tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post115768882844928829..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: The Republican Terror CampaignAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1158513456883895182006-09-17T11:17:00.000-06:002006-09-17T11:17:00.000-06:00I think you are very wrong about the path to 9/11 ...I think you are very wrong about the path to 9/11 movie . It would not have been the Republicans that would have "punished" President Clinton for "taking Bin Ladin out" It would have been his own party or to be more accurate the Left Liberal side of his party. ,from sassyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1157730077165812742006-09-08T09:41:00.000-06:002006-09-08T09:41:00.000-06:00Greenwald has pointed out several prominent Republ...Greenwald has pointed out several prominent Republicans and conservative media figures and bloggers who were on record opposing "The Reagans". Can you point out any prominent Democrats or liberal media figures or bloggers who were on record supporting "The Reagans"?<BR/><BR/>Assuming for the sake of argument that "The Reagans" had distortions as big and important as those in "Path to 9/11", in order to establish hypocrisy you still have to show that the people who opposed distortion then support it now (as Greenwald has done), or that the people who supported distortion then oppose it now (which you imply, but provide no evidence for).<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, people who defended "The Reagans" *as accurate* cannot be called hypocrites if they support a controversial but accurate portrayal and oppose a controversial and inaccurate portrayal. They may be wrong (if "The Reagans" wasn't really as accurate as they thought), but not hypocritical. "Path to 9/11" has already been *admitted* to be fictionalized by its own creators and can't be defended on these grounds.<BR/><BR/>So in order to establish your charge of equal hypocrisy you would need to find people who admitted that "The Reagans" distorted the historical record, but nonetheless defended the practice of fictionalizing history as legitimate, and now oppose "Path to 9/11" because of its inaccuracies.<BR/><BR/>All this leaves out one other problem for both Greenwald's and your charges of hypocrisy: time. People's views can change over time and I don't think it's useful to characterize changing your mind as "hypocrisy". If "The Reagans" had been produced last week, it would be difficult for someone to claim that they just woke up and realized fictionalizing history was wrong (or OK), but over three years, I think some people may have really changed their opinions.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Like Greenwald, I am not engaging in partisanship for its own sake; if any Republicans want to return to the values of freedom, democracy and honesty in political discourse that this nation was founded on, I am willing to support them. But at present they will probably have to leave their party to do so. My political principles and values lead me to prefer one party over the other because of the present nature of those parties. The current Republican party is the party of lies, warmongering, extreme Christianity, and an increase in government power that arguably amounts to neo-fascism; while I have my disagreements with many Democrats, they are much less important than the issues on which I oppose Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com