Post blogger and liberal gladiator Edward Troy–never one to shrink from debate–plumbs the depths of being conservative. “I support the efforts to allow leaders from Hezbollah, Hamas, the junta of Myanmar, Al Qaida etc. to make fools of themselves,” he blogs, “through free speech. None of these entities are left wing socialist freedom fighters, none are freedom fighters looking for democracy. Freedom fighters are a thing of the past, our country knocked most of them off, and replaced them with various tin pot despots, thugs and goons. None of this rotten rabble, or the people oppressed, are likely to be our friends.”