes down to "You don't seem to realize Islam is evil and all they want is to kill all of us, including our children". Yes, I do understand the point the right wingers are making, but what I try to get through to them is that the reason they have that point of view is because they are uneducated idiots.

But, because they are that stupid, they'll never understand what I'm saying, so it's really circular. It just goes round and round with them saying the most insipid things, and me trying to explain to them that the reason they believe that is because they are completely retarded, and them not getting it because they are too stupid to understand.

I know these people are lost - but what we really need to work on is the cause. What is the problem?

Duh - religion.

Bet you knew I was going to get there eventually. But mark my words, it is the destruction of mankind... and if you don't believe me... well, then see my point about the right wingers who are too stupid to know why killing children is a new low.

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Some trackback posts to the original article;

A hard read but a must read from Explicitly Ambiguous
You wont like it but you need to read it.. its the truth. On the Virtues of Killing Children

Grim over at Blackfive has posted what needs to be said: It must be, I tell her sadly, Here: That we pursue war without thought of the children. That we do not turn aside from the death of the innocent

Grim posts a harshly beautiful essay at Blackfive, On the Virtues of Killing Children, that’s an absolute must read -- if only to consider a deeper truth revealed beyond the sensationalist title.

Oh. My. God. Here is an excellent MUST-READ post by Grim at Blackfive On the Virtues of Killing Children. Gird yourself, it is not an easy read. It truly deserves this warning: On the demonstrable virtues of not caring if children die...

Roci, at Rocinante's Burdens, has an excellent post up with several good insights. He point out some hard truths - Hard Truth #1: We are not all entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

No one has written so powerfully of late than Grim, On the Virtues of Killing Children (H/T The Anti-Idiotarian Rottwieller). I am considering this required reading.

It just goes on and on..