Erickson Fires Back At ‘Emo Lefties’

[Capt. Obvious]

In a blog post on RedState.com, Editor-in-Chief Erick Erickson replied to criticism of his Fox Business appearance Wednesday evening, in which he railed against the uptick of "breadwinning" mothers he says is "tearing us apart."

"Many feminist and emo lefties have their panties in a wad over my statements in the past 24 hours about families," Erickson wrote on Thursday.

On Fox, Erickson expressed his dismay about a recent Pew study the found mothers to be the breadwinners in 40% of American households with children, explaining that a cursory glance at the animal world reveals that males are the dominant gender, and liberals who fail to see this are "very anti-science."

More: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/erickson-fires-back-at-emo-lefties

Emo progs/lefties. Good to know the company certain people keep with that phrase.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

1. Erick Erickson and The Sensible Centrists.

Fascinating.

[xchrom]

2. +1

[noiretextatique]

4. +2

strange bedfellows indeed.

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. Wellstone's kinder, gentler republicans. n/t

[KamaAina]

3. Emo Lefties? Didn't he use to do stand-up back in the '80s?

[Electric Monk]

11. "I was the kid next door's imaginary friend."

I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/quotes/emo_philips.html

[mac56]

25. “I got some new underwear the other day. Well, new to me.”

“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”

“You know what I hate? Indian givers…no, I take that back.”

“I was walking down Fifth Avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.”

http://namebrandketchup.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/more-from-emo-philips/

[LondonReign2]

6. I'm always enthralled by what that fat fuck Erick "Erick" Erickson has to say

Or perhaps not.

[rurallib]

30. him and Elmer Fudd.

Fudd is much smarter though.

[kimbutgar]

7. What are EMO lefties?

[EOTE]

18. I think it's one of Kim Deal's side projects. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. Spoken like a true doughy-pasty faced fat fuck that couldn't even intimidate a 10 year old. nt

[11 Bravo]

28. Who hasn't seen his dick for 25 years, effectively negating any possibility of hands-on family ...

experience.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

34. You my friend are a poet. nt

[Wait Wut]

9. No, you beady-eyed sack of recirculated crap...

...I'm no Emo. I'm a woman. One that has been working full-time since she was 16 years old. One that raised her son alone. One that, on average, made a lot more than any of the 'dominant males' she chose to date/marry/live with.

Ass.

[MattBaggins]

15. I would like to apologize to you that you

still have to put up with fucking idiots like Erickson.

[magellan]

10. Is he married?

I can't find mention of it.

[KamaAina]

13. Yes.

Remember Manti Te'o's girlfriend? She dumped him and split for Vegas with Erickson.

[magellan]

14. Oh yeah, this one?

I remember her. She's well suited to put up with him. I mean, perfect couple. A blow hard and a lot of hot air.

[KamaAina]

16. You should see her on a nude beach

[magellan]

22. She looks much better in black

[DisgustipatedinCA]

12. Setting aside Fox News for just a moment

...I'm wondering on what authority this dimwit thinks he can speak about families, breadwinners, or for that matter, "emo lefties". I find no compelling reason to give a single fuck what this guy says. Republican talking heads have absolutely no moral authority to speak on...well, on anything at all.

[ananda]

17. This "emo" leftie fires back with: heartless sociopath.

I know which one I prefer.

[JoePhilly]

19. Did Erikson create that phrase ... or adopt it?

And if a "bad" person adopts a phrase that you use, did you just start to "keeping company" with that person?

Erickson is a right wing nut job regardless of what terminology he adopts.

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Not a new phrase at all.

Often used to denigrate or dismiss various groups that are upset or outraged over something (usually justifiably) by associating it with ineffectual pouting or sadness.

I have occasion to use EMO as an invective against some people (Who I feel deserve it), like Boehner, or Beck. It's just using a stereotype as a weapon against assholes that don't understand any other form of communication.

[rhett o rick]

20. While I believe humans should do better at cooperating with nature, I hate to tell this nitwit

that we left the jungle a long, long time ago.

And he is full of crap also. Lion female do the "bread winning". Males lay around, fight with each other, and sexually harass the females. I think this is true of lots of species.

Remind this nitwit that animals in nature dont take the SUV to the supermarket either.

[Downtown Hound]

21. I suppose I could try and explain to him that in nature,

among many species, including such apex predators as the shark, females are often bigger and stronger than the males. But it would be pointless. I might as well try and teach astrophysics to an ant.

[AtheistCrusader]

26. The ant would be more receptive to new ideas.

[11 Bravo]

23. Erick Erickson: Childless, never been married. Yeah, give us the scoop on "families", you ...

doughy fuckwad.

[AtheistCrusader]

27. There's a clue in there. I think the phrase is 'blame shifting'.

Common among people who can't see themselves as they truly are.

[railsback]

29. Winning the hearts and minds of rednecks everywhere

[Dawson Leery]

31. This is what the tea party is about.

The far right (old white men) cannot stand to see the "others" moving up in the world.
"Others" = women/blacks/minorities/non-Christians.

[surrealAmerican]

32. "a cursory glance at the animal world" ?

I don't think he's taken that glance somehow.

[DinahMoeHum]

33. Poor dear. He probably didn't get laid the night before

he went on his rant.

[LondonReign2]

35. Most likely didn't get laid. EVER