[WS:] Can't help but notice that it is poetic justice of a kind.
Wojtek
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:13 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The article "Neo-Nazi Father Is Killed; Son, 10, Steeped in Beliefs, Is Accused"
> (May 10th) states: "Mr. Hall was a rising force in the party, which has
> capitalized on a tide of anti-immigrant sentiment to attract members — young
> racist skinheads, aging Ku Klux Klan members, and extremists on the left and the
> right."
>
> The reporter offers no evidence of anyone involved with neo-Nazis who could be
> construed as a leftist. I fear that the includsion of the word "left" indicates
> a tendency to assume that extremism on the right must be "balanced" with
> references to the left, even in a context which clearly has nothing to do with
> those who identify as liberals, progressives, anarchists, socialists, or even
> Communists.
>
> This gratuitous fabrication tells the reader more about the journalist's view of
> the political spectrum than about the politics of those who openly hate.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11nazi.html
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