I simply cannot believe my eyes when I see all of this faux outrage being hurled at the participants of the online progressive chat-forum formerly known as JournoList. I cannot believe the attention this non-story is receiving by the wingnut contingent that makes up the American media, nor can I believe that Ezra Klein -- an astounding young man -- was compelled to shut down such an intellectual venture.
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Big deal, a couple hundred journalist and academics openly supported the first African-American presidential candidate who had an actual shot at the presidency and an even more shot at possessing the political capital needed to fix a thing or two wrong in our country. What I simply cannot fathom now is how venomous the right is in this McCarthyite witch hunt of theirs which is manifestly turning into an angry racist lynch mob.

Scores of angry, hate-filled white male fascist are swarming upon the noble, gentle Ezra Klein in their frothing desperate effort to ruin his career, livelihood and even his existence. All the while, mind you, Tucker Carlson sits in his giant Southern plantation house like that jackbooted racist that he and his co-conspirators really claim not to be. You aren't fooling us, Tucker -- that bowtie of racism might be gone, but we know all too well your necktie is just as racist if not super racist, you racist! I am really fed up with these racist NASCAR retards and their retarded hatred for the first African-American president (because we all know it is about the first African-American president and his skin color. All these people do is dwell on skin color. That darkish color. The color of the skin of the first black president. Those racist.)

Some of my moderate friends -- who I suspect are closet racist and close to becoming de-friended on Facebook -- would argue that some comments on JournoList, like the Limbaugh death fantasies, went a little bit too far. Pish posh, you closet racist! Rush Limbaugh is solely responsible for single mothers on welfare continuing their dependence on welfare. How would you feel if Rush Limbaugh talked about your struggle being single, a mother, and on welfare? Why, you would feel demoralized and would stay on that welfare! I know I would, I love me some welfare -- well, I love it to the extent that I am forced to love it when Limbaugh & Co. (including Tucker Carlson) berate me to the point that I feel obligated on asking for continual government assistance.

These same moderate friends, who I think are racist, go on to lambaste JournoList participants for suggesting that the government should revoke Fox News' broadcasting license. I see no controversy in this matter and would go further to say it is a nontroversy (my word) and a matter that should be explored. I mean, honestly, hate-speech is hate-speech and Fox News is the premier trafficker in all things hate. They even hate the first African-American president solely because of his color. These people at Fox News are obsessed with skin color and race and the fact the first African-American president is African-American and Glenn Beck and O'Reilly and Greta all just focus intently and rant on and on they rant about his skin color, and race, and his wife and her color and how they feel about color just racist and, and, I'm losing track just thinking about color and how Fox News thinks of color all day, every day, twenty-four seven. Racist. These people are racist and we need to discredit them as such -- for political purposes, the children, and the like, of course.

But JournoList was different for us because -- yes, I was a beloved member -- because we felt that the exchange of ideas would contribute to the public discussion. We felt as if we were contributing to the discussion by inserting our own personal feelings and thoughts into a grander, more perfect narrative. We felt as if we were doing a noble thing that would transcend this silly idea of "objective" reporting. No one is truly objective and we all bring our biases to the table. What we sought to accomplish was to bring a more enlightened bias to the table -- a bias that would be informative, fresh, and nudge public opinion towards the right conclusion that we have all agreed upon well in advance. Is this somehow a crime? Is it a crime to do everything in one's power to help elect the first African-American president? I do not think it is a crime nor do I think it damaged the integrity of those participants involved.

What we have here in America today is a small, vocal minority of NASCAR retards -- a subhuman, knuckle-dragging Neanderthal who poops out deformed inbred babies with their toothless sisters who watch Fox News, listen to Rush Limbaugh, and are obsessed with the president's race. This is what is in America today in the filthy rat-infested lands we call fly-over country -- you know, that area of space between both the East and West coasts. These people, with all of their racism, will do anything to ruin a good thing like JournoList. If you connect the dots -- Shirley Sherrod, Vilsack, Fox News, Limbaugh, Hitler -- it all goes back to racism, tearing down JournoList and Ezra Klein, and more racism. It is all about racism and we haven't done enough to discredit the political opposition with cries of racism. OK, I'm done.

