In truth I had no idea whether you had or not. I hadn’t (and haven’t) haven’t read the entire thread but only skimmed through it. Then I left for a while and when I came back jayjay’s post was the last in the thread. I assumed his post was referring to an accusation of hypocrisy but I hadn’t seen the post that triggered it.
Baahahahaha! Monster? Monster?? She’s a fucking monster now?
What she was, was a highly educated woman who was cognizant of the slippery slope consequences that inevitably follow whenever you give liberals their lead on something. She didn’t want unisex bathrooms and she didn’t want women to be drafted and sent off to combat in wars. How awful!!
Even if that were what I was doing, it still wouldn’t be sick or twisted. What I am doing, however, is trying to point out that she may very well had what she felt were good reasons for opposing the ERA.
Surely you’re not so simple minded as to think that the eventual outcome of an amendment is limited to its text. The text is open to interpretation, and when you have the sort of liberal activist judges that were so prevalent then (and will be again if Coughing Hillary gets elected) interpreting laws to suit their ideological purposes, anything is possible.
Do you have anything remotely resembling a cite for this, or is it, as I suspect, merely your biased opinion?
I see. So anyone voicing a negative opinion about something you favor, or foreseeing consequences you don’t agree with, must ipso-facto be lying, is that right? And of course it’s their disagreement with you that makes them an asshole. Got it.
Coughing Hillary?
You idiot.
Took you long enough. So, guess you’re done here, now, huh?
Too bad the Internet was just getting started when Madalyn O’Hair died.
Ted Kennedy wasn’t even cold when they started gloating about getting (unearned) control of the Senate. They’ve been pouting ever since.
Does that count?
Ted Bundy, young Republican activist, died young in an incident that would best be described as “shocking, positively shocking”. Crowds gathered to cheer.
I thought it was kind of cute myself. You’d have preferred maybe Hillary the Lung? 
Cuter than a mutant tarantula, maybe.
Well I just had to laugh, I saw the photograph.
Ted Kennedy.
Actually, I should walk that back a little bit. I remembered a lot more right-wing vitriol on the board when Kennedy died, but the most I could find was this thread, which had a few gems:
Which, personally, I didn’t think were all that bad, considering that most of the other board conservatives offered stuff more like:
But there was one poster there who seemed deeply, deeply disappointed by the behavior of the conservatives in that thread:
So, at least according to you, there isn’t that much difference between liberals and conservatives on this sort of thing.
How about me, then? I’m a liberal. People hate me and mock me, but I’m a liberal. And I agree with Bricker and Starving Artist in their assessment of this thread. I disagree with Bricker that he’s not citing hypocrisy.
No, we don’t flat out say “It’s wrong to celebrate the death of people we hate.” But we do say a lot of things that would lead to that conclusion. We pride ourselves on empathy for others, even if they are different from us. We know that there are conservatives here who might be sad at her passing, but here we are rubbing their faces in it, when we freaked the fuck out when they did that in the Ted Kennedy thread.
We get angry at cops who seem callous towards the criminals they shoot. We preach against the tribalism found in bigotry. We push for political correctness, which we say is about not saying things to unnecessarily hurt others. We mostly are against the death penalty, saying even the worst criminals don’t deserve to be killed.
A huge part of why I am liberal is that I find that conservatism pushes an immoral mindset. The way they treat the poor is horrible. The excuses made for bigotry is horrible. Yes, even the things that this old lady preached are horrible.
But, when we act like this, I don’t feel we’re much better. It’d be one thing if it was people saddened by death but also happy that things would get better, like in Scalia’s thread. But, no, it’s just cackling glee that this woman who hasn’t really been relevant for years is dead.
I do feel this thread shows liberals in a bad light. And, no, this isn’t meant to be a lecture. It’s meant to hopefully be a sober revelation. An appeal to your better nature. Because I know we’re better than this.
I for one am saddened by her death, even if I think her views were odious. I am glad that her type of activism really isn’t a thing anymore. But her death didn’t accomplish any of that. Her death is just some wrong old lady dying.
And at least she was an intellectual, which modern conservatism could use a lot more of.
Since I never said that, and, in fact, was careful to say exactly the opposite of this, it is obvious you are arguing in bad faith.
Is anyone here surprised? Show of hands?
From me:
Granted that I was not joined by everyone:
But even so, the actual number of people that spoke against Kennedy in that thread:
aldiboronti
Magiver
aruvqan
ralph124c
Daylate
And:
Like:
No. How could my comment about a thread in 2009 possibly be construed as an analysis of what happened here in this thread?
I was, in fact, disappointed in 2009 in the negative comments from some conservatives, but in my view the contrast between a very few negative comments and many conservatives joining in praise of Senator Kennedy back then, and the current thread’s near unanimity from liberals – is striking.
Are you suggesting Kennedy and Schlafly are exactly equally deserving of scorn and praise?
I disagree with this conclusion. That’s not hypocrisy. You (in the indefinite sense; you liberals) can’t be called hypocritical merely because some things you do might lead people to that conclusion. Your behavior also allows other inferences – the classic “we tolerate everything but intolerance,” for example. I cannot decide that you’re hinting around that it’s wrong to celebrate the death of people you hate, and then call you hypocritical for doing it. That’s a strawman argument. I can only call you hypocritical if you clearly and unambiguously endorse a position and then act contrarily.
Which you do plenty. But not here.
No. That would be quite a feat of mathematical chance.
Then you appear left with a vague suggestion but no evidence.
Anyway, if the board still.exists when Hillary Clinton dies, I’m sure every conservative in America will choose to take the high road.
Every. Single. One.