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[bryant]

Heck, I'll take a shot at this one.

First off: media whore is a pejorative term. Yes? Yes.

Second: Erick Erickson didn't call Cindy Sheehan a whore. He did call her a media whore. We can hopefully pretty much stop pretending he didn't mean to be insulting, right?

Third: if there's something wrong with Cindy Sheehan using her access to media outlets to promote a particular commercial or ideological message, then there are a lot of people from all sides of the political spectrum who ought to be condemned.

What the Redstate folks are really saying is that they disapprove of her message; however, they've chosen to attack the person instead of what she's saying. There's a bit of subtext implying she shouldn't have access to media outlets, but that's a pretty profoundly unappetizing bit of subtext, so you won't see it stated clearly. It's always difficult to say "we don't believe she should have a platform."

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[skylion.livejournal.com]

And it seems to me to be a preamble against our freedom of speech. We won't take that right away from you....we will take you away from it. All they have to do is "prove" that your irresponsible. Public trial...takes care of the rest.