How to be on the “Far Left”, from the paper of record

Created: July 12th, 2008 | Written By: tas

According to the New York Times, an American is on the “far left” if they are angry over Obama’s support for the FISA bill. Or, in other words, if an American is vocal about defending their civil liberties, that puts them in the fringes of politics — the outcasts wandering around the hinterlands, forgotten and ignored because of their extreme views.

Nice.

Why don’t we see extreme activities which receive Republican support as being considered “far right”? Why isn’t the anti-immigration group the Minutemen ever considered far right? How come wanting to destroy social security isn’t from the far right? How come wanting to enforce religion by law (for example, by making gay marriage illegal) isn’t on the far right? How come using tax cuts to distribute more wealth to the greedy isn’t coming from the far right? I could go on — and I’m sure you could, too. Suffice to say, in today’s political discourse “far right” is defined as either God Hates Fags or Adolf Hitler; yet the “far left” consists of activists who dare to defend the Constitution.

Insert some witty cliche about the “liberal media” here. When this is the starting point defined by the mainstream, no wonder political discourse in this country is a joke.

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From The Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Journalistic Ethics, Warrantless Surveillance, civil rights, media department.

Jesse Helms: Satan’s Values

Created: July 5th, 2008 | Written By: Kathy

I have been insanely busy the last few days with a new editing project, so I did not get a chance to add anything to the flood of commentary on Jesse Helms’ death yesterday. Not to mention that the day Helms died is also the day I was born, so I was a bit distracted.

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From The Human Rights, Racial Issues, civil rights department.

Taking the Fight to November

Created: June 5th, 2008 | Written By: Kyle E. Moore

That settles it, with California’s highest court striking down appeals to the recent decision that would allow homosexuals to marry, gay marriage will be legal there at least until November 4th when an amendment to the California constitution to ban gay marriage will be on the ballot.

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From The civil rights, gay marriage department.

Jammie Wearing Fool and Macsmind Prove They Either Don’t Understand Polls, or Don’t Understand California

Created: May 30th, 2008 | Written By: Kyle E. Moore

So when a good friend asks if I wanna join a fight, and we’re on the same side of that fight, you bet I’m in. Especially when the topic at hand is as close to my heart as gay marriage.

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