ESPN's Andrews to 911: I'm Being Treated Like Britney

Anyone who follows sports knows Andrews is a hardworking person who knows her stuff and enjoys her job. She is by no means an attention whore or immature girl with a pretty face like certain others constantly in the news. She doesn't want to be known for this so these assholes hounding her need to get off her case. Reply

Pardoning me for high jacking this space, but I think I've figured out why I am being accused by C_k and Jester of being the evil force behind newser's initiative to "sanitize" the site (my word). About a week ago I noticed a trend to "flag" C_k's comments (I think the technical term is "de-emphasize" them) and I started to complain about it. Out of frustration I went on the essays of Michael Wolff published "below the grid" and made a plea for a method of settling disputes over things like flagging, "abuse" as defined by the newser Comment Policy, and newser policies in general. Partly being cheeky and partly in seriousness I offered to be a newser "ombudsperson" and to do it voluntarily without pay, and to withdraw from making any further comments in the story forum pages which I enjoy doing and which has become something of an addiiction for me. Within a couple of days out of the blue I got an emai invitation from "Brittany" at newser to join a discussion about "infractions" at the newser facebook page and I happily did so. One of the first things I did there was to ask if Corona_king had been invited to participate, and Brittany said that C_k had. Well, to make a long and somewhat boring strory at least not "endless", I have been taking part in a very interesting discussion (to me) for several days now, and in the beginning some of my most heart felt posts contained defenses of troll-like behavior by C_k (and others)-- they were was pretty strong. However, as time passed and none of the right wingers seemed to be showing up to defend themselves, my interest in protecting their "free speech rights" has waned. Newser is after all a profit making venture and that is the bottom line. This is not the town square, or even the public airwaves where every blowhard has the right to call Rush and drool and bleat to her/his heart's content about Hawaiian birth certificates, etc. And as Shonongreg said simply and truthfullly: "Avatars are not real people." Reply

Hmm, her language speaks volumes. Another bimbo who sought attention desperately and then complains about the papparazzi? Yawn! And bimbo doesn't mean empty-head, by the way - some of these gals know exactly what they're doing. Reply

War is obscene. Not a woman's breast. Reply