I have a question. Why target FR when left wing websites have posted and left comments about conservatives children that were much worse than anything FR has ever come up with. There is a double standard that is absolutely breathtaking. This is seen purely as a political attack on FR by lefties. Why not clean your own house first?
I’m kind of glad this stuff was allowed to stay. I have lots of liberal relatives growing increasingly uncomfortable with the left and crap like this is pushing them to the right.
Apparently the critical thinking instilled in them from growing up in a conservative household doesn’t allow them to accept the increasing ends justify the means attitude of the left.
DJ asks why attack right wing sites and not leftys.
Fair question, man. I’ve said before here that what made my story news, to me, wasn’t that racist things were said. It’s that the remarks were at first approved by moderators, then removed, and then reinstated. That, to me, says management stood behind them. Twice.
That’s a story.
“Anonymous person on blog makes nasty comment” is no story, as it happens to every site, political or not.
Now, if you guys had said, “Yeah, fair cop, we should have kept them down” or “those comments were uncool, they should never have been approved in the first place,” then my story fades into nothingness.
Instead of that, you guys keep saying “but other people do it too”, which is no defense.
Regardless of my political tilt, I didn’t write the story to “go after” Free Republic. I wrote it because it was news. And if you check the response on Twitter, it seems a TON of people agreed.
Now, have I been a good boy every second I’ve spent on the internet since 1994? Heck no. I’ve said some dumb things in my time, back when I was in my early 20’s and never thinking about what might happen ten years down the line.
But that doesn’t change the story at all. Free Republic did wrong. Instead of trying to justify it, and attack the guy that shone a light on it, why not just own it and move on?
Bottom line is this: You guys can keep emailing my bosses, but if you looked on the Sun website yesterday night, you would have seen the story in question had not been removed - in fact, it had been selected as one of the four “editor’s picks” on the site.
The story was accurate. Own it.
Because racist, sexist, hateful comments directed at Republicans are mere “moments of silliness” when called out on it.
When not called out on it those same racist, sexist, hateful comments are true, legitimate, and praise-worthy. And oh-so witty and clever.
I really don’t expect anything to come of this fiasco as the publishing establishment is made of and controlled by people who share Chris’ views.
While they may not say what he said in quite the same way, you can bet that they agree.