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	<title>Comments on: Comic boundaries and women</title>
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	<description>Thoughts from a moderate progressive Democrat.</description>
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		<title>By: lauraschneider</title>
		<link>http://lauraschneider.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/comic-boundaries-and-women/#comment-425</link>
		<dc:creator>lauraschneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with you to a point.  

I want to make a distinction between what is OK (morally right) and what is LEGAL (constitutionally protected).  

I didn&#039;t like the comments, although I did not take them to be as offensive as the reactionaries waging jihad against Letterman, and I do not believe he had malintent toward either girl.  

My concern is that confusing the standards to which comics are held and the standard to which journalists and the news MSM are held are two different things.  

If we make THIS the poster incident for sexism in the media, we will not have nearly as strong a case as our real concern:  real bias in the MSM where news channels were acting as PR firms for a particular male candidate against a female candidate using lies, deliberate distortions and sexist remarks to discredit the female candidate.  

Comics entertain and can sway public opinion to an extent, but they cannot misinform the public in order to sway an election as did the MSM in the last election.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with you to a point.  </p>
<p>I want to make a distinction between what is OK (morally right) and what is LEGAL (constitutionally protected).  </p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t like the comments, although I did not take them to be as offensive as the reactionaries waging jihad against Letterman, and I do not believe he had malintent toward either girl.  </p>
<p>My concern is that confusing the standards to which comics are held and the standard to which journalists and the news MSM are held are two different things.  </p>
<p>If we make THIS the poster incident for sexism in the media, we will not have nearly as strong a case as our real concern:  real bias in the MSM where news channels were acting as PR firms for a particular male candidate against a female candidate using lies, deliberate distortions and sexist remarks to discredit the female candidate.  </p>
<p>Comics entertain and can sway public opinion to an extent, but they cannot misinform the public in order to sway an election as did the MSM in the last election.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack McIntosh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack McIntosh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t like jokes about gays in a for profit entertainment setting. I didn&#039;t like this and I have taken acception to many such incidents targeting gays, women, victims of rape and other identifiable &quot;groups&quot;. It is a poor commentary on our society that such low brow prejudice is taken as comedy and rewarded. Was the outrage hyped? Yes. Brilliantly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t like jokes about gays in a for profit entertainment setting. I didn&#8217;t like this and I have taken acception to many such incidents targeting gays, women, victims of rape and other identifiable &#8220;groups&#8221;. It is a poor commentary on our society that such low brow prejudice is taken as comedy and rewarded. Was the outrage hyped? Yes. Brilliantly.</p>
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		<title>By: lauraschneider</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you must be responding to a different post.  Your comment on this post makes no sense....

I don&#039;t see where the Dems have moved the country to totalitarian government, far from it.  During the last administration, our freedoms and constitutional rights and protections were severely curtailed and infringed.  There is no other comparison in modern times for America.

I have, indeed, studied history.  Perhaps you are the one who needs to approach history with new eyes, mindful of the historical context, and quit swallowing neocon BS hook, line and sinker without question....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you must be responding to a different post.  Your comment on this post makes no sense&#8230;.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t see where the Dems have moved the country to totalitarian government, far from it.  During the last administration, our freedoms and constitutional rights and protections were severely curtailed and infringed.  There is no other comparison in modern times for America.</p>
<p>I have, indeed, studied history.  Perhaps you are the one who needs to approach history with new eyes, mindful of the historical context, and quit swallowing neocon BS hook, line and sinker without question&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: bj</title>
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		<dc:creator>bj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How is it that when you reflect on &quot;Pregressiveism&quot; you only refer to the last 10 years?  This puts it on Bush when it is BOTH the Dems and Republicans that have moved us all towards totaliarism government ... inch by inch since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. 

Have the courage to go on back to when it all started, study it and either claim that with pride or adjust your appreciation for those who would do away with what made America great.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How is it that when you reflect on &#8220;Pregressiveism&#8221; you only refer to the last 10 years?  This puts it on Bush when it is BOTH the Dems and Republicans that have moved us all towards totaliarism government &#8230; inch by inch since Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. </p>
<p>Have the courage to go on back to when it all started, study it and either claim that with pride or adjust your appreciation for those who would do away with what made America great.</p>
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