I need the ground rules laid out here so I don't get the zot.
There’s a big difference between PDS and talking policy.
I can’t speak for JR or really anybody but myself, but there be trolls among us who do more than ordinary disparagement, but engage in vile slander, and these should be the first to go. Disagree with a candidate’s policy, dislike their personality or their voice, wonder openly about their electability, all fair game in civil political discourse. But to insidiously suggest they are systematically and intentionally duping millions of good people, just to make a buck, is defamatory, and in Sarah’s case, against the evidence.
Such unfounded slander has no place in the conservative household, and especially no place on a site that touts itself as the beacon of conservatism on the web. Conservatism IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE THAT HAS COST HER POLITICALLY is grounded first of all in truth, and second of all in respect for the unalienable rights of our brothers and sisters made in the image of God, the foremost of which is the right to life. A close cousin to that right of life is the right protect one’s reputation from the caustic of life-destroying slander, hence the defamation laws. As conservatives, we all have a right to our opinions, but where our right to speak and another’s right to an honest reputation collide, we should observe that boundary and do as the Founders intended, govern ourselves, and our tongues, lest we prove unable to do so, and another come to govern us against our interest and our will.
After reading that truly nasty thread yesterday, I’ve come to the conclusion that a Perry supporter is not welcome on ANY Palin thread, even if they like her as well.
Reposting a corrected version of my earlier post to you. Apologies for the error, I’m not too good with cut & paste on my droid just yet (Yes, I’m really blaming the droid):
I can’t speak for JR or really anybody but myself, but there be trolls among us who do more than ordinary disparagement, but engage in vile slander, and these should be the first to go. Disagree with a candidate’s policy, dislike their personality or their voice, wonder openly about their electability, all fair game in civil political discourse. But to insidiously suggest they are systematically and intentionally duping millions of good people, just to make a buck, is defamatory, and in Sarah’s case, against the evidence.
Such unfounded slander has no place in the conservative household, and especially no place on a site that touts itself as the beacon of conservatism on the web. Conservatism is grounded first of all in truth, and second of all in respect for the unalienable rights of our brothers and sisters made in the image of God, the foremost of which is the right to life. A close cousin to that right of life is the right protect one’s reputation from the caustic of life-destroying slander, hence the defamation laws. As conservatives, we all have a right to our opinions, but where our right to speak and another’s right to an honest reputation collide, we should observe that boundary and do as the Founders intended, govern ourselves, and our tongues, lest we prove unable to do so, and another come to govern us against our interest and our will.
It’s safest just to stay off the Palin threads. Just mark them Caucus and be done with it.