[Mean Daddy]

I know there's another article about his passing but this one had some really nice tidbits of his columns. Didn't always agree with him, but he could make his point without slinging names.

The man defended former congressman Bob Barr!

[Lisbon1940]

Been down so long, it looks like up to me.

[rellimpank]

-—agree—even though I might disagree with him, I always respected him ,unlike the feeling of disgust when I stumble through E.J. Dionne or Paul Krugman-—

[PigRigger]

There is a difference between a liberal and a left wing neo-communist... which is pretty much what the DNC has evolved into...

Most haven’t a clue that the Dem’s from the 50’s and early 60’s... were not like what is seen today....

It started with Reagan... ever since than it has a hard arch to the left... Forward!!!!

[Ancesthntr]

Gone are the days when liberals would say, “I may disagree with you, but I will fight to the death for your right to do so.”. Now they aren’t liberals anymore (though they claim to be), they are simply fascists.

[Nextrush]

Nat Hentoff knew what the First Amendment really meant.

It wasn’t funny when I was growing up and hearing and reading about the conservative radio preachers coming under attack on Fairness Doctrine grounds and being denied their First Amendment rights back in the 1970’s.

People like Sol Taishoff of “Broadcasting” and Nat Hentoff at the “Village Voice” were on the side of freedom of speech for all sides.

Part of my tagline comes from that period of time....”Freedom is everybody’s business”.

I don’t really give a rip about ‘hate crimes’ laws and don’t want the Chicago thugs prosecuted on ‘hate crimes’ laws or anyone else for that matter.

Prosecute people for harm done to other people, not the words that come out of their mouths.

There was a comic named Lenny Bruce who would get arrested for using the “F” word on stage back around 1960..

Today he would still get arrested somewhere, no doubt, but for not using the “F” word, but for using another word in his act, the “N” word.

[leaning conservative]

This is a great article. My father, a classic old school liberal would get the village voice from a friend. He really loved Nat Hentoff. I enjoyed the whole thing, especially the personal ads which were shocking to me. He was a true patriot. RIP Mr. Hentoff.

[Forgotten Amendments]

I keep reading that he was a “liberal”. Nonsense. He was a libertarian.