August 14, 2005

I want credit for this

Posted by pete at August 14, 2005 11:25 PM

Blogmarch (blôg*märch)
v blogmarched, blogmarching, blogmarches

1. the blog-specific act of collectively piling on an individual for actions that are contrary to the authors' political beliefs, especially to portray that person in a negative light while selectively avoiding any sacrifices/contributions they may already have made

Example: Boy, the chickenhawks sure are blogmarching Cindy Sheehan around a lot lately.

q.v. frogmarch
see also smear, besmirch, malign, Michelle Malkin

Good one. Have you submitted it to someplace like urbandictionary.com so you can make a credible claim to priority?

--Posted by Len Cleavelin on August 15, 2005 8:01 AM

Thanks, I will. I'm also streamlining the entry a little bit.

--Posted by Pete on August 15, 2005 8:44 AM

Not to put too fine a point on it, but exactly what sacrifice did she make? Her adult son voluntarily reenlisted to go back into Iraq, knowing the danger.

It's a tragedy, and I'm not making light of her grief, but two people share responsibility for her son's death: her son, the soldier who willingly accepted the risk as worthwhile, but mostly and ultimately it was the terrorist who killed him.

--Posted by Ted on August 15, 2005 6:06 PM

I imagine most mothers would argue with you that losing a son, adult or not, to war isn't a sacrifice.

The point of the entry is to highlight the incredibly shitty tactics taken by a number of bloggers in trying to make her look like she's unhinged. Sheehan is merely the most recent example I could come up with.

--Posted by Pete on August 16, 2005 6:05 AM

Damn those Democrats, they're watering down your brand name!

http://www.democrats.com/blogmarch

--Posted by HWRNMNBSOL on August 16, 2005 7:43 AM

nice work, Pete. I like this one.

--Posted by supa on August 17, 2005 10:35 AM



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