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October 7, 2005

Yes, That's it Exactly

It's rare that I find something online, or anywhere else for that matter, with which I can agree 100%, without any reservations or clarifications.

Here's one. Mark Safranski notes the utterly craptacular Al Gore speech calling for government regulation of speech in order to further "the marketplace of ideas". That is, to be blunt, pure newspeak: shutting down your ability to make your points means my ideas win, and that's free speech. Um, yeah.

Just this morning I was mentioning to Steph that this is yet another reason I'm not a Republican, and this is immediately followed Gore giving me yet more reason to support the Republicans anyway. The Republicans are stupid and moralistic, but the Democrats are odious and tyrannical. A pox on both their houses.

UPDATE: Fixed the link to ZenPundit.

Posted by jeff at October 7, 2005 8:49 AM

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Your link to Safranski is broken. Having read excerpts of Gore's speech, there are some definite oddities.

Posted by: Charles Bird at October 7, 2005 9:33 AM

Broken, fixed or in-between I appreciate the link !

And I liked the " craptacular" descriptor for Prince Albert. Apt.

Posted by: mark safranski at October 7, 2005 10:15 PM

Oh, and I think Gorewelllian has entered my vocabulary for good. :-)

Posted by: Jeff Medcalf [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 7, 2005 10:30 PM

I thought Gore's speech was fascinating on many levels, but here is my favorite bit (emphasis mine):

Among the other factors damaging our public discourse in the media, the imposition by management of entertainment values on the journalism profession has resulted in scandals, fabricated sources, fictional events and the tabloidization of mainstream news. As recently stated by Dan Rather - who was, of course, forced out of his anchor job after angering the White House...

I know I don't need to clarify this, but Rather was not forced out of his anchor job by the White House, but by a scandal - using forged documents from a questionable source.

Posted by: Brian Medcalf at October 7, 2005 11:31 PM