Comments on: Free Speech Comes with a Price http://www.onebigdog.net/free-speech-comes-with-a-price/ "Let that be a lesson to you, boys and girls. Don't ever argue with the Big Dog because the Big Dog is always right" Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:25:29 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ron Franscell http://www.onebigdog.net/free-speech-comes-with-a-price/comment-page-1/#comment-21735 Ron Franscell Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:27:59 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/free-speech-comes-with-a-price/#comment-21735 Would I hire him in my newsroom? Not a chance. Not because he's an inarticulate freak. Not because his vocabulary seems woefully limited. Not because he's apparently incapable of original thought. Not because he's a heckler who prefers to stand at the back of the crowd and shout profanity instead of leading a crowd to a positive conclusion. Not because he's heckling Bush (I'd feel the same if it was Hillary or Obama.) Not because he showed disrespect for his publisher and his community. Not because he can't seem to surrender his knee-jerk politics to the greater purpose of writing wisdom. But because he seems to have no ability to step back from his narcissism and say something that's worth the price of ink and dead trees. This masturbatory little punk put himself first, not his readers. I won't consume any more of your bandwidth. I blogged more fully about this at <a href="http://underthenews.blogspot.com/2007/09/taser-this.html">Under The News</a> Would I hire him in my newsroom? Not a chance. Not because he’s an inarticulate freak. Not because his vocabulary seems woefully limited. Not because he’s apparently incapable of original thought. Not because he’s a heckler who prefers to stand at the back of the crowd and shout profanity instead of leading a crowd to a positive conclusion. Not because he’s heckling Bush (I’d feel the same if it was Hillary or Obama.) Not because he showed disrespect for his publisher and his community. Not because he can’t seem to surrender his knee-jerk politics to the greater purpose of writing wisdom.

But because he seems to have no ability to step back from his narcissism and say something that’s worth the price of ink and dead trees. This masturbatory little punk put himself first, not his readers.

I won’t consume any more of your bandwidth. I blogged more fully about this at Under The News

]]> By: Patsy http://www.onebigdog.net/free-speech-comes-with-a-price/comment-page-1/#comment-21642 Patsy Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:23:20 +0000 http://www.onebigdog.net/free-speech-comes-with-a-price/#comment-21642 Well done, Big Dog! Funny how liberals don't understand where their rights to freedom and free speech originated. Nor do they realize that anyone who finds their opinions repulsive is entitled to the same rights. The thing is, Big Dog, you can't fight abject ignorance. Well done, Big Dog! Funny how liberals don’t understand where their rights to freedom and free speech originated. Nor do they realize that anyone who finds their opinions repulsive is entitled to the same rights. The thing is, Big Dog, you can’t fight abject ignorance.

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