Oh, the outrage - an editor for the magazine Guns and Ammo got fired because he published an article in support of gun control. Huffington Post notes:
"That's what Jim Bequette found out this week. On Thursday, he announced that he was resigning immediately from the helm of the gun-friendly title after readers revolted over an article by contributing editor Dick Metcalf which ran in the magazine's latest issue."
Now, it's no surprise that Huffington Post would make a big deal of this...after all they are for gun control. But would you like to bet that:
- if a columnist who wrote for Cigar Aficionado wrote that cigars should be banned, heads would roll?
- if a columnist for a gay magazine wrote that gay marriage should be outlawed, he would take one where the sun don't shine?
I'm thinking that Jet or Ebony are not going to be telling the brothers and sisters that getting stopped and frisked is the right thing to do.
Again with the false outrage - any magazine that has a certain position is not going to publish articles that berate that position. Any magazine whose readership has a certain set of beliefs - a set of beliefs that lead to their purchasing said magazine - is not going to support the publication of articles that alienate that readership.
And you know that. You can make it sounds all extreme if you want, but really?
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