We’ll come up with something snarky, but less offensive, to replace it.

That’s what happens when I read Momocrats before I read your blog

I totally get where you are coming from and I know it is snark.

Sometimes I think frustration makes us do/say things that are not true barmometers of the person we really are.

As a life-long Democrat i do find it offensive. And yes, I do cringe a bit when I see the tag. All my brothers and sisters are Repubs. I love them to death. And while I don’t agree with their political beliefs, I would never call them stupid…even in jest.

I adore your writing, Erin. Please don’t change a thing based on what I say or based on what others say. If you feel like changing anything, change it because you’ve had a change of heart.

Thanks for listening

Louis Black sums it up nicely with a joke that goes something like,”Republicans hate Democrats because they think that Democrats think they are stupid. Democrats hate Republicans because they are stupid.”

I am a big fan of the snark – that’s one of the things I really love about your posts – but I reckon it depends on who you want your audience to be. If it’s just us stark raving liberals letting off steam and getting our own back on the republican smear machine, then snark away. If you’re hoping to collect a few readers from across the aisle and perhaps open a few eyes to the right’s injustice, excess and downright LIES, then maybe something less scary?

But you know, either way you’re cemented onto my google reader

But you asked, so I’ll weigh in.

Yeah, I find it offensive. Just like I’d find it offensive if someone tagged their posts with “Democrats are Stupid” or “Christians are Stupid” or “Athiests are Stupid” or “Women are Stupid”… especially when the “stupid” class includes me.

But the reason it bugs me more than anything else can be found right here in this comment thread. You see, I *know* that you are probably being snarky, because I can hear your voice saying it. But clearly? Not everyone can. I don’t know who Robyn is… but if her comment was supposed to be snarky rather than serious? I can’t hear it. Because I don’t know her.

You have shown yourself to be a seriously smart, hugely passionate, very informed person this year when it comes to politics. So people coming here are going to give a lot of weight to what you say… and not all of them will see that as tongue-in-cheek.

I’ve been absolutely livid this week because of all of the nasty, snide comments from folks at the RNC implying that somehow Obama was “stupid” or “unqualified” simply because they were trying to discredit him because they don’t agree with him.
Senator Obama is a smart man. Senator McCain is a smart man. They simply don’t agree on who should be President or how he should achieve the change this country needs.

How I wish we could move forward to politics as ideas and ideals rather than contests of “who can dis the other side better.”
I guess I’m just too much of a dreamer.

But I do owe you an apology. I should’ve addressed it privately. This is a good discussion, but my bringing up my reaction to your tag publicly was a knee-jerk reaction that I hope I outgrow soon. I’m sorry.