February 16, 2007

Just The Facts, Mademoiselles

Humpday, 22 Shivring 2007

Apparently the religiously insane rantings of William Donohue of the (cough) Catholic League for (cough) Religious and (cough cough) Civil (cough cough cough) Rights have significantly contributed to the (hopefully) temporary derailment of the careers of a couple of Stars of Left Blogtopia (y!sctw!). I hope that the Catholic League and all others who accept the blasphemous diatribe of this heretic as gospel will realize that Mr. Donohue only serves to incite hatred and bigotry instead of understanding and compassion by making statements of false witness against a fellow human being.

As far as I can determine from the evidence offered, Manda Panda was going to tweak the blog, do sysop and other organizational duties, and post in a calmer, but no less firm or strident manner, than what she had been doing over at Pandagon. And Shakes was doing tech advice. Part time. No posting for Edwards, and obviously a somewhat more politically correct attitude in the stuff at her blog - which, as always, might sound a bit fervent to some ears. Particularly the tin ears of sanctimonious blowhards who, in the public forum, engage in rhetoric that is easily more offensive than any of the blog posts at either Pandagon or Shakespeare's Sister. That they are not responsible for the entirety of the content in those sites, including comments from both sides of the equation, also seems to evade the perception of the (cough) righteously indignant.

But, hey - don't take my word for it. Go to Salon* and take a look for yourself at what Amanda Marcotte has to say on the subject.

To me it is yet another shameful example of the Reich Wing Noise Machine at its' usual most virulent self. It's too bad that the laws pertaining to the taxable status of supposedly non-profit non-partisan organizations such as the one that Mr. Donahue works for couldn't be enforced once in a while when they engage in such a blatant violation of the rules. At the very least it is extremely arrogant for this individual to feel that he knows what his Invisible Sky Fairy is thinking, much less feel he has the right to speak on behalf of that being.

* - Warning! you either have to be a member at Salon.com or watch a short infomercial** before getting to Salon's main page. Click the link again (at least I had to - YMMV) and you should get the full article. You might have to temporarily allow a few sites into your 'puter, too. Caveat emptor...

** - by the way, did you know that Real Time with Bill Maher starts up again tonight?

Posted by (: Tom :) at February 16, 2007 10:03 PM