Lefties I've *never* liked -- starting with CARLIN --*not* grave dancing

[UTUSN]

I'm an OLD OLD Dem/Lefite, but I have always been at odds with my brethren/comrades over THIS:



I never liked:


* George CARLIN

* M.A.S.H.

* The Jello Guy - WHO is he, the HUXTABLE dude


* How can I be ---------- so------- and not like THESE?!


Please, do NOT flame!1

[av8rdave]

1. George Carlin actually said you're making a mistake if you're identifying him with any polotocal

group or party.

His comedy and his social commentary were brilliant!

[UTUSN]

2. Eh, not that "brilliant". Sort of "eh" - n/t

[av8rdave]

6. I suppose so, if you've never listened/read him

[Skittles]

34. good LORD

not ALL of us goose-step / slobber over all so-called "left icons". GOT THAT?

[UTUSN]

37. THANK you!1 THANK YOU!1 Thank you!1 n/t

[Skittles]

43. aw you're welcome, UTUSN

I get flak from them for disliking Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher - well sorry, I DON'T LIKE THEM. :o

[emilyg]

44. TY

[av8rdave]

64. Didn't mean to give you flak....sorry bout that

Different strokes and all that...

[Mojambo]

3. You can't like everything.

Carlin was a great hero of mine, but hey, people like different shit!

[UTUSN]

38. Thank you, too!1 n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. The Jello Guy? You mean Bill Cosby?

[DS1]

52. I was assuming Jello Biafra

I've yet to be impressed by this person

[DarkTirade]

5. Please, do NOT flame!1

Odd thing to put on obvious flamebait...

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Reverse psychology, dude.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. It reads like drunk Morse code.

[UTUSN]

8. Oh. o-KAY!1 n/t I'm moving on tto my *next* thread!1 n/t

[otherlander]

10. Sure, you're an old leftie.

:eyes:

[bigwillq]

12. Just because you don't like Carlin

doesn't mean you're not a leftie.

Not everybody has to like someone, something, a book, a movie because it's popular on the DU.

[UTUSN]

14. THANK you!1 n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. well said

[DarkTirade]

29. Posting an 'I don't like him' thread the day after he dies is still pretty damn tasteless.

[UTUSN]

35. I woulda posted it BEFORE if I had KNOWN!1 Just like with G.E. RUSSERT!1 n/t

[WildEyedLiberal]

45. That would be a better argument if there hadn't been 300 such threads about Tim Russert

I'm sure you didn't post any Russert threads, but nevertheless, the man's body wasn't even cold before people were saying much worse about him than just "I didn't like him." Coming to DU for tasteful commentary over a celebrity's death is like going to Texas Roadhouse for a vegetarian dinner.

[DarkTirade]

53. Well I sure as hell didn't see any of those in the lounge.

[bigwillq]

55. And all the Russert bashing threads

were pretty damn tasteless too.

I am not agreeing with the OP that it was ok to "bash" someone on the day they died.

I was commenting to the person above who was debating whether or not the OP was a leftie because they didn't like Carlin.

[johnnie]

11. I never really liked Mash or Cosby either

I've laughed at Carlin since I was about 7 or so. My father bought Take-Offs and Put-Ons when they re-released it in 72.

I don't know if I would consider Carlin as a "leftie" completely. His bits on saving the environment and on anorexia were just a few that are not quite "leftist".

[mainegreen]

13. Wow, 21000 posts and I've never seen you before.

Please do not flame? With a one?
Lefties I've never liked?

:rofl:

Are you sure you've been here for as long as it seems you must?

Wow, DU is such a big place. How I missed you all this time. You must be a GDPer.
I have no idea who any of them are and they all seem like trolls. Must be some kind of trench syndrome.

[UTUSN]

15. And yet THERE you have it!1

bunny:

[mainegreen]

18. An excellent reply.

[UTUSN]

16. Let's start HERE:

[Phillycat]

19. This poster's been here for ages.

I've been here since 2001 and I remember this one from way back. That said, this post is stupid and rude, and it reads like the OP is shitfaced. So maybe that explains something... :shrug:

[UTUSN]

22. And yet, *I've* never been rude to YOU - THAT's the difference!1 n/t

[mainegreen]

23. Dude, did you read your post?

[Name removed]

27. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[mainegreen]

30. You know, I not actually sure any more.

:rofl:

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. !

:thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Not his first stupid and rude post.

Won't be his last, I'm sure.

[UTUSN]

28. Or yours, But you have *no* excuse. n/t

[DarkTirade]

32. I think for it to be his first, it would have to be one in the first place.

[UTUSN]

36. HooKAY!1 But you're SO - um, whatever you are!1

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Right.

:eyes:

[DS1]

59. There's no excuse for stupid

that's your problem right there

[UTUSN]

31. OR let's try THIS!1

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/07/19/BUSH.TMP&o=0

[UTUSN]

20. How about THIS?!1

http://bayradical.blogspot.com/2007/07/ericka-huggins.html

[UTUSN]

21. And THIS:

http://img.photobucket.com:80/albums/v318/utusn/HugoMouse.gif

[UTUSN]

24. OR, who knows, there's always *this* "war corresponent"

[UTUSN]

25. Or, perhaps, Irma la Douche!1

[UTUSN]

39. Goodnight, my sweets (& you know who YOU are!1) - bedtime, not RUNNING !1 n/t

[Danger Mouse]

40. what the hell....put down the booze.

[pokerfan]

41. The Jello Guy.....

Riiiiiiiiiiight..... :)

Can't think of his name but you know the name of his character in the TV show?

So what comedians do you like?

[bridgit]

42. now see here, pal!

[asthmaticeog]

46. This is the drunkest thread I can remember since xultar at the airport.

[Phillycat]

48. Right?

:wtf:

[terrya]

50. Yeah...unfortunately it's also one of those "who cares?" threads.....

when someone dies.

I wish people wouldn't do this. Drunk or sober. People should keep their apathy to themselves, sometimes.

[Schema Thing]

62. do tell?

[LynneSin]

49. I'm not sure which gif is more appropriate so I'll post them both.....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

51. I didn't reall watch him for the politics

But I liked his show better than anything by
Bill Cosby
Tom Green
Carrot Top
George Bush

[Dr. Strange]

54. I find Carlin very hit and miss.

And I only liked the first couple of seasons of MASH (when it was funny).

But you HAVE to like the Cos. That's the law, dammit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqY6cJD3CE

[datasuspect]

56. douchebags can be useful

but people are often cautioned against their use.

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. That's okay - anyone who insists on purity is a useless slimefilled shitbag

I loved Carlin and think he was brilliant and a prophet for our age, but I don't think you're less of a liberal if you didn't like him.

Who cares?

I sure don't.

Unfortunately, judging by this thread, a great number of people do think it's essential to like Carlin, or, if one didn't like him, to shut up about it.

:eyes:

Don't worry - you take no heat from me.

[applegrove]

58. M*A*S*H???? How could anyone not like that show!!!

[Dogtown]

60. GraveDancer!!!

i'm sorry, i'm already regretting my nick and wondering why "Dogtown" isn't "gravedancer"...

[CreekDog]

61. Bill Cosby and George Carlin -both geniuses

extremely talented performers and thinkers (they wrote their own material).

left or right, who cares, they are just good.

[Lex]

63. ZOMG!!11 Show a little respect. Grave dancer! DU'ers are so mean!

The man just died! What is wrong with you?

WAaaaaaah. I am so disappointed in DU.

His friends and family are sad. Why are you so inhumane!?!1


(Sorry, just had to channel the hysterics from the Russert thing.)