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Uh, you’ve drawn a few odd conclusions here.
Yep, I absolutely posted at DailyKos.com before starting work at The Sun. Also posted here. Also posted at MLB.com and scout.com and... god, after fifteen years on the internet, I might even have visited a porn site or two.
I guess the big question here is “and?”
Has no Fox News personality ever posted here? Has no conservative columnist ever deigned you worthy to post a comment?
Your massive ‘find’ is nothing more than a couple of breadcrumbs on the internet trail that point to a couple of websites I long ago sold off (Unreel Media is owned by another company these days, though if you’re looking for editorial services, they’re amazing and worth a call).
Did I organize a Google Bomb of Bill O’Reilly a few years back when he called for an attack on San Francisco? Sure enough. Proud moment.
Do I think Carrie Prejean is a moron? I do. Absolutely.
Do I think Michael Moore was right? Yup. I think history proved it, though I’ll agree he cheats to get the footage he wants (you can find plenty on dKos where I’ve said as much).
Do I think it’s understandable Saddam tried to off Bush Sr? Sure. Bush told him that the US had no beef with Iraq muscling Kuwait over an oil dispute, so when the US suddenly called him evil for doing so, it would make sense they’d have a beef. I’m not saying he’d be right in going after Pappy, I just think the urge to do so would be understandable coming from him.
As far as girl on girl action is concerned, like I said, I don’t own those sites anymore. Well, not all of them. Not that one, anyway. Last I heard it was going to be a techy review site, but I guess they opted for automated news aggregation of a given sort. I contacted the owner and he took the phrase off the site just now, so there’s one for the little guy.
Yes, i have had contact with Markos Moulitsas. I emailed him once. I’m guessing Jim (sorry for the name screw-up - will fix it when i’m next at my desk) has done same.
As for the loan sharking bit... well, that’s just a terrible lie. I’m a member of a website called Kiva.org, that lends money to third world people who want to start a business and can’t get credit due to their circumstances. I would send $50 every few weeks to be loaned to an ox farmer in Zambia or a baker in Azerbaijan, and they would then pay the loan back as they could (interest-free) and the money could then be re-loaned elsewhere. If that’s loan-sharking, then I guess I’m a loan shark, but I’m thinking any rational person would see it as a good thing to do. Sending aid is dumb, because you’re just temporarily filling a hole. Offering microcredit builds an economy. Again, proud moment.
What motivated me to write the piece about FR?
Well, you see, I’ve seen a lot of anonymous blog posts in my time that were nasty, vicious and beyond the pale. They happen on dKos too, as you know, but most of the time they’re isolated incidents and quickly stomped.
But this was an entire thread in which everyone - bar a couple - were pounding out racial, sexist and just plain boorish abuse at an 11-year-old girl. That’s not cool.
That it was suppressed and placed under review would make it a non-story, if it stayed suppressed, but when it came back, with a note mocking the person that complained, that comes across as ‘site approval’ to me.
More comments of the same nature followed before someone finally put the kybosh on things - after it went public.
Say what you will about my political beliefs (I’m a lefty, never hidden it), but that’s a story.
For those who wondered, yes, I believe Letterman’s joke was wrong. I also note he apologized and clarified his intent on national TV. So be it.
What it all comes down to is, if you properly moderate your forum (Gosh, I called it a blog? Consider me flayed) so that 11-year-old girls aren’t called whores, we can go back to just believing in opposite things and I can get back to writing about MMA, Jon and Kate Plus 8, and other such important things.
Much love, and feel free to drop me a line at cparry@vancouversun.com if you want to discuss things further. I’m an open book, as should be any journalist, left, right or otherwise.
365 posted on Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:19:10 PM by ChrisParry
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