What’s right, and what’s not
by: pam
Wed Feb 07, 2007 at 13:30:00 PM ESTA CWA piece up today alerted me to the fact that there was a string of comments in a subthread of a particular post from a while back, that not only published private information about Peter LaBarbera, but contained threats. Whether they were real or not is irrelevant; it’s reprehensible — and it’s not what this community is about.
Given the amount of traffic and limited time I have, I don’t get to comment on or read every exchange in every post; there are community standards that were clearly violated by the exchanges, and I have rightfully deleted the comments.
I have never advocated threatening physical harm toward anyone, as I have been on the receiving end of the same treatment — and it doesn’t feel good, let me tell you.
We may be on the opposite sides of the fence on most matters from the people we discuss and comment about here on the Blend, but on this we can agree — our families (whether LaBarbera regards mine as such) have a right to be safe.
To be serious for a second, good for Pam and you are banned permanently if you pull any crap like that here.
Pam ought to copy that over on Petey’s friends many posts at Illinois Review.
They’re going ape-poop over it (without actually acknowledging Pam’s sound response as Arch blockquotes above — why let a little thing like context get in the way of a good half-truth, right?).
Then again, Illinois Review never bothers to get up in arms when Michelle Malkin or other conservatives broadcast people’s private info (usually some perceived liberal’s home address or phone number). And they always seem to find one excuse or another for why they don’t back down from the strident conservative philosophy that led directly to the murderous rampages of Eric Rudolph, Tim McVeigh and the like.
In fact, Illinois Review a few weeks back even had a private home address (in Inverness) listed under their Calendar… An anti-abortion protest was scheduled “in front of Dr. —-‘s home” and IR was all too happy to broadcast all the pertinent details.
Conservatives have no credibility on this.