A right wing psycho and how he destroyed himself

[ArghMonkey]

Johnson, who is 56, sits in the ashes of an epic flame war that has destroyed his relationships with nearly every one of his old right-wing allies. People who have pledged their lives to fighting Islamic extremism, when asked about Charles Johnson now, unsheathe a word they do not throw around lightly: ?evil.? Glenn Beck has taken the time to denounce him on air and at length. Johnson himself (Mad King Charles is one of his most frequent, and most printable, Web nicknames) has used his technical know-how to block thousands of his former readers not just from commenting on his site but even, in many cases, from viewing its home page. He recently moved into a gated community, partly out of fear, he said, that the venom directed at him in cyberspace might jump its boundaries and lead someone to do him physical harm. He has turned forcefully against Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, nearly every conservative icon you can name. And answering the question of what, or who, got to Charles Johnson has itself become a kind of boom genre on the Internet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24Footballs-t.html?pagewanted=all

 

[ArghMonkey]

no conservatives want to comment?

 

[David]

no conservatives want to comment?

:giggle: Right Wing conservatives? I'm not sure what you want...

 

[deanhills]

@ArghMonkey. Who is Charles Johnson?

 

[Nemo]

There are some people who are perverse characters. They are stubborn, and, for the most part, stupid and small-minded. They have fixed opinions about everything (which, more often than not, are not right), and never change their mind about anything; for nothing can convince them that they are wrong. Their principal character traits are arrogance and intolerance. They are egocentric: they care not for the greater good, but only for themselves. Indeed, they would (if they could) have the world ordered to their own liking. They are greedy, stingy and meanspirited. They are inflexible; and, likewise, they never compromise, and always insist on having everything their way. There is no dealing with them. Such persons are stumbling blocks in the road of life, and are best avoided.

 

[DodgeFB]

There are some people who are perverse characters. They are stubborn, and, for the most part, stupid and small-minded. They have fixed opinions about everything (which, more often than not, are not right), and never change their mind about anything; for nothing can convince them that they are wrong. Their principal character traits are arrogance and intolerance. They are egocentric: they care not for the greater good, but only for themselves. Indeed, they would (if they could) have the world ordered to their own liking. They are greedy, stingy and meanspirited. They are inflexible; and, likewise, they never compromise, and always insist on having everything their way. There is no dealing with them. Such persons are stumbling blocks in the road of life, and are best avoided.

Agreed. But we can't get rid of them until the election.

 

[ArghMonkey]

@ArghMonkey. Who is Charles Johnson?

Founder of "Little Green Footballs", a very right wing blog that was really popular with people like rush limbaugh at one time.

The whole article goes over it, its a quick read and I found it interesting.

 

[David]

Agreed. But we can't get rid of them until the election.

Elections? They're rigged, so what's the point?

 

[myp]

no conservatives want to comment?

Not sure what kind of response you are looking for here from people of any ideology. I think most of us can agree that there is this sort of bickering and fighting on both sides of the aisle.

 

[Abbott Presley]

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