Respeck the Kingpimp

Re-reading BoBo's ridiculous column in the dead pulp edition of Sunday's NYT, sobered and caffeinated, and am struck by just how inane the entire premise is. DKos and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga may be many things, but leader of the blogosphere (y!sctp) is not one of them. Even the idea that Markos could issue edicts and all of the liberal, progressive and even Democratic bloggers will obey is ludicrous. Perhaps the mouth-breathing right wing establishment works that way, echoing Republican talking points, but not the left. We are all too independent a group to even be considered a group, and unless I missed the memo and subsequent vote, we have no ordained leader who speaks for, and controls us.

The lefty blogosphere may have a few over-lapping interests, like the removal of the Rethuglicans from controlling the three branches of government, and the fourth estate, but if you read a thousand left-leaning blogs, you get a thousand perspectives.

Of course, there have been times when DKos, Eric Alterman, Atrios, or any of the higher traffic blogs for that matter, pointed out some injustice, or foolish, dangerous statement uttered by some schmoe on the right, and suddenly folks like David Brooks get inundated with letters, faxes and emails informing, criticizing and insulting the recipient. However, each blogger and blog reader made up their own mind whether or not a response was required. There were no edicts issued.

Tags: David_Brooks, /Democrats, /media