DailyKos feeling the heat?

[daniel49]

Haven't been following the story fully but I know that O'Reilly has decided to put the spotlight on the daily hate spew coming out of the dailykos.

Statement from sites owner

An example of thier fine materiel
linky

Reprehensible speech from both ends of the political spectrum is equally abhorrent.

 

[Jaskalas]

O'Reilly?s part was to tell us Jet Blue sponsored the dailykos, so that we could speak with our wallets.

Never fear, I?m sure the attendance of the Democrat?s presidential candidates will give the dailykos convention a healthy boost of support.

 

[Genx87]

Ahh yes, the DailyPos. I actually like the DailyPos, reminds us of how whacked out the far left is in this country.

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: Jaskalas
O'Reilly?s part was to tell us Jet Blue sponsored the dailykos, so that we could speak with our wallets.

Never fear, I?m sure the attendance of the Democrat?s presidential candidates will give the dailykos convention a healthy boost of support.

In regards to Jet blue. Heres where that stands.
Jet blue

 

[theeedude]

Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

 

[Vic]

Kos' response seems reasonable. O'Reilly is still a perfect example of how craptastic our sensationalistic media has become.

I'd say what's happening is that Dailykos is becoming just like any other political message board, i.e. ATPN, where partisan extremists attack each in most uncivil fashion just for not toeing the line in complete ideological agreement. Where being right on the internet for ego's sake is more important than the sufferring of real life human beings. Sadly, it's non-progressive and exclusionary, and will only serve to further isolate the typical mainstream voter come next year's election.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: daniel49
Haven't been following the story fully but I know that O'Reilly has decided to put the spotlight on the daily hate spew coming out of the dailykos.

Statement from sites owner

An example of thier fine materiel
linky

Reprehensible speech from both ends of the political spectrum is equally abhorrent.

/cares

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

Oops, I didn't realize you were just trolling the thread without having read the OP or its content/context.

 

[Hacp]

Here's the guy that supported Scooter Libby's pardon, yet cried foul when Paris Hilton asked the governor for a pardon.

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

Oops, I didn't realize you were just trolling the thread without having read the OP or its content/context.

Who's A. Whitney Brown and why should I care what he has to say on anything?
Can you answer that? Does Bill read through posts on Free Republic and take that site to task for what it's members say, or does he have very selective attention span on this issue?

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Here's the guy that supported Scooter Libby's pardon, yet cried foul when Paris Hilton asked the governor for a pardon.

Are you talking about O'Rielly or Kos?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

Oops, I didn't realize you were just trolling the thread without having read the OP or its content/context.

Who's A. Whitney Brown and why should I care what he has to say on anything?
Can you answer that? Does Bill read through posts on Free Republic and take that site to task for what it's members say, or does he have very selective attention span on this issue?

Who's Kos that you should care? Who are YOU that I should care?

Your logic makes no sense. A. Whitney Brown is an individual airing a public opinion and claiming to represent a particular group, and therefore anyone in that group should care what he says and how it reflects upon them.

 

[Strk]

Feeling what heat? He's just stating that, if things get out of hand, he will be forced to intervene as moderator.

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Expert - "Well, it could mean he's uncomfertable."
O'Reilly - "So what we have here is a man who's uncomfortable saying this."

Expert - "Well, his blinking could mean he's lying."
O'Reilly - "What we have here is a known liar!"

Expert - "It appears, even though he's talking calmly, that he's agitated."
O'Reilly - "Something's bothering this guy."

Expert - "See how he's looking to the left instead of to the right?"
O'Reilly - "There you have it folks, a proven liar. We'll be right back with The No Spin Zone."

 

[Jhhnn]

A Whitney Brown is just one poster at Kos, with probably the most extreme POV of the bunch. And I'm confident that the Kos community will heed their moderator's call. Too bad that wouldn't work over at Freeperville- if they banned the raging nutcases, there'd be very few posts...

And Brown does raise one very legitimate point about the whole scenario-

"repetitive maudlin emotionalism that passes for patriotism"

Which hits the nail right on the head for much of what's said on the subject in these parts...

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

Oops, I didn't realize you were just trolling the thread without having read the OP or its content/context.

Who's A. Whitney Brown and why should I care what he has to say on anything?
Can you answer that? Does Bill read through posts on Free Republic and take that site to task for what it's members say, or does he have very selective attention span on this issue?

Who's Kos that you should care? Who are YOU that I should care?

Your logic makes no sense. A. Whitney Brown is an individual airing a public opinion and claiming to represent a particular group, and therefore anyone in that group should care what he says and how it reflects upon them.

Actually, your "logic" is what doesn't make any sense. You are right, who am I that you should care? O'Reilly reporting on national television about what some guy posted on Daily Kos makes about as much sense as him reporting what I posted on P&N. Not newsworthy at all. Should BillO take Anand to task for what you or I post on this board too?
What's next, O'Reilly reports what some guy said about Bush while taking a piss at a Walmart restroom, and analyzes their body language. How much more pathetic can he get?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: senseamp
Maybe O'Reilly can have his body language "experts" weigh in.
How anyone takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

Are you saying that A. Whitney Brown's comments are appropriate? I hope not. It's one thing to be against the war in Iraq (and I've been vocal against it since it was announced State of the Union address 2003, and there's a thread from that address here if you want to search for it and see my comments from then), it's quite another to make hate-filled comments as he did, some of which are clearly at odds with prevailing liberal ideology.

