Reply #65: I am Kerry-centric, I will admit [View All]

[LittleClarkie]

but I would do the same for Dean or Clark and I have.

Does that make me an apologist for them as well, when Dean is accused of being a false populist or of not being as far to the left as he pretended, and when Clark is accused of being a Republican in Democrat's clothing?

If something that I know is untrue is stated, I am going to rebutt it. Criticism is one thing, bashing is another. I may not be pleased with the criticism and I may have an alternate opinion, but certainly folks are welcome to disagree. It's when someone is being smeared or bashed that I'm going to jump in most vehemently. Often what is being said is either not fair, not true, or both.

And yes, sometimes they sound just like RW talking points. That doesn't make the author a RW plant. It appears the farther left one goes, for instance, the more they sound like the far right. I'm thinking of certain online publications as an example. Just because the far left and the far right agree that Kerry is a billionare elitist, doesn't make it fair or true.

Neither is it fair to label someone who disagrees with someone an "apologist."