Posted by
RightTeacher on Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:09:32 AM
Ujohn kindly writes
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Are
we comparing and valuing our corrections and apologies against what
"any liberal blogger/talk show host" post? Should I be grading Hugh's
apology and retraction against whether a lib would do the same, so that
makes it authentic ? |
Certainly not. But one of the missions of The Other Side has always been to contrast the left and the right. That we see corrections and apologies on the right and not on the left is one such contrast. The right seems to want to keep the record straight. The left seems to want us to forget their mistakes. They are very good at forgetting. From celebrities saying they would be moving to a different country if Bush is elected, predictions that Bush would reinstate the draft if he is elected to predictions of body bags from Iraq at the same magnitude as Viet Nam . . . They say there will never be a military solution to Iraq, then when it seems within reach it becomes a political solution that seems unattainable. Anecdotally, at least they would rather rely on our short memory than our forgiving nature.