We’re not talking actual, real-life vandalism… heck, we’re not even talking about website hacking… the Edwards camp is actually complaining that some video game players virtually vandalized a pretend John Edwards Headquarters.

Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of republican Second Life users, some sporting “Bush ‘08″ tags, vandalized the John Edwards Second Life HQ. They plastered the area with Marxist/Lenninist posters and slogans, a feces spewing obsenity, and a photoshopped picture of John in blackface, all the while harrassing visitors with right-wing nonsense and obsenity-laden abuse of Democrats in general and John in particular.

I witnessed this event, taking names and photos, including the owners of the pictures. I also kept and saved a copy of the chat log. I have filed an abuse report with Linden Labs, and am awaiting their investigation.

When I first read this, I thought it must be a joke. I didn’t know what “Second Life” was, so I Googled it and found this page explaining that it “is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.”

A virtual world. Pretend. Make believe. Pretty well sums up Edwards’ chances of becoming President.

How long before these unemployed morons declare their fantasy world a “battleground state” and demand voting rights for the cartoon residents? No wonder our enemies are licking their chops.

1. No doubt this is the same pathetic lot who reverently tuned in every week to “The West Wing” and fantasized, for one glorious hour, that Josiah Bartlet was our president instead of ChimpieMcBushHitlerBurton.

   Comment by The Bovina Bloviator — 11:48 am
   

2. Fantasy has once more trumped reality.

   Comment by MrCynic1 — 9:30 pm
   

3. Some Quick Linkage And Misc. Commentary

   Combing through my email inbox, I’ve come across a couple of good ones.
   First, the Edwards campaign is up in arms about the defacing of it’s virtual campaign headquarters in "Second Life".
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4. […] The Barbie candidate complains about pretend vandalism I know it’s unkind of me, but ever since I saw that video of John Edwards preening to improve his pretty-boy self, I think of him as a sort of Barbie doll — or, maybe, I should say a Ken doll.  That’s why I found it exquisitely funny that this plastic candidate is complaining about an act of vandalism against his headquarters in a virtual reality world.  No, you’re not misreading.  As Texas Rainmaker explains: We’re not talking actual, real-life vandalism… heck, we’re not even talking about website hacking… the Edwards camp is actually complaining that some video game players virtually vandalized a pretend John Edwards Headquarters. […]

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