Democrat Women Stand with Al Franken, US Senate Candidate in Minnesota
From:
mitch berg
Date:
Aug 21 11:01 UTC
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> Mr. Delton, you began your screed by saying you grew up in a
> family of writers and went on to say that you "were not
> impressed" by Franken's satire. By so doing, you
> asserted that you have a basis, through your family, for
> claiming the ability to critique Franken's piece in
> Playboy. That is not a basis which can lend you credentials.
Perhaps.
But the First Amendment is.
There are no "credentials" for being a critic (although given the Democrats'
mania for reinstating the "Fairness" doctrine and extending it to blogs, that
could certainly change. Why do you people hate free speech so much?)
> And, of course, trying to compare Franken to Ferris
> Alexander is an example of Swift Boating.
Point of order: if it were "Swift Boating", it'd be the truth.
> No, 'every Minnesotan' does not hold to a standard
> that vilifies satire by misnaming it porn. Minnesotans have
> even been known to write satire. The Coen (sp?) brothers
> (Fargo) write satire, as one current example.
Yeah, but if Norm Coleman had written that exact same bit of "satire" in
Playboy magazine, the DFL Feminist Caucus would be calling it "virtual rape".
> All three of your posts on this thread are an orgy of ad
> hominem fallacies: i.e. you have credibility as a critic
> because people in your family write.
That's not an ad-hominem; it attacks nobody. And the only "illogic" was that
credibility stems from geneology.
>I will repeat, Franken is not running on satire he wrote at
> least eight years ago.
And I will repeat: since Franken has never served in office, his writing,
comedy and failed talk radio careers are all the voter has by which to judge
him.
There is nothing else!
> You have only stated an uninformed
> opinion of Franken's satire
"Uninformed" only by your picayune and biased standards!
> as a way of taking sexist
> pot shots at Democratic women politicians.
If a republican orders a pizza in the woods and Wiz isn't there to hear it, it
he still being a sexist?
You have to admit that the photo was pretty comical, and if it had been Michele
Bachmann and Mary Kiffmeyer involved you (plural) would be jabbering like a
bunch of poo-flinging monkeys about how it looked like a synchronized swim
team.
Admit it!
Mitch Berg
The only genuine feminist on this forum
The Midway
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