The Cynic Who Barked Too Loud
July 18, 2007 · By Kelly T Konechny
Being a Canadian Cynic is a tough gig these days. There has been quite a backlash against the anonymous lefty-blogger who recently ranted about a grieving mother who lost her son, a Canadian Solider in Afghanistan.
Wanda Watkins, who spoke to the press recently asking for the nation to hold the course and respect the sacrifices of our troops, was written about on the Canadian Cynic’s blog.
In his past writings he is known not to sugar coat anything, with the exception of his ego, but what he wrote went past any sense of rational, irrational or human behaviour. In his blog post on the subject he writes:
“With all due respect, Wanda, f**k you and your grief.”
But even if a blog is somewhere that you go to empty your mind, in whatever self-stroking fashion, something interesting is happening here.
The cynic has made cynics out of a good portion of his audience, as they question his own motives now based on his over the top comments on the subject. Digging further through the collection of comments on the posting (and related postings), you get the feeling that people (left, right and otherwise) are abandoning him and getting some distance between themselves.
And now the Cynic is telling the audience that everyone has had their say. That there will be no more comments on the subject of his f-sharp delivery. He has deemed it ‘discussed’ and closed.
His long time barking may have finally caused his audience to wake up, however he isn’t enjoying the new found cynics that find his barking intolerable.
Why bother giving him any attention?
I agree with Aaron. He craves attention, like a child throwing a tantrum in the grocery store.
Ignore.
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I agree with Aaron. He craves attention, like a child throwing a tantrum in the grocery store.
Ignore.
Little Miss Stupid is running around the internet playing mommy again.
What a twit.
I take his hatred of me as a point of pride.
Ditto for Ti-guy.
I like to think that among the couple dozen readers he sends my way once in a while, during one of his pique-fits, one or two will read my “offensive” post and think, “Shit! This bitch makes sense!”
Kathy Shaidle wrote:
I like to think that among the couple dozen readers he sends my way once in a while, during one of his pique-fits, one or two will read my “offensive†post and think, “Shit! This bitch makes sense!â€
No! No! No! Kathy. We only think ‘Shit! This bitch spews such nonsense’.
Keep setting ‘em up.