Tim, As I said above, I watch or read Fox as well as other right-wing media in part because they cover stories that you don't get elsewhere. Additionally, I've said that Fox has had some good journalism.
My caveat is that when I hear a story that makes liberals or Democrats look ridiculous with no justification whatsoever, alarm bells go …
Tim, As I said above, I watch or read Fox as well as other right-wing media in part because they cover stories that you don't get elsewhere. Additionally, I've said that Fox has had some good journalism.
My caveat is that when I hear a story that makes liberals or Democrats look ridiculous with no justification whatsoever, alarm bells go off. That's when I fact-check the story, as you apparently have done with the first story above. (Yes Tim, alarm bells go off when I hear stories making Republicans or conservatives look ridiculous without justification.) That bill does look alarming with little justification. There are ways to combat anti-Asian bigotry without resorting to such a law, as I understand it. I reserve final judgment, however, until I see the bill. I can't say for sure if it was accurately portrayed in that piece, although you apparently fact checked it.
In the second story you cite above, there is justification. I've known many gay males and females who get upset when people talk about pedophilia and homosexuality in almost the breath, which happens frequently. They are very different: one is simply alternative sexuality and the other is rotten to the core. The proponent was not justifying pedophilia or trying to relax laws against child molesting or statutory sex offenses.
I know of some language that would appease reasonable people on both sides of this divide. That language would quell most of the controversy, and isolate the ideologues.
Tim, As I said above, I watch or read Fox as well as other right-wing media in part because they cover stories that you don't get elsewhere. Additionally, I've said that Fox has had some good journalism.
My caveat is that when I hear a story that makes liberals or Democrats look ridiculous with no justification whatsoever, alarm bells go off. That's when I fact-check the story, as you apparently have done with the first story above. (Yes Tim, alarm bells go off when I hear stories making Republicans or conservatives look ridiculous without justification.) That bill does look alarming with little justification. There are ways to combat anti-Asian bigotry without resorting to such a law, as I understand it. I reserve final judgment, however, until I see the bill. I can't say for sure if it was accurately portrayed in that piece, although you apparently fact checked it.
In the second story you cite above, there is justification. I've known many gay males and females who get upset when people talk about pedophilia and homosexuality in almost the breath, which happens frequently. They are very different: one is simply alternative sexuality and the other is rotten to the core. The proponent was not justifying pedophilia or trying to relax laws against child molesting or statutory sex offenses.
I know of some language that would appease reasonable people on both sides of this divide. That language would quell most of the controversy, and isolate the ideologues.