I seldom read Oliver Willis, and when I do, it's invariably in response to a link from another blog (which may be taking either a positive or negative stance on Oliver's post). I find his venom, contempt and outright hatred of those who disagree with him so unpleasant, I choose not to subject myself to his poison pen without good reason.

Today, Oliver makes the amazing claim that he has always viewed himself as a moderate. All I can say is, if he has been a moderate, the level of insults, disparaging remarks and twisting of facts to suit his purpose have been focused only on the 50% of the world to the right of him; the other 50% to his left have emerged pretty much unscathed, based on my admittedly limited reading of his blog.

Oliver claims that he's now a liberal. I'm glad to learn that his label has finally caught up with his beliefs.

There's been a lot of discussion lately around the political blogosphere about healing the rift (or other similar terms) between left and right following last week's elections. While there's no shortage of Republicans or conservatives bombastically proclaiming their victory, and refuse to give their opponents any quarter, those on the left need to realize that any similar reaction from their side is equally idiotic. You're not going to make any headway, Oliver, by proclaiming that "Texas is populated with an abundance of slack-jawed yokels."

But hey, you're a Liberal now, Oliver. You're free to insult the majority, and thus cement you're party's defeat in upcoming elections.

Note to the sensible liberals: this is the kind of Democratic hero that got you defeated last week, and will continue to drag your party and your causes into the gutter of defeat in the future if you don't stop prostrating yourselves at their feet like supplicants to their gods. Turn them out on their ear, where extremists belong. Stick with the people who can hold a sensible conversation with someone who disagrees with them.

Although I once again found Oliver to be a disgusting repository of hate, I'm compelled to send a hat tip to David.