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Continuing controversy seethes over remarks made in our democratic society by Jack Cafferty, a member of the press who we expect to practice free speech, especially in the context of a "commentator" as opposed to a "journalist."
Somehow, a thousand or more people in California were organized by someone (gee, I wonder who) to print up letter-perfect signs and go out and protest in front of the CNN headquarters in Hollywood. Also, comments are being posted all over the internet from sources that sometimes mangle the English language, demanding Cafferty's firing, or the censorship of CNN, or apologies to China.
Here is what Cafferty said:
"We continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export . . . jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal-Mart. So I think our relationship with China has certainly changed. I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."
What do you think folks? Is this worthy of all that snarling backlash?
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I wonder how China handles folks like Cafferty? I can only imagine, which is why in places that aren't China (or Iran) we just love to cozy up to folks like Cafferty.
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