Columnist Who Defends NRA Quits After Being Suspended
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 7 months ago
A conservative columnist who was suspended by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after she defended the National Rifle Association from comparisons to ISIS fired back with her resignation and a series of targeted tweets.
The newspaper on Friday suspended Stacy Washington after a column entitled “Guns and the Media” disputed an anti-NRA article that argued since more Americans die from guns than from ISIS, the Second Amendment advocacy group is the greater danger.
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“Her active promotional activities and professional association with the National Rifle Association represented an unacceptable conflict of interest in her most recent column, which resulted in our suspension of her work,” Tod Robberson, the Post-Dispatch’s editorial page editor, wrote in a response to Washington’s suspension and quitting.
Robberson added: “Columnists are expected to fully disclose conflicts of interest when writing about topics where such a conflict might arise. We apply this standard regardless of the lobbying or advocacy group being written about in a column.”[ … ]
“I’m not ashamed that I’m an NRA supporter, a Bible-thumper, that I love Jesus Christ. I’m all the way out there. There’s nothing else that I can do to articulate my perspective any more clearly on where I stand.”
So let’s get this straight, “Tod.” Stacy wasn’t being paid by anyone but you. Her views are simply that – her views. You suspended her because of her views, and you know it. You’re just a cowardly liar. I have no respect for you because of that. But since you suspend people who have views, I presume you suspended all Hillary Clinton supporters from the newspaper, right? Oh, no, I see, you didn’t actually do that, did you? No, because you’re a liar.
It’s an interesting commentary, though, in that Stacy, in addition to being a charming woman and one to whom you should listen, is more of a man than you are. Good God. What kind of metrosexual, effeminate, pathetic “men” do they raise in your neck of the woods anyway?
As for Stacy, don’t worry. You’ll land on your feet and you’ll be better off without them. They suck anyway. I’ve noticed that after blogging for eleven years.
On May 8, 2017 at 8:59 am, Ned said:
How many of the authorized urinalists that work for the Post Dispatch are members of ACLU or anti gun organizations?
Oh right – that’s not a conflict…
On May 8, 2017 at 4:12 pm, JJ said:
No normal people write drivel for the Post Dispatch so I’m not surprised the progs there got rid of her. Lived in St. Louis 20 years, so glad I left.