Candidate’s conduct proves he has no
business seeking mayor’s office
Posted By: Laotzu, 8/2/2021 10:40:12 AM
If you read this paper with any degree of frequency, you’ve likely seen my name at some point. Most Wednesdays my column appears under the “Opinion” section, because, well, that’s where columns appear. They aren’t news — they’re opinions about the news. That’s an important distinction; one most people with a shred of common sense and a marginal understanding of the First Amendment can comprehend. Regardless of whether they agree with that opinion or not, they understand the difference between point of view and matter of fact. They usually also understand that the humans writing columns for a small-town newspaper CORRECTIONS*
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If you read this paper with any degree of frequency, you’ve likely seen my name at some point. Most Wednesdays my column appears under the “Opinion” section, because, well, that’s where columns appear. They aren’t news — they’re opinions about the news. That’s an important distinction; one most people with a shred of common sense and a marginal understanding of the First Amendment can comprehend. Regardless of whether they agree with that opinion or not, they understand the difference between point of view and matter of fact. They usually also understand that the humans writing columns for a small-town newspaper CORRECTIONS*
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This is a fascinating case study into the mind of a Democrat at the local level. She writes a weekly column for the newspaper in the very lefty enclave of Park City, Utah. She now writes an editorial how she is so perturbed that a candidate for Mayor would like to speak with her about her public opposition to his candidacy. You can just see the mental dysfunction at work, linking all the Lefty buzz words to come to the conclusion that the candidate is a bad, bad, man for wanting to talk to her. It's a fascinating case study in the Left's facility for protecting itself from contradictory information.