Who's A. Whitney Brown, and why do I need to care about his/her comments? Is he/she a politician? Why is O'Reilly covering it?
But most important question for me is how's A. Whitney Brown's body language?

Oops, I didn't realize you were just trolling the thread without having read the OP or its content/context.

Who's A. Whitney Brown and why should I care what he has to say on anything?
Can you answer that? Does Bill read through posts on Free Republic and take that site to task for what it's members say, or does he have very selective attention span on this issue?

Who's Kos that you should care? Who are YOU that I should care?

Your logic makes no sense. A. Whitney Brown is an individual airing a public opinion and claiming to represent a particular group, and therefore anyone in that group should care what he says and how it reflects upon them.

Actually, your "logic" is what doesn't make any sense. You are right, who am I that you should care? O'Reilly reporting on national television about what some guy posted on Daily Kos makes about as much sense as him reporting what I posted on P&N. Not newsworthy at all. Should BillO take Anand to task for what you or I post on this board too?
What's next, O'Reilly reports what some guy said about Bush while taking a piss at a Walmart restroom, and analyzes their body language. How much more pathetic can he get?

I couldn't agree more. Wherein lies the conflict?

I already said, "Kos' response seems reasonable. O'Reilly is still a perfect example of how craptastic our sensationalistic media has become." The rest was just you trolling.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Jhhnn
A Whitney Brown is just one poster at Kos, with probably the most extreme POV of the bunch. And I'm confident that the Kos community will heed their moderator's call. Too bad that wouldn't work over at Freeperville- if they banned the raging nutcases, there'd be very few posts...

And Brown does raise one very legitimate point about the whole scenario-

"repetitive maudlin emotionalism that passes for patriotism"

Which hits the nail right on the head for much of what's said on the subject in these parts...

I don't think it excuses his homophobic comments.

2 wrongs don't make a right no matter how hard you try to spin it. Why is that so hard for extremists to figure out? I don't think anyone would dispute that Freeper is nutcase-ville. If Kos allowed the same type of behavior then it would become a nutcase-ville too, just from the opposite political spectrum.

 

[Jhhnn]

You've mistaken Brown's satire wrt gay servicepeople and the rightwing politicians who supposedly support them for real anti-gay commentary, Vic...

The whole " hot gay military sex" is a direct quote from the Guckert/ Gannon prostitution web ad, for example...

This whole routine is just another facet of the rightwing's new slogan- "See! They're Just As Bad!" a variant on the swiftboat attack from the same thinktanks that have been spreading subtle and not so subtle hatred for 30 years or so...

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: daniel49
Haven't been following the story fully but I know that O'Reilly has decided to put the spotlight on the daily hate spew coming out of the dailykos.

Statement from sites owner

An example of thier fine materiel
linky

Reprehensible speech from both ends of the political spectrum is equally abhorrent.

You have no idea what Daily Kos is do you? If you did you'd understand that, with very few exceptions, anyone can say anything. Now getting someone to listen you, well that's a different story.

The right is terrorfied of that, which is why sites like newsbusters and O'Reilly cherry pick posts to prove the worst. There are thousands of diaries, and tens of thousands of comments posted each day, and with the limited moderation that they have, of course a few of the extreme ones will fall through the cracks.

But to dismiss an entire community, one as large as this one, for the actions of less than 1% is absolutely idiotic.

I'm sure that if I looked hard enough I could find posts on here that are pretty extreme, yet I wouldn't be dumb enough to ascribe that to the people who frequent this website and the owners.

 

[SViscusi]

And BTW, you haven't seen anything. If you really want to see something google "Daily Kos" and "pie fight".

 

[daniel49]

Originally posted by: SViscusi

Originally posted by: daniel49
Haven't been following the story fully but I know that O'Reilly has decided to put the spotlight on the daily hate spew coming out of the dailykos.

Statement from sites owner

An example of thier fine materiel
linky

Reprehensible speech from both ends of the political spectrum is equally abhorrent.

You have no idea what Daily Kos is do you? If you did you'd understand that, with very few exceptions, anyone can say anything. Now getting someone to listen you, well that's a different story.

The right is terrorfied of that, which is why sites like newsbusters and O'Reilly cherry pick posts to prove the worst. There are thousands of diaries, and tens of thousands of comments posted each day, and with the limited moderation that they have, of course a few of the extreme ones will fall through the cracks.

But to dismiss an entire community, one as large as this one, for the actions of less than 1% is absolutely idiotic.

I'm sure that if I looked hard enough I could find posts on here that are pretty extreme, yet I wouldn't be dumb enough to ascribe that to the people who frequent this website and the owners.

do I spend any serious time there? No
Do I understand what it is...yes, i have a fairly decent idea.
I also notice that the democratic party leadership is as delerious about DK as you are.
I'm trying to imagine the Gop being that excited about David Dukes website.
It and dailykos are about the same thing, just on opposite ends of the koolaid pitcher.

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: daniel49

do I spend any serious time there? No
Do I understand what it is...yes, i have a fairly decent idea.
I also notice that the democratic party leadership is as delerious about DK as you are.
I'm trying to imagine the Gop being that excited about David Dukes website.
It and dailykos are about the same thing, just on opposite ends of the koolaid pitcher.

See there you go. The very fact that you're comparing Daily Kos, a website devoted to electing democrats of all stripes, to David Duke, a former Grand WIzard of the KKK shows how extreme you really are. Stop reciting O'Reilly's talking points, he's idiot and he's obviously contagious.