John Avlon’s Wingnuts Of The Week: Playboy’s GOP List And Racist Emails
Centrist writer John Avlon has awarded his highly coveted Wingnuts of the Week award on CNN to two examples of dehumanizing humor by people on the left and right (video below).
The author and former Chief Speechwriter for New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani begins his entry on the awards this way on his blog:
If you debase or dehumanize people who disagree with you politically, you’re deep into wingnut territory. That’s what we see in this installment of “Winguts of the Week,” which looks at racist emails sent by southern Republican politicos and an ugly Playboy web-feature on “Conservative women we hate to love.” Get ready for a generous helping of racism and sexism from the right and the left.
Go to the link to read his entire entry. And here is the video of the segment as broadcast on CNN:
2 Responses to “John Avlon’s Wingnuts Of The Week: Playboy’s GOP List And Racist Emails”
The CNN report minimizes one of them by not telling you what was actually said. Hey, guess which one?
Good feature though. Long may it wave if it is at least close to evenhanded.
CNN could not quote Playboy accurately without breaking their own standards, so they used the revised version which really didn't reflect the controversy. CNN's between a rock and hard place on that one.