AP picks up Marcotte story

Tuesday, February 06, 2007 -

I touched on this subject a day or two ago where it seems that a number of people are unhappy with the Edwards campaign hiring Amanda Marcotte to write for their official blog. It didn't seem like that big of deal, and it still may not be, but the pressure is coming up now with the AP reporting that the Catholic League of Religious and Civil Rights is throwing a hissy fit over this.

"John Edwards is a decent man who has had his campaign tarnished by two anti-Catholic, vulgar, trash-talking bigots," Donohue wrote in a statement. "He has no choice but to fire them immediately."

Pretty strong words for someone who claims to be a supporter of civil rights, after all, the freedom to speak unpopular views cannot be considered anything less than the foundation of civil rights. How else could the struggle against inequality take place when one is chastised for speaking about it?

It gets worse however when you consider the war that Catholics are raging against same-sex marriage, and smacks of hypocrisy beyond the pale. Civil rights in these peoples minds only applies when they agree with what you are doing it seems. One could easily make the argument that Catholic-sponsored hate against gays is more vulgar than a few naughty words tossed about in a good Internet scuffle, but I leave that up to you to decide.

The important thing to remember here is that Amanda is not going to be posting her own thoughts on the official blog, though that would probably do more for Edwards campaign than simply giving an amusing slant to dull news. You can damn well bet there won't be any swearing or controversial but true personal statements appearing on that blog anytime soon, and understand that this is nothing but pissing and moaning by a group that is on the record as being gay-hating bigots themselves, and they are actually proud of it.

Something to think about.

tags: John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte, Blogging, Catholics, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Hypocrisy, Bigots

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Anonymous

February 13, 2007 12:37 AM
The freedom of speech goes both ways. Everyone gets to put out his or her own opinion. Just because you put your views out there doesn't mean that others don't have an equal right to disagree with you. Stop the name calling. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Anonymous

February 13, 2007 12:23 PM
Wow, take a chill pill dude. I am more of a hindu/buddhist so I dont have a dog in this fight. But, I stumbled onto this story and she definitely came across as a hatemonger and definitely a bit cukoo for cocoapuffs. I mean who gets so bent out of shape over the Catholic church. Never enters my thought as to spend hours trying to blog in a way to insult them.
I mean, I read your blog and you use words like "hissy fit" and other condescentions.
I just have to say it makes you look stupid.
Go out, grab a beer, go to a mindless sports game and forget about this stuff.
Chill out

Janus Daniels

February 14, 2007 11:13 AM
You can ignore the anonymous astroturf (or enjoy their hypocracy).
The Catholic Church has shamed itself enough; no need to blame this on it. Extremists use every major church, as reliably as they wrap themselves in the flag. Religion, like patriotism, is a refuge for scoundrels.

Anonymous

February 25, 2007 8:26 PM
I find this episode to be another sad case of the left treating people of faith as uniformly mindless conservative and worthy of spite. The fact is that many people of faith, including Catholics, are liberals. A look at opinion polls reveals that sizeable numbers of Catholics do not agree with the conservative leaders of their church on issues such as women’s rights and gay rights. Ms. Marcotte’s comments were hurtful and politically unwise. If the Democratic Party alienates religious liberals and moderates its future prospects are grim.

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