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In reply to the discussion: Why we must resist the bullying of Will Pitt and others here. [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)On the afternoon before Obama's 2014 SOTU address, Will posted an OP praising Obama and discussing what he anticipated to be another kick-ass speech by the prez.
I watched that thread all day - because it had so few replies and recs, which was highly unusual for a WillPitt post. It never garnered more than a handful of recs, and pretty much sank like a stone.
After the SOTU speech, Will posted a scathing rant about Obama having "used a wounded soldier as a prop to glorify war". Despite the fact that it made absolutely NO sense (if you're trying to "glorify" war, you trot out a handsome, unscathed, medal-festooned soldier, not one who is visibly wounded and disabled), Will's tirade about Obama being a war-promoting fraud rocketed to the top of the Greatest Page will hundreds of recs and replies.
Will never posted anything but anti-Obama screeds after that. (And the OP singing Obama's praises posted that afternoon? "Self-deleted by author"
As I said, Will always knows which side of the bread is the buttered side - and his "fans" will attest to his Thomas Paine-like courage in speaking the truth - as long as it's the "truth" they want to hear.