   | Given the non-stop, unending stream of the same baseless hoplophobia, the same anti-rights stance, and the same specious arguments spewing forth from the Commercial Appeal, I honestly got out of the habit of addressing their idiotic editorials, fun though a good fisking can be. However, what with [...] Even though my collection of posts debunking the anti-rights claims of the Commercial Appeal, denouncing their privacy-invading database, and disproving their copy-pasting of erroneous VPC studies is still in existance and has been moved to greener pastures, I have largely given up on addressing the newspaper’s… [...] Here we are, just a little over a year after the Commercial Appeal started its campaign invading the privacy of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding citizens throughout Tennessee, and my documentation of those disgusting actions finally has its own, separate, undated page. It… [...] One of the favorite arguments brought to bear against those of us who are concerned about the publication of privacy-invading lists of handgun carry permit holders basically boils down to, “What, they are just publishing publicly-available information – it is not like they are trying to punish you… [...] In what appears to be a continuing trend among [...] Heads-up to all of the peeping-Toms, stalkers, voyeurs, and other privacy-invading predators out there: if you get a job at a major local newspaper and convince them that violating the privacy of over 200,000 people is a good idea, you might just get an award:… [...] I have been going kind of light on the Commercial Appeal of late, simply because I have had other things to write about. However, the God’s honest truth is that they can easily outstrip me – the writers and editors of the Commercial Appeal are paid… [...] In dealing with Wendi C. Thomas’ most-recent bout of discrimination, I completely missed the current hoplophobic editorial at the Commercial Appeal.
… [...] Noted hoplophobe, anti-rights activist, and general-purpose bigot, Wendi C. Thomas, occasionally has her screeds published in the Commercial Appeal, and today’s helping of bald-faced discrimination and ignorance is certainly no different from her usual fare.
… [...] As predictable as the rising sun, whenever something positive happens for firearm rights in the state of Tennessee, Chris Peck and the rest of his editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal are right on the spot, spouting off their copious quantities of bigotry and bias like… [...] Unlike the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal, who still cannot be bothered to provide links substantiating the claims and assertions in their editorial writings, Richard Locker appears to have figured out the magic of hyperlinks, and was able to sneak one such link pointing to the [...] It is always good to see the staff of the Commercial Appeal continue with their rampantly anti-firearm agenda – it makes it so much easier to call them out as being the discriminating bigots they are. Consider this “news” article, entitled “Memphians debate guns in parks”,… [...] The Tennessee Senate recently voted that handgun carry permit holders should be allowed to carry their firearms into state and local parks unless the specific municipalities in charge of those parks say otherwise… and, predictably, Chris Peck and the rest of the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal… [...] I would never want to illegitimately skew a dataset in my own favor, but if you would like to make your opinion known concerning legislation allowing handgun carry permit holders to take their firearms into parks in Tennessee, there is a poll where you can do just that. [...] Once again, the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal exposes the fact that they would prefer everyone’s lives being ruled by fear and emotion rather than logic and the Constitution. [...] Of all the specious and outright idiotic arguments put forward by the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal concerning the new legislation to allow law-abiding handgun carry permit holders to carry their firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol, the one featured in this moronic editorial pretty… [...] In an amazing double-victory, HB0962 (the bill to allow handgun carry permit holders to carry their firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol) made it out of committee with no restrictions on it, and HB0959 (the bill to keep handgun carry permit records confidential) [...] Maybe the Commercial Appeal should start listening to their readers. [...] Given their silence on the topic for the past few weeks, I guess I should not be surprised that Chris Peck and the rest of the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal are back at their old bigoted hijinks. [...] As per their standard modus operandi, the Commercial Appeal just cannot keep its pages bare of irrational hoplophobia. The first instance of further bigoty and bias from the staff of the Commercial Appeal does not even merit linking, considering it is nothing more than four paragraphs… [...] When Richard Locker is not busy trying to embed every form of bias and bigotry into his journalism, he can crank out honest, accurate reporting pretty quickly after the events in question:
… [...] Just after Richard Locker does a fairly good job reporting on the facts, and just the facts, of the passage of HB0962, the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal decides to go and counterbalance this attempt at honest journalism. [...] Amazingly enough, HB0962 was approved by the Tennessee House of Representatives, and is currently headed to the Senate for their vote. Doubly-amazingly, it made it out of the house with almost no idiotic amendments being attached to it, with the only strange/obnoxious requirements being that no permit holder… [...] About every other day, I head over to the Commercial Appeal’s webpage, and run a quick search for “handgun” to see what new hoplophobic diatribes they have put forward as supposed journalism. I have been trying to ignore the plethora of “imported” news they seem to be posting these days… [...] Ok, this is just starting to be funny… Richard Locker is turning into the Star Trek movie series of the Commercial Appeal. First, his bias appears to know no bounds. Not surprising, given the company he works for. But, then, he tries to hide that bias,… [...] Wow. I have to admit to being somewhat impressed. It would appear as though the Commercial Appeal somehow managed to go over a full week without putting up another hoplophobic, anti-rights editorial. At least it gives me something to write about, right?
… [...] I sincerely doubt this has anything to do with the Commercial Appeal pointlessly invading the privacy of over 218,000 law-abiding handgun carry permit holders, but it would seem as though they just laid off 19 employees:
… [...] Just as we started to have a little hope for Richard Locker, he goes and screws it all up:
… [...] Just as Richard Locker takes significant strides towards simply reporting the news without bias or agenda, the editorial staff of the Commercial Appeal goes and makes up for his progress with yet another bigoted diatribe.
… [...] Surprisingly, today’s gem from Richard Locker, the Commercial Appeal‘s leading anti-firearms journalist, was impressively devoid of rampant hoplophobia, pants-shitting hysterics, and other idiocies he has indulged in previously. Mayhap there is hope after all. [...] It would appear as though Otis L. Sanford was jealous of all of the attention Richard Locker was getting over his idiotic comments earlier, so he has decided to go ahead and jump into the fray with his own variety of ignorance… [...] What follows is a direct quote from an email sent by Richard Locker, the author of some recent Commercial Appeal articles concerning firearm-related bills working their way through the Tennessee Legislature. This email was sent in response to another email sent by… [...] Another day, another rationalization by the Commercial Appeal to defend their privacy-invading database of handgun carry permit holders.
… [...] And, predictably, the Commercial Appeal sinks to a new low, now attempting to conflate law-abiding, private handgun carry permit holders with the murderer in Alabama. Of course, given that the Commercial Appeal was already associating handgun carry permit holders with felons, sex offenders, and hate crime… [...] Do you want to know the best part about the Commercial Appeal’s privacy-invading database of handgun carry permit holders? Here we are, almost a month after this whole froofera hit the public scene, and the staff of the Commercial Appeal continues to categorize law-abiding… [...] I am not entirely sure if this is going to help or hurt the cause of the handgun carry permit holders concerned about the Commercial Appeal’s privacy-invading database: .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url(‘http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png’) !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} |
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