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Dissent Okay

Submitted July 10, 2008 - 3:18 pm by Al Giordano

"CharlesF" - I once knew a great man named Charles F: And Charles F. McCarthy would have dissented to your supposed dissent! Could you look at your comment as a mirror, please, and please note: the preemptive whining over a censorship that did not occur, and with it the urge to censor others that talk about Chicken Littles and Velociraptors and other things that apparently ruffle your feathers.

What's the difference between your "dissent" and mine (or anybody else's) that questions yours?

Whine, whine, whine if you must, but you don't get a special court order here that protects your words from criticism, either, and your comments seem to indicate that you expect that.

From your opening salvo, calling this a "supposedly grass roots" forum: One supported entirely by small donors, with more than 400 copublishers that use our real names (and therefore, as you can see, are much more responsible about what comes flying off their keypads than you will find almost anywhere else online) and whose comments are not moderated, with a high participation by commenters that would be the envy of most blogs, but you have nothing substantial to say except whining about what others say!

And if you don't like that "tone being set here," tough luck. In the memorable words of Senator Clinton: "Should I get you a pillow?" What is it that you want? A public masturbation platform? Like, you can't get that in a thousand other places already online?

Still, your readership and your commentary is appreciated. We're honored that out of millions of blogs you choose to keep coming back here over and over again! Have you thought about why that is?

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