Michael:

The cracks below show you for what you are, a hypocrite.

With those cracks below you have freed me from ever feeling that I am
being unfair when I write sarcastic about stuff by that vacuous, elitist
liberal, Marc Cooper.

As you say, sarcasm is political speech and we are all free to use it and
I just know you will never complain about my doing it again.

Larry


On 8/10/11 4:13 AM, "Michael Balter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>But Michael G's message to me does reflect the biased, inconsistent,
>and ultimately hypocritical way that this list is moderated. Almost
>all of the many, many, many personal attacks on me have gone
>unremarked over the years.
>
>But if Michael G. intends again to put me on moderation, perhaps it is
>indeed time for a parting of the ways. I thought old dogs could learn
>new tricks, and I think some have, but not all.
>
>MB
>
>On 8/10/11, Michael Balter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On list: Sorry, no can do. We need to be able to express ourselves
>> freely on this list. Sarcasm, irony, etc, as I have always said, is
>> political speech.
>>
>> MB
>>
>> On 8/10/11, Michael H Goldhaber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Dear Michael,
>>>
>>> (I'm sending you this off list.)
>>>
>>> Please apologize quickly on theSftP list for your gratuitous insults of
>>> Herb
>>> and Carroll. And by the way, your own abilities to convince others of
>>> your
>>> own positions, judging by your success on the list, is not so hot in
>>> itself.
>>> It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable, and that often
>>> works
>>> better than invective and hectoring.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>> --
>> ******************************************
>> Michael Balter
>> Contributing Correspondent, Science
>> Adjunct Professor of Journalism,
>> New York University
>>
>> Email:  [log in to unmask]
>> Web:    michaelbalter.com
>> NYU:    journalism.nyu.edu/faculty/michael-balter/
>> ******************************************
>>
>> ³Faced with the choice between changing one¹s mind and proving that
>>there
>> is
>> no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."
>>                                                   --John Kenneth
>>Galbraith
>>
>
>
>-- 
>******************************************
>Michael Balter
>Contributing Correspondent, Science
>Adjunct Professor of Journalism,
>New York University
>
>Email:  [log in to unmask]
>Web:    michaelbalter.com
>NYU:    journalism.nyu.edu/faculty/michael-balter/
>******************************************
>
>³Faced with the choice between changing one¹s mind and proving that there
>is
>no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."
>                                                  --John Kenneth Galbraith