Comments on: The 'Racial Subtext' of Campaign Smears http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/14/the-racial-subtext-of-campaign-smears/ The national media watch group Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:49:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Muslim Heretics Conference » Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Campaign Media’s Religious Preferences http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/14/the-racial-subtext-of-campaign-smears/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Muslim Heretics Conference » Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting » Blog Archive » Campaign Media’s Religious Preferences Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:23:49 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=856#comment-549 [...] not expect the first reaction of the press just to be to correct that information. You would also expect them to raise questions about why this tactic was being used–and to raise the issue of [...] [...] not expect the first reaction of the press just to be to correct that information. You would also expect them to raise questions about why this tactic was being used–and to raise the issue of [...]

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/10/14/the-racial-subtext-of-campaign-smears/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Doug Latimer Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:02:25 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=856#comment-64 Related to this are the tactics of the anti-Prop 8 campaign (opposing same-sex marriage) here in California. On the advice of their "experts", not a single lesbian or gay person appears in their ads ... so as not to "scare off" the undecideds. Jesus, Mary and Joseph ... how hard should I slap my forehead? Show married couples. Let them say what being married means to them. Let they say what having that taken away from them would mean. And don't show just "normal" couples. Show the community in all its diversity. There is nothing to hide ... and doing so just plays into the hands of the gaybashers. Doesn't it imply that there's something wrong with being homosexual if they're not even shown in a campaign to uphold their rights? Now, if Prop 8's defeated, they'll say the strategy was vindicated. If it wins, they'll say we don't need to change the strategy ... we just need to do a better job of implementing it. Isn't this the same crap the Demorats engage in? "We won, so our strategy of 'pragmatism' worked." Or, "We lost, so we should move *further* to the right." Excuse me ... I'm suddenly feeling a bit queasy. Related to this are the tactics of the anti-Prop 8 campaign (opposing same-sex marriage) here in California.

On the advice of their "experts", not a single lesbian or gay person appears in their ads … so as not to "scare off" the undecideds.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph … how hard should I slap my forehead?

Show married couples. Let them say what being married means to them. Let they say what having that taken away from them would mean.

And don't show just "normal" couples. Show the community in all its diversity.

There is nothing to hide … and doing so just plays into the hands of the gaybashers. Doesn't it imply that there's something wrong with being homosexual if they're not even shown in a campaign to uphold their rights?

Now, if Prop 8's defeated, they'll say the strategy was vindicated. If it wins, they'll say we don't need to change the strategy … we just need to do a better job of implementing it.

Isn't this the same crap the Demorats engage in? "We won, so our strategy of 'pragmatism' worked." Or, "We lost, so we should move *further* to the right."

Excuse me … I'm suddenly feeling a bit queasy.

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