Huppenthal Takes Another Run At Explaining His Blog Comments (And Other Things)

[Kali]

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/07/21/huppenthals-takes-another-run-at-explaining-his-blog-comments-and-other-things

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But really, it was Huppenthal's dodging and weaving about his blog commenting and about a jaw-droppingly inappropriate statement by one of his employees that made the whole thing interesting. Let me summarize what I heard him saying.

Huppenthal defended his right to use "sway-do-nyms" — that's how he pronounced "pseudonyms," not once, but three times, enunciating very carefully each time — as if what upset people about his comments was that he made them anonymously, not what he actually said.

However, he did admit he used "language that got a little bit tough." Really, though, it was no more than a "harshly stated" way of "getting facts into the public discourse." Still, he said, "I've apologized for that, and I've sought counsel about it."
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"Hold on. Our Founding Fathers, we went back and we looked at sway-do-nyms they were using. There were over 32 sway-do-nyms our Founding Fathers used, and they were very vociferous. There is a track record of sway-do-nyms in this process. Occasionally my language got a little bit tough and I've apologized for that, and I've sought counsel about it. But guess what? There's a lot of evidence for getting facts into the public discourse. I repudiated those statements that were too harsh — too harshly stated — but guess what? Public discourse and freedom of speech is part of our traditions."

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full article - http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/07/21/huppenthals-takes-another-run-at-explaining-his-blog-comments-and-other-things

[Kali]

1. more from this idiot

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/07/31/huppenthal-they-were-pouring-boiling-oil-on-me-in-that-blog

Huppenthal: "They Were Pouring Boiling Oil On Me In That Blog!"

John Huppenthal is clearly the victim here. Just ask him, he'll tell you, as he did on the John C. Scott radio show last week.


"The interpretation of those blog comments was the exact opposite of what I was trying to communicate."

"All those scholarly posts [of mine] have disappeared. There has been a massive cutting out of what I put into that blog."

"They were pouring boiling oil on me in that blog! Occasionally I responded with a snarky, inappropriate retort to them, to get a reaction out of them."