Re: Ed Asner: 'Hannity's next ... just like we went after Limbaugh'
I've been saying for years that our side must go on the offensive against these types. Lets end some careers, bankrupt some bigwigs, make a few of these people homless.
Our side is notably weak in this area, I am sorry to say. They keep doing this because they have discovered that there is no downside to attacking. Until some of them suffer personally from it, they will keep doing it.
Not responding to bad behavior only enocurages bad behavior.
If we boycott entertainers who abuse their access to the media to spout political diatribes, we are administering "a chill wind", yet when they orchestrate a smear campaign of conservative political commentators, they are proud of it.
It is leftist McCarthyism is what it is. Yet Senator McCarthy was RIGHT about there being communists working for the Soviets in our government and Hollywood. Zogby fudged his numbers and was wrong about Kerry winning the election. Rather was wrong about his critics and defended hoaxed documents...
Bush wins. Traitors lose.
The War On Error, to stamp out media lies, still has a way to go.
Our side is notably weak in this area, I am sorry to say. They keep doing this because they have discovered that there is no downside to attacking. Until some of them suffer personally from it, they will keep doing it.
You're overstating the problem. What you're calling attacking is nothing more than mouthing words that hardly anyone pays attention to, into a microphone. Let celebrities say what they want, it doesn't make a difference at the end of the day. If you get hung up on retribution over nothing, you're just ruining your own day by taking them seriously.