Friday, March 12, 2010

The Horror of Nuance

Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog writes about "The Horror of Censorship":

Hilariously, the dolts are all up in arms over Jesse Ventura's 9-11 fruitcake rant being removed from the Huffington Post:

"I can't believe the Huffington Post today will practice censorship," Ventura says in astonishment. "I've got news for them. ... I won't ever write for 'em again."

Of course the Huffington Post has had a long-standing policy against posting 9-11 nuttery, and while that policy has been inconsistently enforced (see here, here and here for examples of Truthiness that have been allowed to stand), it is at least well-known.

And where do the Troofers get off complaining about censorship? Do they allow me to post at 9-11 Flogger? Not on your life; I was banned over there years ago. Would they let me post at Truth Action? I haven't tried registering, but I was pretty quickly banned from their chatroom. Do they allow non-Troofers to post at the Debunkers blog? Of course not.
First off, all comments were welcome here until recently, providing they did not consist of ad hominems (exceptions were allowed from time to time on both sides; tit for tat). Now Pat, no, non-truthers cannot post here, neither can truthers, unless they write for this blog! We do however present both sides. Hence, you being quoted and linked here and linked twice (and agreed with) in my previous post. If you are OK with Huffington's content policy, then please be quiet about our comment policy!

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