Saturday, Jul 19, 2008
Get over it, David!
BY JOE CONASON
(09/07/99)
Conason is wrong: Horowitz was defamed by Time. While Matt Drudge immediately offered a retraction with respect to Sidney's wife-beating allegation, Time Magazine has not offered a retraction to the "racist" allegation In addition, there is a significant difference between weekly print media and the instant electronic gossip column. Time Magazine is supposed to be more measured and more accurate.
Conason is a hypocrite, who decries privilege while demanding it for himself. He is a member of the quintessential breed of new journalist, who whines of his rights while seeking to silence all dissenting views with a stream of invective that typically includes "hate" as the central theme.
-- Jason Stewart
Bozeman, Mont.
Rarely do I read something that I covet so much as Joe Conason's point of view on the childish spat between David Horowitz and Time. I found myself saying, "Exactly!" so many times that a co-worker had to yell at me to "shut up."
Horowitz's own hypocrisy reeked before he even got through the third sentence of his initial column, not to mention his reaction/protest piece. Only conservative Christians have such hubris in their "humility" to claim Christianity is the "last acceptable prejudice" and then confidently and eternally damn homosexuals, not to mention having backed decades of racist beliefs and acts.
Horowitz fits right in with that kind of pathetic hypocrisy, and it's both embarrassing and humiliating.
-- Billy Faires
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dark Hotel
(09/03/99)
I discovered Dark Hotel a week ago. Read all the back issues. This is one great "comix." I was in Kosovo recently and, soon after returning to San Francisco, saw the film "Cabaret Balkan." Drago's story brings back the reality of the place and the mystery of the film. The art is fantastic. I hope this has a long run.
-- David Butterfield
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