I am so glad that you have come to this board, welcome...
If that's sincere, thank you.
Lately I have had the fear that the revelations about liberal administration in government, i.e. President Obama et. al. would leave us with no lying, unbashed, scurrilous, defamatory curs, you know, such as yourself...
So good to see that that is not the case!
So, you've got nothing to refute my point, just insults. Got it.
1. First, I do welcome you, as I welcome all that I meet. I also mean it when I say that I am even happier to see new left leaning members, as the alternative would be...somewhat boring.
2. Now as for refutation, it is alway jaw-dropping for me when I run into a member who does not realize, has not been brought up to understand, that lying and besmearching the reputations of innocents is wrong, is evil...
even when it is a member of the other side that is the target...
you know, 'the politics of personal destruction.'
a. Would you defend a car-jacker who only beat and robbed a conservative? No, then consider the meaning of Shakespeares':
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
3. Any vituperation that you detect is meant to underscore your explicit agreement with such iniquity. To avoid the attachment of same requires that you move 'honesty' higher in your character resume.
4. It is frivolous to try to parse words such as 'journalist,' and claim that the group in question should not be so identified. The name of their listserv is 'journolist.' Do you have a theory why they chose it?
5.Certainly you would not be ready to claim that being liberal is not also a criterion for admission to the group...or would you be ready to parse same, as progressive, leftist, of some such.???
In short, I do welcome you, and also reiterate my contumely for any who would use the terrm 'racist' strategically, or- such as you- who would defend it.