Posted on 08/27/2009 7:20:07 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Sarah Palin takes to the digital pages of Facebook in praise of embattled and boycotted TV host Glenn Beck:
FOX News' Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House.
Monday night he asked us to invite one friend to watch; tonight I invite all my friends to watch.
Palin thus ensures that the current Beck controversy will continue for at least another week. And I continue to be impressed and befuddled by two features of this controversy. The first is the degree to which Beck's supporters are largely unwilling to defend or engage with what Beck actually said to start the boycott. (Namely, that Obama is a "racist" with a "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.") The vast majority of what you hear from Beck supporters is that the left has been mendacious in handling the boycott campaign, by listing among the boycott signatories some companies that never advertised with Beck to begin with. But even if this were entirely true (it's partially true), it misses the point: The factual question of whether the boycott is calculating is unrelated to the interpretive question of whether what Beck said is defensible. And what Beck said was, I submit, stupid and indefensible. Does anyone disagree?
The second surprising feature is the degree to which this is wrongly described as a free-speech issue. This is a pretty big, basic misunderstanding of how free speech works. Free speech is a "negative" right: It prevents the government from silencing you. But it doesn't guarantee you the right to a soapbox or a megaphone or an audience. And it certainly doesn't guarantee a gigantic corporate paycheck for speaking your mind.
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Title should read “Why Sarah Palin Shouldn’t Listen to Conor Clark”
You know that is the one that gets me. It is a glaring example of the duplicity of the Press.
From the article: “Free speech is a “negative” right: It prevents the government from silencing you. But it doesn’t guarantee you the right to a soapbox or a megaphone or an audience. And it certainly doesn’t guarantee a gigantic corporate paycheck for speaking your mind.”
Exactly, a huge audience does.
So explain how it is that truly hateful Olbermann has a show? And dunce Matthews has a show? and sleazierthanhell Maher has a show?
If the very words of Obama in his own book about disowning his mother’s race were reversed, and he’d spoken of disowning his father’s race would he not be called a racist by this very same writer ?? Beck nailed Obama and the left can’t handle it.
That should explain why “the government” is directly funding leftwing moonbat media, i.e. NPR, and actively seeking to silence conservatives via Obamas FCC “diversity” czar.
I think he’s some sort of blogger maybe?
Basically just one more guy with internet access and an opinion he needs to share so he can feel validated.
HAHA. The only thing worse than a Euro-weenie.
Is a Euro-weenie wannabe.
So does Conor Clark write this pablum FROM ENGLAND?
What is it about Europe which makes American intellectuals into marshmallow-imitating poofters?
I would love to see the “Free speech is a negative right” comment put to Obama in the form of a question.
You have that right Ed. They can not handle it. Beck and Sarah both have it right. We need to stop allowing the left to deny what it is.
How about sitting in Rev Wrights pew for 20 years listening to his Black Liberation Theology preaching. Rev Wright marrying you to Michelle and being godfather to your children. Apparently you think quite a bit of Rev Wright.
How about the Stupid White Cop and Innocent Black Professor routine.
How about in your book talking about learning to fool white people. How even though you learned Black Militism from Frank Marshall, you also learned to hide your true feelings, talk smoothly and make your moves towards whites carefully and with calculation to make them think you are something other than what your are?
Still think Glenn was way off base in saying our President has a dislike/distrust of White people.
You are also discounting that his father and grandfather grew up in Kenya when it was a British Colony and were treated poorly by the Brits. Hence his hatred towards the Brits and why he snubbed PM Brown and the made sure the Queen was not invited to the D-Day celebration.
Open your eyes people.....
Is she President? No. Does she have better than a 50-50 chance to become President someday, with the primaries and general elections and how far away the whole race is? No. Does she currently hold any position of high elected office? No.
Why should I care what a former Governor and failed vice presidential nominee has to say? Should I care what Geraldine Ferraro has to say too?
RCG!
Amazing isn't it he should be judged more harshly and under the microscope which would show him as dirt.
I strongly disagree with his assertion that Beck was wrong to say 0bambi is a racist. Beck’s assessment of 0bambi having a deep seated resentment of white people and white culture seems correct to me. Anyone who can’t see that 0bambi is driven by race and is resentful of white, traditional, middle-class American values is not paying attention to 0bambi.
Yeah , Mr. Bulls**t Conor. I can’t believe anyone who would refer to his grandmother as a “typical white person” or believes that “white man’s greed rules a world in need” could be deemed to be a racist.
Care to share any reasons for this statement? I submit that Rev. Wright does indeed hate white people - and can make a damn good case to that affect. Either we conclude that Zero agrees or at least at one time did agree with his mentor, or we conclude he was just playing the political opportunist and doing what he needed to do to make it up the greased ladder of Chicago 'rat politics.
Pick your poison.
Pretzel logic.
Even after following the loops, you are headed in a completely different direction than you started with.
Beck does not need defending.
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