Conservative Website At Center Of Growing Furor Over Attacks On Obama’s Underage Daughter

[babylonsister]

I'm seeing some 'legs' to this controversy.

http://themoderatevoice.com/39077/conservative-website-at-center-of-growing-furor-over-attacks-on-obamas-underage-daughter/

Conservative Website At Center Of Growing Furor Over Attacks On Obama’s Underage Daughter

Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in Politics, Society.
Jul 13th, 2009 | Comments

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According to the Sun, the thread was removed and reviewed — but later appeared again intact ” and attracted a new series of racial slurs when the original complaint email was posted publicly to the site, with the sender’s email address intact.

“The writer has a point,” wrote site owner Jim Thompson sarcastically. “We should steer clear of Obama’s children. They can’t help it if their old man is an American-hating Marxist pig.”

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Blatant racism crosses the line; even a broad definition of “the line” won’t allow it and most sites of the left, right and center that do any kind of monitoring of comments want to clean their sites of such verbal filth so it’s not there forever, indexed on search engines and bringing dishonor to the entire site.

In this case, the comments seemed akin to the kind of polemics nurtured by America’s talk radio political culture which puts a high premium on insults and the personal demonization or mocking of those who may belong to another party or be ideologically different.

Except in this case a few heaping cupfuls of racism were thrown in.

But on most sites, if something is judged way over the line it is removed and stays removed.

It could be argued this entire broo-ha-ha is a free speech issue — except that wasn’t exactly the argument used a month ago when Letterman was correctly lambasted for joking about Palins underage kids (Letterman also violated an informal a rule in comedy that you’re better off joking UP as in making fun of the boss or a powerful person versus joking DOWN at someone who is truly vulnerable) — and many commenters on Free Republic were blasting Letterman for joking about Palin’s daughter.

Read the entire Sun piece. Even a can of Beefaroni on a shelf at Vons Supermarket on Adams Avenue in San Diego would know these comments are racist. The comments should have been pulled as soon as they were noticed and put into the Internet septic tank where they belong.

Meanwhile, the big liberal site Daily Kos has covered the Free Republic controversy and the two sites have seemingly engaged each other on this issue. Read THIS POST in full for the details.

FOOTNOTE: I personally get emails from TMV readers who are upset but they seldom have made fun of my religion. Most include suggestions about where I should stick my computer but it won’t fit up there.

[Jennicut]

1. Its a double standard thing with the Freepers. If Letterman as so bad they why are they not?

[Tarc]

2. That's the thing with the Free Republic; shit flows downhill

Racism is condoned and tacitly encouraged by RimJob, the rabid user base gets the signal from up high that it is ok.

[mariawr]

3. Well, good.

This story needs the light of day.
Those cockroaches are now disavowing their hateful comments, saying that other sockpuppets wrote the comments.
Why was the thread pulled, then reinstated? That is the point.
So much hatred over there --->

[Cha]

12. That was their Big Mistake and

they're so stupid and blinded by their insipid hate..they don't even know it:silly:

[JBoy]

4. K&R, because sunlight kills mold.

[ananda]

5. "conservative" is the rightwing euphemism..

.. for crazed limbaughtomized lunatic.

[wildflower]

6. I wonder how Obama will react to this

He has shown that he generally keeps up with what's going on with the internet and cable.

[zbdent]

7. probably with a whole lot more class than

the classlesslass from Wasilla ...

[wildflower]

8. Yes, it's hard to imagine him quitting his job over it :)

I thought he handled it well during the campaign.

[SpartanDem]

9. Won't even acknowledge it he's not going to dignify these assholes

unlike some other people who would milk it for all the pr sympathy it's worth

[SunsetDreams]

10. K&R, I can't wait to watch Schuster today

[Cha]

11. Kick for more daylight!

cockroaches will scatter.