Maybe we should offer the JournoList people a secret place here at The People's Cube where they can meet.

Margaret wrote:Maybe we should offer the JournoList people a secret place here at The People's Cube where they can meet.

That would be so cool, Margaret. TPC could become the treehouse of the trendy and enlightened where we come to meet, collaborate, and use our resources and "venues" in the media to bring about change. Ugh, I love the idea but you know how Ezra would have to take all of the credit. You know what, I think you should seduce him, Margaret -- maybe even go so far as to take him for a ride on your gulfstream.

Meow S. Punchenko - welcome back, you prodigal Chairman you! A lot has happened in your absence, but we kept the Legend of Meow alive.

Margaret - you're reading my thoughts. Just today I was thinking that I should post an official disclaimer stating that JournoList was, in fact, a subdivision of The People's Cube, and prove it by comparing their quotes to comments on this site, showing that they were written by the same people. And Punchenko's admission that he was a beloved JournoList member has just confirmed that.

Just like with Sherrod, their quotes were taken out of context - a bigger, smarter, gloriously red, shovel-ready, revolutionary context!

Good to be back screwing over the unuseful, Comrade! I'm on board with making our ties to JournoList public, Comrade Red Square. We have been hatching coordinated narratives with media, political and academic elites long before they came on to the scene.

So the next time we'll say "Life imitates the People's Cube" we'll know that it's not really life, not really imitates, and not really the Cube. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

Comrades, once again the reactionary elements at iOTW have pointed out that there isn't a single colored person of color or any other minority member on Journolist. They even posted all of their pictures as proof. As if you have to be a minority to falsely accuse others of being racist.

Conservatives still hold the absurd notion that this is some sort of game which has rules of conduct...fools! That's the one advantage we still have over them, their sense of fair play.

Breitbart however has me concerned. He really pulled a reverse Alinsky on us with the Sherrod video. He is a dangerous adversary and must be neutralized at all cost.

Each and every one of these brave Truth-crafters ™names will go down in the annals of history as true heroes of the people. Can we talk to some people at the White House and make sure that they are all seated in the front row of the press conference room?
They followed their orders perfectly! They lobbed soft balls at Dear Leader ™ whilst crucifying his opposition, coordinated their attacks, and if any dirt showed up either totally ignored it or wrote it off as racist blatherings from Dear Leaders' ™ detractors. Does that sound like the work of an unethical pack of lying bastards, or the heroic doings of true party members?? I say give all of 'em a medal!

When is there going to be an investigation into who released these private emails to the public?! There's the real story... what an outrage. What's this country coming to when you can't have a private online conversation between normal socialists and everyday radicals who want to discuss the politics of the day?

Well Frau, that's the problem when you have a bunch of people that share secrets. All it takes is for one guy to get pissed off at the rest and spill the organic, free trade beans.

(so you all better be nice to me if you get my drift)

ah, dear Whoopie, I do get your drift (and I will quietly remind you of my famous Beet - Goat Gonad soup which also comes in a tasteless liquid formula to be added to your vodka).
These sorts of blabber mouthed exposers of online secret information should be outed, exposed, denounced and jailed. And dare I say, a wee bit of water-boring, might be in order. If boring with water of Gito prisoners is acceptable, then it should be for these reichwingers snitches.

PUNISH THE EXPOSERS.

Fraulein Pulloskies wrote:ah, dear Whoopie, I do get your drift (and I will quietly remind you of my famous Beet - Goat Gonad soup which also comes in a tasteless liquid formula to be added to your vodka).
These sorts of blabber mouthed exposers of online secret information should be outed, exposed, denounced and jailed. And dare I say, a wee bit of water-boring, might be in order. If boring with water of Gito prisoners is acceptable, then it should be for these reichwingers snitches.

PUNISH THE EXPOSERS.

Frau, there seems to be something wrong with your picture....the only thing I could find close to it was this:

Infidel! Glory be! Look what you have uncovered from the covered up! That has to be a gnarly reichwingers exposer of emails! Good work, sir.