Comments on: What is wrong with these people?

By: jackd

jackd — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:32:30 +0000

In related news, Thomas Sowell’s column this week talks about how awful the NAACP is for calling the Tea Party racists and how terrible Obama is on race, but somehow never gets around to saying anything about the Sherrod case.

By: Settle In Kids, We’re In For Another Sherrod-y Week « Around The Sphere

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:41:17 +0000

[...] Paul Campos: It’s hard to understand how this kind of thing gets published in a world that includes editors, higher cognitive function, and/or common decency. [...]

By: snuh

snuh — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:02:28 +0000

In other words, the Supreme Court of the United States, with the basic facts of the case agreed to by all nine Justices in Screws vs. the U.S. Government, says not one word about Bobby Hall being lynched. Why? Because it never happened.

when the supreme court doesn’t express an opinion about something one way or the other, it never happened. his logic is watertight.

By: Substance McGravitas

Substance McGravitas — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:37:32 +0000

I dunno if I’m late to this and maybe something’s changed, but the RSS feeds are currently free of ads.

By: Theo

Theo — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:58:38 +0000

Unrelated: Did you know that the program you use to generate your RSS feed includes ads at the bottom of each article, without (I hope) your editorial oversight? On this article, I got an ad for "AfroRomance", which is probably what it says (a singles site) but looks like it could also be a prostitution site. Screen shot 1. Just the ad. I wonder if the word "lynching" is what picked this one. LGM is probably sufficiently monetized that you are not eager to reduce the amount of advertising on your RSS feed. But, while I am thrilled with the content here, I am not thrilled with such ads (I have also seen problematic drug ads), and may unsubscribe.

By: elm

elm — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:30:11 +0000

Well, yes, I can imagine that many people do equate lynching with hanging. But if you’re going to accuse someone of lying when they say someone was lynched, you better make darn sure that the word means what you think it means and not what they think it means. (Or see if it might mean both.)

By: c u n d gulag

c u n d gulag — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:12:27 +0000

Good point. However, when “Mad Magazine” has higher editorial standards than “The Spectatory,” we really need to revamp media. FAST!!!

By: Hogan

Hogan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:17:32 +0000

R. Emmett Tyrell? Well that just, um, reinforces my point. Yeah, that’s it.

By: JBL

JBL — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:24:21 +0000

This is the American Spectator, not the Weekly Standard.