Yet more on dissent: the "angry left" always wrong

And there is no "angry right"-- just ask them!

Glenn Greenwald has a spot-on analysis of recent right-wing blog posts and a WSJ editorial reacting, primarily, to Sen. McCain's commencement appearance at the New School and student reaction there. He writes:

This weekend, there was much petulant hand-wringing on the Right over the terrible breaches of etiquette and civility exhibited by the New School students against the great war hero John McCain. National Review's Rich Lowry, for instance, wrote multiple posts protesting the students' behavior, and decried their conduct as "amazing" and "incredible" because McCain is a "war hero."

Lowry sermonized against the student's conduct even though, as I pointed out in a post on Saturday, Lowry said nothing about the continuous mockery by the Bush campaign of war hero John Kerry's war wounds and military service, including the waiving of purple band-aids at the Republican National Convention, nor did Lowry condemn the ongoing attacks on the patriotism and courage of war hero Jack Murtha. And Lowry specifically defended . . . commercials against wounded combat veteran Max Cleland, dismissing complaints about such attacks on Cleland's commitment to the nation's defense as mere "whining."

But of course that is only half the story. It turns out that if you are Rep. Lacy Clay Jr. or war veteran, Rep. Jack Murtha giving a commencement address opposing the Iraq war or its conduct, then it is your fault that other students heckle you and threaten your safety!

According to Gateway Pundit -- who describes the event with giddy celebration -- this is what ensued:

Representative Lacy Clay Jr. gave such a hate-filled speech last Saturday morning at the University of Missouri St. Louis campus that he had to stop three times during his talk because the boos from the crowd had drowned him out! But unlike Murtha, Lacy Clay needed security to escort him from the building after he was through with his Bush-bash!

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Jack Murtha . . ., too, has been giving anti-war speeches -- including at Commencement ceremonies -- where he forces Republican students in the audience to heckle, walk out and act disruptively. How come Rich Lowry wasn't decrying the terribly uncivil conduct towards war hero Jack Murtha? At least according to Instapundit's rationale, it's because it is the anti-war speeches themselves that are hateful -- not the student's understandable reaction -- and so the speech and the speaker are to blame for provoking the disruptive behavior of those patriotic pro-war students.

Got that? The left is angry because they heckle pro-war speeches. The left is angry because they give anti-war speeches, prompting pro-war heckling. Nobody on the right is angry or disrespectful-- all platonic ideals over there, what a bunch of hippies. Pro-peace=angry & disrespectful; Pro-war=calm & respectful. "And do-o-o-o-n' you ferget it", as Quickdraw McGraw says.

[And don't forget the standard of what counts as "hateful": see Sean Hannity's re-writing of comments by leading Democratic senators, summarized here. The characterization of Rep. Clay's remarks by a rightwing source as "hateful" is absolutely valueless. I could look them up, I suppose, but my time is finite.]

So, if Sen. McCain really meant what he said about respecting those who disagree, maybe he'd like to speak up? No sound yet . . . .