How Low Can You Go?
This article about Marla Ruzicka on David Horowitz' FrontPageMag.com is a new low in right-wing hate "journalism." Once upon a time there would have been repurcussions for whoever wrote something as evil as this - dismissal, getting dropped by their publisher, "never working in this town again."
That Horowitz allowed the piece to be published under his banner speaks volumes about his agenda. There is nothing redeeming to his mission. His activist infrastructure exists solely to destroy people, reputations and good will. Horowitz isn't interested in solving problems or building a better future for anyone. He is instead focused on fatally disrupting whatever small amount of progress he sees being made in a cold, hard, difficult world.
This article offends on a level so deep that it trancends liberal vs. conservative. I can't imagine anyone reading it not feeling as if they had been kicked in the stomach. We have an opportunity here, all of us - left and right, as human beings to condemn both the author, Debbie Schlussel, and Horowitz for lending it credence by featuring it on his site.
The message from all of us to Schlussel and Horowitz should be that we, the collective body politic, see this article for what it is: pointless, inflammatory hate speech. The article accomplishes nothing beyond shitting upon values that all of us hold dear - helping the helpless, charity, sacrifice and remembrance.
This isn't about censorship or curtailing Schlussel and Horowitz' ability to express their opinions. It is about feedback and community standards. The consumers of Horowitz' news do not want this. People from across the political spectrum working for positive change do not want this. This article does nothing but feed the author and publisher's ego and hatred.
Schlussel and Horowitz bring nothing to the table. Let them know how you feel.
Enough is enough.
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[Update: Justin Raimondo at AntiWar.com also takes issue with the article and fisks it vigorously.]
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