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Originally Posted by Archangel
Hi Roesgen08, It's time I officially welcomed you to the forum. But what is it about the questions rider asked which you find so partisan or offensive? Wasn't Perez's tirade against that contestant misogynistic and hateful, based on her giving an honest answer to a political question? And isn't it a fair question to ask where the outrage of the women's groups is?
I just want to say that I have enjoyed your posts and the arguments you have made in general, but find this criticism of Easyrider lacking in merit.
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Hi Archangel. Nice to meet you. Thanks for the support. I appreciate that.
IMO, Perez's comments were very wrong. I think he deliberately targeted that girl because of her views and was therefore expressing his intolerance of conservative and moderate social issues. He then asked her a political question and then whined when he got a political answer. His conduct was disgraceful and one could even say it was anti-democratic, in that he opposed freedom of belief and expression.
As for my response to Easyrider, it seems that he was just looking for anything to bash Democrats with. His post made me think that in general, that he is just looking for any opportunity to just to blast Democrats, regardless of whether the event is even relevant to the Democrats. He saw a random event and said to himself
hey, how can I use this to bash the Dems? I know, I can use it to bash MSNBC! They're liberal.
Secondly, I watched the video and found his comments to make no sense. Why would someone from MSNBC have to "distance" themselves from Hilton, as Easyrider claims? Is that due to an irrational identification of MSNBC with anything that goes wrong in the world? Secondly, the anchor (Norrah O'Donnell) did appear disgusted by Hilton's behavior. It was a little hard to see, but I think I saw it in her facial expression. So thus, Easyrider's partisan attack was baseless.