Monday, April 23, 2007
"The Tennessean" pigeonholes a conservative
Ms. [Jessica] Fender:
Two things disturb me about your labeling Rep. Stacey Campfield as an "archconservative" ("State Rep. Campfield can't pass his bill but still gets heard," Tennessean, April 22):
First, you make no effort to qualify who is and who's not worthy of being dubbed an "archconservative." What must one do to be considered an archconservative, as opposed to just an ordinary conservative?
Second, I'd be willing to bet a dollar to your nickel that you've never used the term "archliberal" to describe a leftist member of the General Assembly. If there are degrees of conservatism, surely there are degrees of liberalism as well. If you were asked to pick a member of the State Senate or the State House whose views "fall toward the hard-left of the Democrat spectrum," whom would you pick?
I eagerly await your reply.
Cordially,
Joltin' Django
aka The Nigh Seen Creeder
Two things disturb me about your labeling Rep. Stacey Campfield as an "archconservative" ("State Rep. Campfield can't pass his bill but still gets heard," Tennessean, April 22):
First, you make no effort to qualify who is and who's not worthy of being dubbed an "archconservative." What must one do to be considered an archconservative, as opposed to just an ordinary conservative?
Second, I'd be willing to bet a dollar to your nickel that you've never used the term "archliberal" to describe a leftist member of the General Assembly. If there are degrees of conservatism, surely there are degrees of liberalism as well. If you were asked to pick a member of the State Senate or the State House whose views "fall toward the hard-left of the Democrat spectrum," whom would you pick?
I eagerly await your reply.
Cordially,
Joltin' Django
aka The Nigh Seen Creeder
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, April 23, 2007 
