CNN's Powers on meme controversy: 'People do not have the right to stay anonymous'

The Hill ^ | July 6, 2017 | Joe Concha

[2ndDivisionVet]

CNN political analyst Kirsten Powers is hitting back at critics of her network's decision to warn an anonymous Reddit user he could be exposed if he resorted to "ugly behavior" on the internet again.

"People do not have a right to stay anonymous so they can spew their racist, misogynist, homophobic garbage," she argued in a series of tweets to her nearly 250,000 followers on Thursday.....

[JPJones]

Wow, Kristen, you there’s no ‘right to privacy’??!!

[eyeamok]

“People do not have a right to stay anonymous so they can spew their racist, misogynist, homophobic garbage,”

Rather fitting coming from a News Network that uses “anonymous” sources to spread LIES AND FAKE NEWS day after day.

[bigbob]

Nah, she’s smart enough to know how to keep her job, is all. For a lib she’s been halfway intellectually honest but this is just self-preservation, which I can forgive in light of her previous positions that haven’t been insane.

[Kozak]

I’m sure Kristens personal info will be all over the web by tomorrow.
Live by the sword.....

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

America would not exist but for anonymous essays:

[a fool in paradise]

They hate anonymity but they also hate Seth Rich’s name being tied to the leaked DNC emails.

[dontreadthis]

did she “out” ex-boyfriend Carlos Danger?
not so much

[a fool in paradise]

They hate anonymity but they also hate Seth Rich’s name being tied to the leaked DNC emails.

[Sasparilla]

....They want to intimidate and silence critics... A foundation of the democrat party and liberalism in general​ is to silence the opposition. When that fails, the next step is to destroy it by any means necessary.

[DiogenesLamp]

Tell it to James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, who wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym “Publius.”

Excellent rebuttal.

[freedumb2003]

>>So, CNN is totally ignoring the Constitution. Well I guess since they figure they’re not the government and can do what they want outside the law and Constitution. <<

I am usually the first to remind people the USC applies to the government and not to private corporations.

But the media CONSTANTLY holds itself out as quasi-government and specifically wraps itself in the 1st Amendment when attacked for inventing news stories out of whole cloth.

Thus it must be held to the same standard as government. It cannot violate the constitutional rights of the people and that includes THEIR 1st Amendment rights (as well as the others).

[joshua c]

CNN has no idea what they have done, which is good, because it will hasten their demise.

That liberal bubble must be bullet-proof.

[LibWhacker]

But Antifa thugs can wear masks, threaten everyone in sight, and violently attack whomever they please, whenever they please. And CNN has no problem with that?

[a fool in paradise]

Multinational Globalists against the Constitution.

Red Walter said that Americans would have to give up some soveignty...

[rlmorel]

Hahahahahaha! That is awesome!

[Tennessee Nana]

Only Obama has that right...

[atc23]

Kirsten Powers is on Tinder

[wastoute]

Kirsten does know you have to end with /s, right?

[RacerX1128]

hey Curseten, STFU,....anonymous

[Kickass Conservative]

Why not, Democrats think people who Vote in our Elections should be anonymous.

Give them a Name, any Name and they hand you a Ballot, even of you can’t speak English.