I am entirely sympathetic with the cause of pointing out garbage when people say it on either side, but my problem here is that there's a lot of "those leftists say you're racist if...", "those leftists thing it's a hate crime if..." without saying which leftists. The Anthony Gregory post does the same thing; there's specific complaints or citations, just a vague suggestion to "google this" which doesn't really provide much insight. I have certainly read specific instances of individuals writing that so-and-so on the right said this and it's racist, but if that can be justified, than it's not a blanket statement.
(Full disclosure: I am an Obama supporter and left-leaning, but I want to know which pundits on the left are legitimately conveying this sort of garbage. I'm working on a small project to try to actually research some of the misleading political forwards out there, and tear down the lies. I'm concerned that I just have blinders on, because I've just seen more from the far-right than the far-left.)
It's non-productive to widely point at "the other side" and claim they're unreasonable. It could actually be uniting instead of dividing to target specific individuals and/or publications, with citations, who are fearmongering on either side.
Submitted by fwph (not verified) on October 1, 2009.
I am entirely sympathetic with the cause of pointing out garbage when people say it on either side, but my problem here is that there's a lot of "those leftists say you're racist if...", "those leftists thing it's a hate crime if..." without saying which leftists. The Anthony Gregory post does the same thing; there's specific complaints or citations, just a vague suggestion to "google this" which doesn't really provide much insight. I have certainly read specific instances of individuals writing that so-and-so on the right said this and it's racist, but if that can be justified, than it's not a blanket statement.
(Full disclosure: I am an Obama supporter and left-leaning, but I want to know which pundits on the left are legitimately conveying this sort of garbage. I'm working on a small project to try to actually research some of the misleading political forwards out there, and tear down the lies. I'm concerned that I just have blinders on, because I've just seen more from the far-right than the far-left.)
It's non-productive to widely point at "the other side" and claim they're unreasonable. It could actually be uniting instead of dividing to target specific individuals and/or publications, with citations, who are fearmongering on either side.