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April 7, 2008 - 6:12am.
Last night, a racist using the screen name "amtexas" signed up as a member of Capitol Hill Blue and immediately posted a rambling, error-filled, incoherent racist tirade against Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and African-Americans in general. The post came after I went to bed. I discovered it when I awoke this morning and immediately removed it and banned the poster. To quote our guidelines:
I will do the same to any other racist, homophobe, bigot or anti-Semite who attempts to use this web site to spread messages of hate. Do not waste my time of that of our readers. You are not welcome here. And don't come crying to me about censorship or free speech or freedom of the press. A. J. Liebling of the New Yorker once wrote that "Freedom of the Press belongs to those who own one." And I own this one.  Technorati Tags:
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That's why I come here.
Submitted by old_curmudgeon on April 7, 2008 - 9:37am.That's why I come here. Bravo! And thanks.
"Congress shall make no law
Submitted by 33rdSt on April 7, 2008 - 10:14am."Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . . ."
Looks like the owner of this site is free to run it as he sees fit! While we might be better off if Doug were Congress, he isn't. Yet.
Do I hear a motion?
The only pertinent motion
Submitted by NYRob on April 7, 2008 - 11:21am.The only pertinent motion here is the e-motion that Doug puts into this site. Thanks, Doug, for your time, energy and enthusiasm, and the positive fierceness you and your staff manage to bring us. Makes my day!
Thank you Doug for all your
Submitted by pollchecker on April 7, 2008 - 11:29am.Thank you Doug for all your hard work. We do understand all the time and hard work that goes into the site AND the blogs. It is appreciated. Please don't let a few bad apples ruin a great thing you are doing.
Hat's off to Doug!!!
Submitted by knockknock on April 7, 2008 - 12:34pm.Hat's off to Doug!!!
AMEN...
Submitted by bryan mcclellan on April 7, 2008 - 10:54pm.AMEN...
Thank you Doug for your hard
Submitted by ssowunmi on April 8, 2008 - 12:18am.Thank you Doug for your hard work. We appreciate all your effort you put into this site.
Racism is the crudest form
Submitted by Flapsaddle on April 8, 2008 - 10:27am.Racism is the crudest form of the ad hominem fallacy. It is really the final demonstration that one has nothing at all in the old intellectual cartridge box left to fire at someone.
Most sincerely,
T. J. Flapsaddle