5 thoughts on “Lying Journalists”

  1. So elsewhere, I read where Ashley Judd will be filing police reports on people who called her ugly names on Twitter. Apparently this is a crime now called “Gender Violence”. In the various comment sections of this story, you’ll here calls for free speech with the typical counter arguments “not all speech is free, you can’t yell bomb in an airport” (note we are now in a world were TSA controls speech so often that “yelling fire in a crowded theater” is passé).

    The interesting thing is many of the examples provided by Judd’s publicist are not threats but rather name calling. Sure, it is inappropriate to call her a c–t, but no more illegal than calling her an intellectual. They are not threats.

    What journalist did in Ferguson is a bit different. They suggested Michael Brown was shot with his hands up to surrender. That was fine as a suggested alternative covering both sides, but as facts came out, the continued suggestion was inflammatory. Do I think the speech was illegal and unconstitutional? No. But like yelling for in a crowded theater; it was harmful to the citizens of Ferguson and the same type of harm as the unprotected speech is to the theater owner and patrons.

    There is also a difference between violating criminal laws (as Judd complaints suggest) and violating civil laws. Ferguson citizens and businesses were harmed, and I think have ground to sue. Winning is a different story, but right to sue here seems reasonable.

    1. “Sure, it is inappropriate to call her a c–t, but no more illegal than calling her an intellectual. They are not threats.”

      Its an insult. Insults are intended to be offensive, otherwise they wouldn’t be insults, they would be complements or some such. Not sure how we got to the place where insults are not supposed to be insulting.

  2. Why blame journalists rather than journolists? Just as the protesters weren’t random concerned citizens moved to protest but rather Democrat activists, the journolists were simply acting out their party’s playbook.

    At no point was the party affiliation of the activist groups ever mentioned. They were all Democrat groups, likely non profit, and acted in coordination with the DOJ and other parties from the Obama administration and DNC. It was the Democrats who’s racist and anti-cop rhetoric that incited riots.

    Suddenly non profit activist groups working in conjunction with government agencies to take advantage of the racist bigotries of a political party’s base to riot and kill people is OK. No one wants to know who funds these groups or who is organizing them. No one wants the IRS to investigate them. Everything the Democrats claimed as reasons for going after non-Democrat groups is shown to be a lie.

    What would happen if protesters were killing each other at a TP protest? If TP protesters burned down buildings and looted stores? If TP protesters said a bunch of racist things? If TP protesters embraced and threatened violence with slogans like, “No Justice, No Peace”? And if rhetoric crossed over into assassinations? Well, we all know that party affiliation would be a big deal.

    The same goes for these journolists. They shouldn’t be allowed to hide behind a profession. Just like the protesters, they should be called out for their party affiliation and efforts to do their party’s work.

  4. I guess the “liberal” Hive will have to find new dead ghetto trash to turn into a martyr while calling out the useful- idiot troops to parrot the he-was-just-a-gentle-giant party-line.

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