tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post7218657540461839226..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: The passionate weasel: A view from the politically correct rightRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-11599931279456127762012-06-19T08:10:07.372-10:002012-06-19T08:10:07.372-10:00Dr. Lewenthal,
I did not see your response till t...Dr. Lewenthal,<br /><br />I did not see your response till today.<br /><br />You personally may be a conservative and libertarian in all kinds of ways; if you say so, I believe you. My objection then shifts to the <i>Baltimore Jewish Times</i> and to your audience, which you say constrains you from speaking entirely as you would like to.<br /><br />So you are writing for a paper and to readers that require you to tiptoe delicately around racial issues. You can't talk about the black intifada against whites that is being played out all across the country because that's a we-won't-go-there subject. <br /><br />You can mention <i>part</i> of the black crime wave -- the part that harms blacks -- and be correct as far as that goes. But it's still a weaselstrike in my book, because you're pitching to a population segment for whom blacks are always victims, so you must acknowledge black criminality as one more victimization of blacks.<br /><br />Well, we each have to call things as we see them and decide on the medium in which to do it, taking into account the limits prescribed by the medium. I could probably write for <i>Salon</i> or the <i>Huffington Post</i> posing as a "progressive," while whispering a few hints of subversion now and again. Thanks, I'd rather be an unknown, unpaid blogger.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-69509746380104571702012-05-29T15:40:15.080-10:002012-05-29T15:40:15.080-10:00Not quite sure about the vitriol in calling me Bra...Not quite sure about the vitriol in calling me Braveheart. <br /><br />In my community, I am a political heretic. I am a conservative with Libertarian leanings on some social issues.<br /><br />I personally find the genocide being committed in the name of a womans right to choose to be nauseating.<br /><br />I find the race baiters Jesse and his buddy Al to be just above lower forms of life.<br /><br />And I could easily flame those people in a column guaranteed to raise eyebrows, complaints and get me dismissed. Not that I depend on this job for money, I do it for fun but I also do it for a reason.<br /><br />The greater Jewish Community has been liberal since they were in utero. It took me years to admit to myself that I disagreed with the majority of positions espoused by the Progressive Party who call themselves Democrats.<br /><br />If I am going to make people wake up and look at their opinions and how they really differ from their parents Democrat Party, I can't take a flame thrower to my blog every time.<br /><br />Not that I owe you any explanation, however, you were kind enough to respond so I will do so and be the first comment on you blog dated one month ago. If you'd like an example of blogs where I am much less politically correct, I would refer you to one where I reviewed Avatar while I was doing a mens health blog for the Jewish Times.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to reply. I suspect that our views are not that different. But if I am going to play to the Jewish Times audience as a political conservative, I need to be mindful of the fact that 99% of the people who read what I write disagree with me and do so emphatically. I want to keep writing, so it is in my best interest to say it in a way that does not rub it in their face. Once the election gets closer, keep an eye out. You will see much more of the real me.Edward K. Leventhal, MDnoreply@blogger.com