An Open Letter To Charles Johnson (LGF Turncoat Refuted; Free Republic Mention Alert)

Townhall ^ | 1/26/2010 | Dennis Prager

[goldstategop]

Hate Speech? 8. A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic, Ace of Spades, etc.).

On Free Republic? There is more hate speech from turncoat Charles Johnson's LGF and the Left in a week than on Free Republic and the conservative blogosphere in a year. Kudos to Dennis Prager on documenting Johnson's change of heart and political allegiance. He's becoming another raging liberal. Good riddance!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Paradox]

There are a few freepers who _might_ sometimes dip a toe into the hate speech pond, but they are very few, and they are usually denounced when they have gone too far. Then there are TROLLS who sign up and say hateful things to make FR and the right wing blogosphere look bad, but those people don’t represent us. We usually fish them out, but by then the damage is already done.

[goldstategop]

Let's stipulate Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite and racist. But this only demonstrates the extent to which American conservatism has excluded racists, bigots and cranks from it midst along with lunatics advocating conspiracy theories and other addle-minded rubbish. No serious conservative subscribes to or promotes hate speech. To assert otherwise is to engage in slander. The Left always cast aspersions, without a shred of evidence, on its opponents. What is sad is LGF leading the assault on the truly sane and thoughtful people in this country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Der_Hirnfänger]

I used to check LGF daily and even have a login still. His explanations are just as nuts as his cult-like followers. I think perhaps he was trying to impress a very lib potential love interest?

[ari-freedom]

LGF = liberal gay feminists?

[goldstategop]

I think it fits CJ's new website to a T. I don't know the reason for his change of heart and I don't care. His reasons for abandoning conservatives are unconvincing and flimsy.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET from the post in link no. 1:

"5. Support for homophobic bigotry (see: Sarah Palin, Dobson, the entire religious right, etc.).

This charge is particularly ugly. It appears that you have decided to fight all the "hate" you allege to be on the right with your own hate. Why exactly is it "homophobic bigotry" to want to maintain the millennia-old definition of marriage as the union of men and women? The hubris of those who not only want to change the definition of the most important institution in society but believe everyone who ever advocated male-female marriage was a bigot -- meaning everyone who ever lived before you, Charles -- is as breathtaking as it is speech-suppressing."

[Boucheau]

I HATE the left, and all shades of enslavers.

Sue me.

[Berlin_Freeper]

I see Charles Johnson uses the word “hate” a lot but if you study the wording of the points he tries to make - they can only be described as hate:

“throwing women back into the Dark Ages, and general religious fanaticism”

“Support for anti-science bad craziness”

“homophobic bigotry”

“A right-wing blogosphere that is almost universally dominated by raging hate speech (see: Hot Air, Free Republic”

“Support for conspiracy theories and hate speech (see: Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Birthers, creationists, climate deniers, etc.).”

“anti-government lunacy”

and more.

One can only conclude that Mr. Johnson could not vent his anger and hatred enough on the political Right so he switched sides to where the real hatred exists, and is often celebrated and rewarded. Which is why he wrote this hate filled trash to begin with.

[fr_freak]

I think Dennis concedes too much here. A favorite tactic of the Left is to promote a policy or behavior and label any resistance to that policy or behavior as “hate speech”, “racism”, “sexism”, “homophobia”, etc. So, the Left promotes homosexuality and the redefinition of marriage, and anyone who resists that idea is called a hate-filled “homophobe”. Prager cites a few instances where groups or individuals in Europe or the US resist things like uncontrolled immigration, the spread of Islam, or the destruction of the indigenous culture and concedes that they are “racist” or some such thing. We have the NAACP in the US. Are they racist? If Prager is not willing to say yes, then he should not condemn other such groups either.

[backhoe]

FYI, FWIW:

Take it for whatever, or what little, it's worth around here, but in 29 years online, the only site that's ever banned me was LGF- for belonging to a site founded at LGF's behest:

http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1349431#1349431

Summary:

-Having been summarily banned ( no warning, no “knock it off,” not a word from a man- “Chuckles”- I once gave money to )--

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[VeniVidiVici]

Little Pink Puffballs. On their way out the door with the rest of the fascists that dominate the Democrat Party.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Dennis Prager said we’re not nuts! Yaaaa! Also that we’re not bigots! I feel so validated. (Actually, I like Dennis Prager.)

I agree with him, this site is far more rational than its liberal counterpart, DU.

[MDspinboyredux]

Who cares what Charles Johnson thinks? He’s just one of literally thousands of people with an opinion and a web page.

What I love is that they become so full of themselves that they feel compelled to make these grand proclamations on why they do this or that. Who really gives a s**t? Seriously?

LGF is nothing more than a ego vehicle, just like The Daily Kos.

[USS Alaska]

Who cares what Charles Johnson thinks? He’s just one of literally thousands of people with an opinion and a web page.

His latest rant is like a disgruntled FR poster, who, after saying he is leaving FR because of x,y or z, posts a 10 point thread with reasons so idiotic that no one could understand them.

Who cares?

Not me.

[Malesherbes]

No, let’s not stipulate that “Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite and racist.” Pat Buchanan is neither. Otherwise, I agree completely with your comment.

Anti-Semite and racist are heavily loaded words, regularly thrown around recklessly, often as diatribes designed to cut off discussion or debate. They should be used carefully; otherwise, they lose their force.

[Nahanni]

I have two words about this whole affair.

Who cares?

[Billthedrill]

With respect to FR, Johnson is either massively ignorant, or he's throwing words around so carelessly it amounts to the same thing. "Fascist" does, after all, have a meaning, and so does "racist." "Hate speech" does not.

Johnson just isn't worth worrying about. He is useful now exclusively to those on the left who want a tool with which to bash the right. The difference between him and Levi Johnston is that mercifully he hasn't taken his clothing off for the camera. Yet.

[Darksheare]

Let’s ping Charles sock puppet handle here on FR and see what the master bad crazy lizard says about this.
Hey Charles, get your lying butt over here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:basiccommonsense/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

(For those who don’t know, Charles lurks on FR, mentally masturbating over his perceptions of racism and bigotry in everything and everyone out there -except HIS racism and igtry!_ and then blogging about it. Well, we goaded him into posting, and that handle is known as “Basic Common Sense”, where he tries to sound like someone else. That’s some real strong mental psychosis there..)

With any luck, Charles will entertain us some more.

[Darksheare]

His hand?