Johnson blows off claims that he's switched partisan allegiances during his recent Obama-era blogging. He simply attacks conservatives agressively resisting Islamist terrorism as hooking up "with racists and Nazis." Here's more from the interview:
“I don’t think I’ve changed,” Johnson said. “I’ve always been pretty independent. This is something I’ve really tried to put out there on my blog. I don’t consider myself right-wing.”The problem here, as I've noted previously, is the main beneficiaries of Johnson's blogging (besides the terrorists) are "progressive Republicans" looking to turn the GOP into the party of gay marriage, and the secular progressives who are seeking legitimation for their program of licentious nihilism from an erstwhile top conservative blogger (the leftists, by the way, are the same folks who are in fact in league with the Islamists, if you can figure that all out).
In any case, T.R. left this comment at my recent post, " Charles Johnson 'Explodes'":
I have to say, I once was a contributor in good standing at LG, back in the days before Charles spun a gear or whatever it was that happened to him. His membership has deteriorated to the point that the pure hate and utter disgust isn't even tempered by common decency and some semblence of respect and/or manners ...See also, Gates of Vienna, "The Gettysburg of the Counterjihad."
His blog members are a seething ocean of hate and vitriol if one dare not walk lock-step with the 'Lizard King'. Rate one of Charles' threads down because you disagree, you get banned. Rate another member's lock-step comment down, you get banned. Dare not disagree with anything at LGF if you want to particpate in the comments for long. There is no civil discourse of any kind at LGF.
To top it off, Charles has become one of the most, if not the most, narcissistic 'conservative' bloggers out there. The stars and the heavens revolve around Charles. Don't dare imply it is not so though, if you care to be a commenter there. He's walking the precipice and I fear it won't be much more time before he goes head long full blown over the edge.
The so-called 'Lizard King' and his so-called 'Lizard Army' are a despicable and hateful lot. If anything, the interior of Charles' head will actually explode and the end of LGF will come. I don't hope for Charles' head to finally explode, he was once a kind, considerate, and thoughtful blogger. But the 'Conservative blogosphere' will be better off if LGF did whither and die on the vine, in the long run.
Note: Typographical errors at the comment have been corrected.
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Jeff G compares Charles Johnson to John Cole (before my time, Cole, because I didn't start reading blogs until after Cole had already swapped sides).
I wonder if it's possible that CJ will wake up one morning and ban all him commentators, and shut down his site completely. Better, probably, for him to turn over the reigns to someone close (if there is such a thing) and take a nice, long, well-deserved break (something he hasn't done since, what, he started the blog?)
him = his
(preview would be my friend, if I'd only use it..)
Thanks Serr8d!
Charles Johnson has developed his own peculiar brand of small-minded intolerance, but he did the world a service when he exposed Rather-gate and showed just how far the so-called mainstream media will go to distort reality for partisan purposes.
Cugel, I thought the same thing until a commenter set me straight.
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