Thank you thank you thank you. If you search my postings to date you'll notice I'm usually a fairly quiet member of this community and I've never posted political manifestos. But I could not remain silent when another member asked for silence of political opinion and when that request was, itself, political and had political motivations. Plus, those Barney vlogs are, by their very nature, political messages with propaganda purposes. To comment on them without acknowledging their purpose is strange, to say the least. After 9/11 when our president decided to fly to Nebraska to ensure his safety, I commented that he should have come here to NYC. I was told by numerous people that "now is not the time to criticize the president." I disagreed at the time. That was exactly the right time to criticize. In subsequent months the White House lied about air force one's diversion. They said there were real credible substantiated threats to the plane. They were forced, eventually, to admit their lie. Mainstream media barely covered the story because, ostensibly, then "was not the time to criticize." Every time I hear someone trying to silence political expression a cold chill runs up my spine. The suppressors of political expression are invariably the transgressors of political wrong.
-David --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "missbhavens1969" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Right! Okay, if this isn't "the right topic for it" then why throw > this out there: > > "If Kerry made a Christmas video everyone would say "Oh, how cute!" > > Ummm, seems to me like you're just as guilty as the people you're > accusing of bringing politics into the fray. Get over it. I hate Bush > with every fiber of my being and think he's the biggest schnook ever > to take office, but if Kerry made a doggie Christmas video I'd still > think it was bullpoop propaganda even if it was cute! > > I'll tell you what: you don't make grand sweeping assumptions about > Bush-Non-Supporters and I won't make grand sweeping assumptions about you. > > Bekah > > -- > http://www.missbhavens.com > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, CarLBanks <carlbanks@> wrote: > > >I'm not saying you don't have a right to your opinion. I'm saying > this isn't the right topic for it! >
