Twitchy.com, Michelle Malkin’s site, is terribly excited. I mean, they are positively giddy at finding out that the most used hashtags on Twitter in 2012 were conservative, like #tcot (top conservatives on twitter). And the next four were also conservative and Republican — #teaparty, #gop, #romney and #mittromney.
Of course, the fact that lots of those who used that tag were doing so to mock them seems not to have occurred to them:
Congrats to all the happy warriors on Twitter who delighted in crushing narratives, mocking the steady supply of mock-worthy liberal nonsense and tweeting truth to power! It’s not the only battleground by far, but it’s one we won’t cede…
Now let’s translate that into domination at the polls!
Yes, congratulations to them. They’ve apparently won something really important. They should celebrate with a meth party at Ted Haggard’s house.
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=8)-DX
December 15, 2012 at 9:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Throwing the US over the fiscal cliff, that’s a real #teaparty!
machintelligence
December 15, 2012 at 9:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I have a feeling that the fiscal cliff is going to turn out to be more of a fiscal speed bump. It might slow the recovery down for a short time, but will not stop it.
jameshanley
December 15, 2012 at 9:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Woohoo, they won the battle of the 140 character “information” source. That might say more about their attention span and inability to follow a sustained argument than anything else.
What’s next, victory in the LOLcatz wars?
dingojack
December 15, 2012 at 10:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
jameshanley – Shuldn’t that LOLCat be stroking a little naked bald guy?
:) Dingo
Larry
December 15, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I guess they need to take “victories” where ever they can. Meanwhile, President Obama is in the Whitehouse for four more years.
Nemo
December 15, 2012 at 10:46 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Truth to power”? How fucking dare they?
Chris from Europe
December 15, 2012 at 10:47 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Is there a “bcot” hashtag?
pocketnerd
December 15, 2012 at 10:49 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Maybe my aluminum foil beanie needs adjusting, but I have to wonder how much of this “victory over Twitter” is a result of astroturfing with campaign agency sock puppets.
slc1
December 15, 2012 at 12:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re James Hanley @ #3
OT but it’s good to see Prof. Hanley commenting here again. He’s been much missed these past few months.
kevinbeck
December 15, 2012 at 12:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And look what these heroics did for Romney!
Why do people think the use of hashtags amounts to jack shit, anyway? #AnyDipshitCanDoThat #sogetaclue
tommykey
December 15, 2012 at 12:49 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s like the losing team in a sports championship bragging that they had the better looking uniform.
dan4
December 15, 2012 at 12:56 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Why did they name the site “twitchy?”
billydee
December 15, 2012 at 1:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This same thinking, that every time those hashtags were used, they assumed that the context was favorable, was used the other day by Orly Taitz. She assumed that all of the 80,000 people who viewed one of her YouTube videos was a supporter when many of the viewers were watching it for laughs. She also made the mistake that everyone who viewed the video only viewed it once.
I’ve said this before, but I truly hope that there is a critical mass of outrage, lies, and delusion among the extreme conservatives that, when reached, all of their heads will explode. I pray for this every night. Oh, wait. Prayer never works. Oops.
Tabby Lavalamp
December 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’ve used several of those hashtags, and I see your current Democratic president as being way too right wing.
David C Brayton
December 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Is it really a surprise that the party of Nascar, rednecks, Todd Akin, God, and guns forever, won Twitter? Where the thoughts are limited to 140 characters?
andrewlephong
December 15, 2012 at 4:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I remember thinking the same thing when Michelle Malkin launched hotair.com. Maybe she likes names that suggest her thought processes are impulsive and full of it?
shouldbeworking
December 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s a wonder they managed to stay focused on thoughts as long as 140 characters.
jameshanley
December 15, 2012 at 5:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks SLC, nice of you to say.
Area Man
December 15, 2012 at 6:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And their presidential candidate came in a strong second. It’s been a good year for them.
d.c.wilson
December 15, 2012 at 8:26 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
My first thought was that “twitchy” was a meth reference.
tommykey
December 15, 2012 at 9:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I remember thinking the same thing when Michelle Malkin launched hotair.com. Maybe she likes names that suggest her thought processes are impulsive and full of it?
IIRC, she also had some video gig called Vent.
Stacey C.
December 17, 2012 at 12:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yeah, I and many of the people I follow on Twitter use those hashtags when we mock or want to show conservatives how wrong they are. So not really feeling any victory for’ their side’ on this one.
baal
December 17, 2012 at 12:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“They should celebrate with a meth party at Ted Haggard’s house”
I wouldn’t go. Last time it was BYORB. RB is for RentBoy. You’d think Ted has enough RentBoy for everyone or some left over from his last party to cover most folks taste but no. It’s BYORB every time.
democommie
December 17, 2012 at 2:03 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Conservatives Declare Victory Over Twitter”
When all you have is twits…just sayin’.