Being well informed about politics earns you the label of being an astute voter but the definition needs to be expanded to include the information being offered actually reflects the true position of the party and it's candidates. Does McClelland actually represent the NDP? Does Cherniak actually represent the Liberals? How do you verify?
March 5, 2007
Can we call him an anti-Semite now?
Robert "F*** the Jews" McClelland is in deep dippity doo doo today, with Cherniak leading the charge.
Sadly, the creeping anti-semitism in the Left is nothing new, as we conservatives have been pointing out for years now. Maybe this incident will inspire some introspection.
Here's what really interests me (and maybe no one else):
Why do we have these political blogrolls anyway? Let's be honest: they are mostly a circle jerk slice of code we use to game our rankings on Truth Laid Bear. If they "need" to exist, they certainly shouldn't display official party logos if they (the blogrolls) are "unofficial" to begin with.
You can't blame an ordinary, non-political-junkie browser from assuming that these blogrolls are wholly owned subsidiaries of their respective parties. Why not reduce the chance of confusion by stripping out logos and/or calling these sites the Blogging Conservatives or Socialists? Just askin'. Do whatever the hell you want with your stuff, dudes.
I'm also troubled slightly by Jason Cherniak's rather "keener boy" remark that:
I cannot believe that the members of the party of Stephen Lewis could be even remotely comfortable with Mr. McClelland acting as an unofficial spokesperson for them.
Why would any organization have the time or inclination to police its "unofficial" spokesmen? I know Cherniak is Mr. Party Politics and is probably all into rules and regulations and party discipline and stuff, but really. I'm troubled by his implication that some Central Authority should be monitoring bloggers who call themselves liberals, conservatives or socialists just because a brat like McClelland (or me) may drive off the reservation and crash into a ditch.
Scold "official" spokesmen all you want. But if you catch an "unofficial" blogger in your nets, toss us back.
I realize many of you are angling for "official" party jobs through your blogs. (I can tell by how boring your posts are...) Not me. I smell a campaign brewing to "clean up" the political blogosphere to make it safe for all you careerist, no-talent party hacks. And I don't like it.
Posted by KShaidle at 6:01 PM
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