Toast!
Posted on 07/12/2009 1:52:21 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Well, should've seen this coming: conservative blog Free Republic fired hate speech off at Malia Obama after this photo of her appeared, letting their commenters go to town. But the journalist who reported this as news isn't innocent, either.
Chris Parry of The Vancouver Sun highlighted some of the comments on the mainstream, hard right-wing blog/news aggregator Free Republic. Among them, a picture of Michelle talking to Malia Obama with the caption: "To entertain her daughter, Michelle Obama loves to make monkey sounds." Classy. These mouthbreathing, borderline morons then kept piled on:
"A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion. "Could you imagine what world leaders must be thinking seeing this kind of street trash and that we paid for this kind of street ghetto trash to go over there?" wrote one commenter. "They make me sick .... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin' mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin', and especially 'lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin' my peeps," wrote another. Such was the onslaught of derision on the site that the person who originally complained about the slurs, a Kristin N., claims only one comment in the first hundred posted actually criticized the remarks as inappropriate.
FreeRepublic claims to be a site that "does not advocate or condone racism, violence, rebellion, secession, or an overthrow of the government." Yet, the thread went down, and back up with the original comments in tact, and then some, notes Chris Parry, the story's writer. Parry was careful and kind enough to - maybe unnecessarily - note the few reasonable voices in the crowd who were conservative, on Free Republic, and not racist. But there're always going to be a few exceptions to the rule, which, as far as you should be concerned, are absolute swamp creatures. Pardon any political incorrectness, but I think you'll agree if you happen to go over and dip your toe in what's mostly a bog of contagiously slimy invective and general retardation.
It gets worse, though. Chris Parry, it appears, has advocated on his Daily Kos blog any number of egregious offenses, among them: posting hate speech on sites like Free Republic and blaming it on conservatives. Parry posted under the name "hollywoodoz" on Daily Kos, where his signature was "Fool me once, I'll punch you in the fucking head." Parry outed himself as hollywoodoz here, where he discloses the company he helped start. In essence: Parry, the journalist, found his story right where he'd been circling it for a very long time, and reported it as news. Sigh.
Bottom line: Parry's noble intentions are paving him a road to hell, by taking the same one the slimeball majority at Free Republic employs. They're probably going to cheer a "mainstream," centrist blog pointing out the offenses of a liberal reporter trying to expose hate speech, but they shouldn't get it mixed up. A quick glance at Free Republic and you'll probably see the same thing I did: some of the most egregious examples that lend credence to the idea that some people just shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard, or to open their mouths, no matter what their political affiliation. Or, as some would have it: STFU.
“I’m almost positive that a few ‘progressives’ were let loose here to taint this forum.”
It’s been happening since the very beginning.
Even before the Internet, it happened on BBSs like Town Hall.
I had a comment removed once, because I said that my ex-husband beat the excrement out of me (and I starred out part of the word!), as I didn’t realize that the thread was in the religion forum. I also got a warning for doing so.
I think we're all going to have to be on the lookout for inappropriate posts—whether made by real racists, or by socialist trolls trying to make us look bad.
I saw the responses and was a little surprised. Many of them, however, said she’s an 11 year old kid and that’s what they are wearing these days. For the few really mean ones, there were many more saying “don’t mess with the kids”.
Sounds like this advice applies to everyone BUT the "author".
“It gets worse, though. Chris Parry, it appears, has advocated on his Daily Kos blog any number of egregious offenses, among them: posting hate speech on sites like Free Republic and blaming it on conservatives. Parry posted under the name “hollywoodoz” on Daily Kos, where his signature was “Fool me once, I’ll punch you in the fucking head.” Parry outed himself as hollywoodoz here, where he discloses the company he helped start. In essence: Parry, the journalist, found his story right where he’d been circling it for a very long time, and reported it as news. Sigh. “
Hmmm, this dumba&& admits that this was an agenda by Chris Parry and yet still calls Free Republic racist, etc...
No due process of law needed.
Can you provide a link or quote? All that was linked from the original thread was a stupid anagram.
It was a thread right after Obama talked about getting rid of nukes and Malia is walking around with a peace sign tshirt.
I saw that thread and I saw lots of comments on “Marketing” their daughters but I did not see anything about their kids being trash or anything like that.
I did, as well. We need to be more alert about these comments and report every one of them. This is NOT a racist forum.
Why did you post it? Do we want them posting about what Bristol wears?
Toast!
There probably should be a moratorium on any kind of “Caption This” posting of pics of any of the Obama females.
That way no lurker/troll could post his hate-speech crap on it. However, that might not stop them from registering and posting their OWN threads and having their weasel-friends, newbie trolls all, from adding the kind of bigoted hate-speech they’re eager to report.
The only solution is to carefully screen all new users, and that might prove impossible.
You can be sure , though, that since FR has become a clearinghouse for Tea Party activity and thelike, that they are not giving up on us: there will be more attacks , and probably even clumsier ones that this one. THEY MUST BE EXPOSED FOR WHAT THEY ARE.
Shame that liberal IDIOTS like Parry are too LAZY to find news.. they have to Make up news .. so DU and KOokS are taking over the PRESS ...
We’re going to have to fight these scum on their terms.. the “WE’RE ABOVE such things” isn’t going to work. They need to be dug up, and thrown about and Publicly SMACKED DOWN. This IS WAR.. those who don’t want to admit it.. I hope your chains are LIGHT.
As to the appropriateness of scorning the President's kids, in my opinion, it is not appropriate.
Foster Kramer = disgraced FReeper “Inspector Harry Callahan”???
“We’re going to have to fight these scum on their terms.. the “WE’RE ABOVE such things” isn’t going to work.”
About as well as it did for Juan Mccain and the “Scared Talk Express”...
You know the truth about the Obama White House is getting out when the libs go into attack mode.
The comments in the article are mild compared to what the mainstream media dumped on Sarah Palin’s family.
And the people in that picture do look sleazy. They called Palin slutty for dressing professionally.
But is MUCH easier to disavow the posts of newbs and kitty zot them.
I like your idea of a moratorium on Obama women caption this.
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