The Baltimore Sun--a bastion of proper liberal thought for those of you who are unfamiliar with it- has forbidden one of its columnists from being a guest on WBAL--the largest force in the AM radio matket in Baltimore.
Greg Kane a thoughtful, sometimes conservative, black columnist has been a regular guest on Ron Smith's afternoon ( 3PM-6PM) show for some time. Some of the powers at the Sun have been enraged that anyone would appear on WBAL, so inspite of bringing a law suit against republican Govenor Bob Erhlich for not allowing his staff to talk with 2 Sun reporters, they likewise disallow their columnist this radio time.
This is just typical of modern liberals. If you do not speak what they endorse, they want to prohibit you from speaking at all. Hypocrits all!!
I will attempt to be diplomatic about this (not a strong point of mine)...
So your saying it is ok for the political right to do blatantly biased things to further their interests (the examples of this are far too numernous to have to discredit their existence), but if the left adopts this policy of bias and prejudice then it is uncalled for and deplorable???
Quite the double standard. So the extreme right should never be countermeasured by equivalent left wing tactics? Isn't that what got the right in the position of power it is in now? Now you criticize the left for being naive because they are finally fed up enough that they adopt the same confining and totalitarian tactics? In a perfect world silly exaggeration would not be needed, until then though...
Same ol' eye for an eye. Regrettable but necessary.
I will attempt to be diplomatic about this (not a strong point of mine)...
So your saying it is ok for the political right to do blatantly biased things to further their interests (the examples of this are far too numernous to have to discredit their existence), but if the left adopts this policy of bias and prejudice then it is uncalled for and deplorable???
Quite the double standard. So the extreme right should never be countermeasured by equivalent left wing tactics? Isn't that what got the right in the position of power it is in now? Now you criticize the left for being naive because they are finally fed up enough that they adopt the same confining and totalitarian tactics? In a perfect world silly exaggeration would not be needed, until then though...
Same ol' eye for an eye. Regrettable but necessary.
Not taking any side but mine here, but the problem is essentially in the "eye for an eye" theory.
When one criticizes someone, then one would be well served to be beyond reproach, at least insofar as the subject of the criticism is concerned.
I'm sure MS F. does not preach it's OK for one group but not the other. He is, however, saying that a group that accuses another of hypocrisy lessens the value of its discourse/opinion/integrity by indulging in the same behavior.
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What’s the Sun’s position on Martin O’Malley and Doug Duncan? I am curious to see how the gubernatorial race is shaping up in that part of the country. Any traces of Kathleen Kennedy Towsend?
I will attempt to be diplomatic about this (not a strong point of mine)...
So your saying it is ok for the political right to do blatantly biased things to further their interests (the examples of this are far too numernous to have to discredit their existence), but if the left adopts this policy of bias and prejudice then it is uncalled for and deplorable???
Quite the double standard. So the extreme right should never be countermeasured by equivalent left wing tactics? Isn't that what got the right in the position of power it is in now? Now you criticize the left for being naive because they are finally fed up enough that they adopt the same confining and totalitarian tactics? In a perfect world silly exaggeration would not be needed, until then though...
Same ol' eye for an eye. Regrettable but necessary.
Not taking any side but mine here, but the problem is essentially in the "eye for an eye" theory.
When one criticizes someone, then one would be well served to be beyond reproach, at least insofar as the subject of the criticism is concerned.
I'm sure MS F. does not preach it's OK for one group but not the other. He is, however, saying that a group that accuses another of hypocrisy lessens the value of its discourse/opinion/integrity by indulging in the same behavior.
I agree with this. But does the voting public at large? Obviously not considering the winning tactics of the right.
KKT ( Kathleen KENNEDT Townsend) has dropped completely out of sight.
The dems, in a blatantly political move, are considering moving the primary election from Sept ( where they moved it years ago for blatantly politcial reasons to May or so. The reason for this is that they fear a bloody primary with O'Malley and Dunkin knocking each other silly. They want a long time between the primary and the general for fence mending, and forgetting.
I have always supported everyone's right to free speech. I want noone denied the right to be heard. Its the irony of liberals using power to deny free speech that is so delicious--but I forget, liberals are not able to appreciate irony.
The Baltimore Sun--a bastion of proper liberal thought for those of you who are unfamiliar with it- has forbidden one of its columnists from being a guest on WBAL--the largest force in the AM radio matket in Baltimore.
Greg Kane a thoughtful, sometimes conservative, black columnist has been a regular guest on Ron Smith's afternoon ( 3PM-6PM) show for some time. Some of the powers at the Sun have been enraged that anyone would appear on WBAL, so inspite of bringing a law suit against republican Govenor Bob Erhlich for not allowing his staff to talk with 2 Sun reporters, they likewise disallow their columnist this radio time.
This is just typical of modern liberals. If you do not speak what they endorse, they want to prohibit you from speaking at all. Hypocrits all!!
I had to rant, thanks.
Actually Mrs. Fowler, all kinds of corporations restrict free speech. It's not even illegal. It's only illegal if governments do it. You howl about this being "typical of modern liberals". No, Mrs. Fowler, its typical of modern, lawsuit fearing, totalitarian loving, corporations.
gnomo,
You miss the point, as usual. Do you misread them on purpose, or are you not capable of comprehending what you read?
The Baltimore Sun is a corporation, but more importantly, in this case it is a very liberal mouthpiece. As with any journalistic enterprise, they are free to adopt any view point they choose. The scandal is that they have filed a lawsuit against the govenor of the State on freedom of speech grounds. The interesting feature is that this is the same freedom of speech it denies to one its own columnists. A columnist is not a reporter; he writes opinion pieces--things to make people THINK.
Its not even a matter of the SUN being afraid of what Mr Kane might say. Its simply a petty game they are playing to try to hurt the radio station. Again, they are free to do it; its still hypocracy.
As to calling me " Mrs Fowler" is that supposed to be some sort of name-calling insult, or just another indication of your inability to comprehend the written word?
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