This post by Cathy Young runs down some of the odious lies that have been circulated about the Schiavo case by various grandstanding parties. It’s pretty damning of the tubers, even though it’s barely scratching the surface. I have to say that the hate-mongering I’ve seen the last few days by people like Joe Scarborough, Sean Hannity, National Review Online, Michele Malkin, and pornographer Gerard Vanderleun tops anything I’ve seen since Sept. 11.
You have to wonder about a country where Scarborough and Hannity can walk freely among decent people, let alone have a megaphone for their hate and slander. And don’t even get me started on Randall Terry and Jesse Jackson.
i completely agree they should get locked away forever
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Thanks for the reference to Cathy Y’s article. Worthwhile as well is the post by the author under comments, disapproving of a few supporters’ demeaning the issue by questionable taste.
Good article by Cathy, thanks for the tip. I’ve seen that mag, will have to take a closer look.
BTW, I remember you as being pretty well-read in philosophy (much more than me!). There’s a philosophy book out now that lots of folks are reading, referring to:
“State of Exception” by Giorgio Agamben
(University of Chicago; ISBN 0-226-00925-4).
It sells within a day or two every time we get a copy at my bookstore.
Almost forgot. Another book in the philosophy section that’s starting to sell fast: “Bullshit”. No kidding.
Seems to me that anytime one finds onself agreeing with both Jesse Jackson and Randall Terry — one should do a very serious re-evaluation of one’s opinion.
Do yall No-God-Squadders get kickbacks from each other? That’s a fairly deep pile of opinion, and calling it detective work is laughable. I’m betting that you didn’t follow the links and read what is put into “evidence”. The best is the link to the brilliant Amptoons that alternately ridicules people who post on the internet with no qualifications, and uses internet posters with no qualifications as experts to support Amptoon’s assertions.
Oh, well — the ‘fellow travelers’ slander will start catching on soon and you can quit worrying about facts.
The article was all about worrying about the facts. How many times have I read there was no MRI? How many times have I read that Iyer said this or said that? How many times have I read that appeals courts can’t question findings of fact made by the trial court? All lies.
In a nation of laws we’re all going to lose sometimes, but we don’t have to burn down the barn just because we got an issue wrong.
Facts have never gotten in the way of the furor over this sad episode. But thankfully the poor woman’s suffering is over, and so much energy can be devoted to relieving the sufferings of the living.
Amen, sister Ruth.
Hi Richard,
Thanks for the link! Incidentally, to the poster who takes me to task for having a link to the Amptoons blog: I linked that post because it disproves, with specific references to medical journals, a false statement in the Rev. Johansen’s National Review article.
Perhaps it does, Cathy. It also does what I said it does — chastises opponents for using internet experts to back up arguments, then invokes internet experts to back up Amptoon’s own opinions. That’s just the one example of bad referencing. Hardly matters now — horse, barn, etc.