Is Walter Mitty a troll?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I think it's painfully obvious he's putting on some act.

[JerryArkansas]

Obviously yes

[WalterMitty]

no.

i dont fit into your typical 'liberal' or 'conservative' box.  it is called thinking for yourself not just going along with your party's rhetoric.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

[WalterMitty]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

the democrats on here have never liked me, going back to 2008.  ive never fawned over obama.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

It's not about "witch hunts," but when a Democrat claims that the party isn't liberal enough and has a 'Bush for President' logo in their signature, don't you think it's rather hard to take that person seriously?

[H. Ross Peron]

Obviously yes

[Peter the Lefty]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

the democrats on here have never liked me, going back to 2008.  ive never fawned over obama.

Very few Democrats/leftists here do.  It's the fact that you advertise your admiration for Dick Cheney, your signature is a Bush 2000 sticker, you think blue-collar workers are HP's, you want to privatize Social Security, you support the Bush tax cuts, and then you turn around and complain about "right-wing Democrats."  

[WalterMitty]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

It's not about "witch hunts," but when a Democrat claims that the party isn't liberal enough and has a 'Bush for President' logo in their signature, don't you think it's rather hard to take that person seriously?

bush was much more progressive than obama.

he supported democracy abroad and didnt cut social safety net programs at home.

i dont know what part of supporting military juntas in egypt and drastically cutting food stamps is progressive?

not to mention obama has arguably been the most pro gun president in modern history.

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

I've always suspected Mitty of having the political spectrum flipped-when he says the Democratic Party isn't liberal enough he actually means it isn't conservative enough, and when he accuses a Democrat of being a right-winger he's actually accusing them of being a left-winger.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

It's not about "witch hunts," but when a Democrat claims that the party isn't liberal enough and has a 'Bush for President' logo in their signature, don't you think it's rather hard to take that person seriously?

bush was much more progressive than obama.

he supported democracy abroad and didnt cut social safety net programs at home.

i dont know what part of supporting military juntas in egypt and drastically cutting food stamps is progressive?

not to mention obama has arguably been the most pro gun president in modern history.

So, what about cutting energy/environmental regulations, passing tax cuts for millionaires, endorsing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, vetoing stem cell research, and vetoing SCHIP expansion do you find "progressive?"

Sure, you can argue that Obama isn't "progressive," or "progressive enough," but "Bush was much more progressive than Obama" is an absurd statement.

[WalterMitty]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

It's not about "witch hunts," but when a Democrat claims that the party isn't liberal enough and has a 'Bush for President' logo in their signature, don't you think it's rather hard to take that person seriously?

bush was much more progressive than obama.

he supported democracy abroad and didnt cut social safety net programs at home.

i dont know what part of supporting military juntas in egypt and drastically cutting food stamps is progressive?

not to mention obama has arguably been the most pro gun president in modern history.

So, what about cutting energy/environmental regulations, passing tax cuts for millionaires, endorsing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, vetoing stem cell research, and vetoing SCHIP expansion do you find "progressive?"

Sure, you can argue that Obama isn't "progressive," or "progressive enough," but "Bush was much more progressive than Obama" is an absurd statement.

i certainly agree the gay marriage stance and stem cell veto were very bad.

i have more than a few disagreements with bush.

[ElectionsGuy]

No, just a right-wing democrat who calls out democrats for being right-wingers (seriously, what's up with that?)

[RedSLC]

No, just a right-wing democrats who calls out democrats for being right-wingers (seriously, what's up with that?)

Maybe he has a really bad case of psychological projection.

This quote, however, leads me to believe that he is in fact, trolling:

dollar bill jefferson, obviously.

The one time everyone votes Republican is of course the one time you decide to find party loyalty.

dollar bill got too 'uppity' for the liberal democrat leadership, so they took him out.  simple as that.

Note that the person he is speaking of was convicted of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes.

[H. Ross Peron]

The witch hunt within Democratic ranks here on the Atlas is reaching McCarthyite levels.

It's not about "witch hunts," but when a Democrat claims that the party isn't liberal enough and has a 'Bush for President' logo in their signature, don't you think it's rather hard to take that person seriously?

bush was much more progressive than obama.

he supported democracy abroad and didnt cut social safety net programs at home.

i dont know what part of supporting military juntas in egypt and drastically cutting food stamps is progressive?

not to mention obama has arguably been the most pro gun president in modern history.

So, what about cutting energy/environmental regulations, passing tax cuts for millionaires, endorsing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, vetoing stem cell research, and vetoing SCHIP expansion do you find "progressive?"

Sure, you can argue that Obama isn't "progressive," or "progressive enough," but "Bush was much more progressive than Obama" is an absurd statement.

i certainly agree the gay marriage stance and stem cell veto were very bad.

i have more than a few disagreements with bush.

ie on minor wedge issues

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

You can say a lot about Walter but he's no troll.  He believes everything he says he does.

[© tweed]

if you've been here for ten years you should be allowed to be whatever you want.  such is what made the jmfcst banning such a travesty.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I believe he is.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Who cares? Can't take him seriously either way.

[AkSaber]

Having been on the Atlas for almost 10 years, I can say Wally has always been this way (difficult to paint into a specific corner or label).

[memphis]

Mitty is great! I like his skeptical perspective. Independent thought is not heresy.

[Joe Biden 2020]

He's definitely not a troll.  I don't care for his anti-religion sentiment, but he provides sensible political views on the issues that don't involve religion.

[Sopranos Republican]

No, I don't believe he is at all actually. His views are odd, but he seems genuine about them.

[7,052,770]

He's not a troll in the sense that he misrepresents his political beliefs, but he definitely trolls when he name-calls liberals as "right-wing Democrats" when he holds a lot of right-wing viewpoints himself.  And he clearly trolls when he makes fun of Brian Schweitzer's choice of neck accessory.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I don't think he is. There are a lot of Democrats who think the way he does. It's just that it's rare to see the absurdity of such a worldview communicated so explicitly and systematically by one person.