A message to the lurking freepers: a lie is not a difference of opinion [View All]

[Bjorn Against]

You told us there were Weapons of Mass Destruction. You told us that Iraq was responsible for 9/11. You told us that Bush's tax cuts would help low and middle income people. You told us that global warming was a myth.

You went on and on with your lies, and now you demand time to lie some more. If we don't want to listen to your crap then you will tell us that we are not open to differences of opinion.

You know what though, a lie is not a difference of opinion. A lie is a lie.

I am sick to death of the Republicans demands for equal airtime to balance the truth with their lies, and I am even more sick that the corporate media goes a step further and lets the liars dominate their panels.

I am all for putting people on the air who disagree with my views, they can put all the far-right extremists on that they want as long as they demand those extremists are honest. As soon as they start sputtering their lies however, they are no longer merely expressing their opinion and no one should have to listen to them any longer.

Until Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Ann Coulter, and all the other liars are fired then the "news" media has absolutely zero credibility. When their pundits lie and the media lets them get by with it they better not expect that we are going to believe the "facts" they present us.

I want a debate in this country that is based on facts, not a debate based on lies. I don't understand how anyone could claim that is closed minded, but I know people will inevitably try. There may be two sides to every story, but there is not two sides to every fact.