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If ever there was an example of how nearly impossible it is to be some kind of moderate centrist in the current political climate, read how Joe Gandelman struggled, wrote and rewrote his take on the lynch mob mentality Wingnuttystan exhibited when they went after 12 year old Graeme Frost.
Maybe it's just easier to take sides in the digital divide. Maybe I should admire Joe for taking such pains to be fair. I don't. The fact that it was so difficult for him to present the situation objectively tells us something, that such moderation is an artifice. The terms fair and balanced in our political discourse lost their meaning years ago.
Go with your heart Joe, write what you feel, not what you think fits within some contrived standard of mediocrity that sets you above the fray. If your quest for the elusive middle ground in all things is really some kind of audition for the opinion pages of beltway elite who pride themselves on Broderite "balance" above all, I fear you will lose your soul in the journey. It's clear you can tell when behavior is flat-out wrong, you instinctively feel it, write it, and cross it out upon reflection of what people might think of your quixotic endeavor.
Sometimes you can tell at a glance when one side is just plain wrong, goes too far. The Frost case was an easy one. What good is that reputation for objectivity if you don't use it to condemn egregiousness when that is clearly what is called for. If you don't use it, if you don't occasionally employ that "more reasonable than thou" reputation to clearly call a long-handled, manual dirt removal device a spade, you will indeed lose that opportunity. No one will give a hoot about your opinion because you strive so very hard not to have one.
So instead of sharing with us the agonizing mental gymnastic you went through to arrive at the obvious conclusion that this episode where Malkin and her hoards went after a defenseless child for no good reason was beyond the pale, just come out and say it. Say it! Say they are bottom-feeding vermin and their behavior removes them from further serious discussions of policy or that infusion of a warped ideology that could lead them to believe they were within the realm of human decency has no place in this or any other country.
Don't beat around the bush, Joe. It'll feel great. You know what they are, predicted it, wrote it, and "cut it out." Learn from this Joe. Trust me, they are motivated by an evil you cannot comprehend.
Maybe it's just easier to take sides in the digital divide. Maybe I should admire Joe for taking such pains to be fair. I don't. The fact that it was so difficult for him to present the situation objectively tells us something, that such moderation is an artifice. The terms fair and balanced in our political discourse lost their meaning years ago.
Go with your heart Joe, write what you feel, not what you think fits within some contrived standard of mediocrity that sets you above the fray. If your quest for the elusive middle ground in all things is really some kind of audition for the opinion pages of beltway elite who pride themselves on Broderite "balance" above all, I fear you will lose your soul in the journey. It's clear you can tell when behavior is flat-out wrong, you instinctively feel it, write it, and cross it out upon reflection of what people might think of your quixotic endeavor.
Sometimes you can tell at a glance when one side is just plain wrong, goes too far. The Frost case was an easy one. What good is that reputation for objectivity if you don't use it to condemn egregiousness when that is clearly what is called for. If you don't use it, if you don't occasionally employ that "more reasonable than thou" reputation to clearly call a long-handled, manual dirt removal device a spade, you will indeed lose that opportunity. No one will give a hoot about your opinion because you strive so very hard not to have one.
So instead of sharing with us the agonizing mental gymnastic you went through to arrive at the obvious conclusion that this episode where Malkin and her hoards went after a defenseless child for no good reason was beyond the pale, just come out and say it. Say it! Say they are bottom-feeding vermin and their behavior removes them from further serious discussions of policy or that infusion of a warped ideology that could lead them to believe they were within the realm of human decency has no place in this or any other country.
Don't beat around the bush, Joe. It'll feel great. You know what they are, predicted it, wrote it, and "cut it out." Learn from this Joe. Trust me, they are motivated by an evil you cannot comprehend.
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