Comments on: When Alt Weeklies Attack http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351 Politics and Culture Done Just Right Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jackson Baker http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-794 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-794 Hey, Mick, on matters unrelated to this, call me, #426, Flyer. Or email me, baker@memphisflyer.com JB Hey, Mick, on matters unrelated to this, call me, #426, Flyer. Or email me, baker@memphisflyer.com

JB

]]> by: PeskyFly http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-791 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:53:22 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-791 No. I'm a grizzled old mudslinger who stands behind his work. Thin-skinned critics have chosen the wrong occupation. No. I’m a grizzled old mudslinger who stands behind his work. Thin-skinned critics have chosen the wrong occupation.

]]> by: Mick Wright http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-789 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:25:38 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-789 Love that 202-word response, Chris. I must have struck a nerve. ;) Love that 202-word response, Chris. I must have struck a nerve. ;)

]]> by: PeskyFly http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-788 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:12:55 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-788 Apples & Oranges Mick. The "Nazi" comment, near as I can tell, has nothing to do with my original blurb or the cover. I may have sent you a reader who read your copy and drew his own conclusions, which in no way represents my opinion, nor can it be read as a reflection of the original comment. The word-count analysis merely suggests that a nerve has been struck-- which it clearly has. FOTW has, for nearly 10-years now--been the go-to place for ironic takes on news, media, and politics. It has mocked everyone from the undeniably liberal Steve Cohen, to the alleged Republican and known racist James Hart and everything in between. When a Conservative rag (and I use the pejorative to express solidarity) puts a widely accepted racial stereotype on the cover it's going to be mocked in Fly. Now, I've been known to write a serious media column from time to time, and if you'd like I can do that for you. If you'll give me a demo breakdown of your paid readership I'll get right to work on a serious semiological and historical examination of racial imagery and Conservatism in the specific context of your April magazine. Apples & Oranges Mick. The “Nazi” comment, near as I can tell, has nothing to do with my original blurb or the cover. I may have sent you a reader who read your copy and drew his own conclusions, which in no way represents my opinion, nor can it be read as a reflection of the original comment. The word-count analysis merely suggests that a nerve has been struck– which it clearly has.

FOTW has, for nearly 10-years now–been the go-to place for ironic takes on news, media, and politics. It has mocked everyone from the undeniably liberal Steve Cohen, to the alleged Republican and known racist James Hart and everything in between. When a Conservative rag (and I use the pejorative to express solidarity) puts a widely accepted racial stereotype on the cover it’s going to be mocked in Fly.

Now, I’ve been known to write a serious media column from time to time, and if you’d like I can do that for you. If you’ll give me a demo breakdown of your paid readership I’ll get right to work on a serious semiological and historical examination of racial imagery and Conservatism in the specific context of your April magazine.

]]> by: Mick Wright http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-787 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:21:34 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-787 That's great, Chris. You imply we're racists and have your readers calling us Nazis, and yet we're the ones blowing it out of proportion. I understand that you have to resort to a complaint about word count and the "<i>I keed, I keed</i>" defense when you have nothing of substance to add. That’s great, Chris. You imply we’re racists and have your readers calling us Nazis, and yet we’re the ones blowing it out of proportion. I understand that you have to resort to a complaint about word count and the “I keed, I keed” defense when you have nothing of substance to add.

]]> by: PeskyFly http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-786 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-786 Politics aside, Fly on the Wall makes fun of everyone--- always has, always will. It was a joke, kids. A 60-word notice that your zipper was undone, hardly worthy of a 711-word defense of all you hold dear. But thanks. Overreactions are always appreciated. Politics aside, Fly on the Wall makes fun of everyone— always has, always will. It was a joke, kids. A 60-word notice that your zipper was undone, hardly worthy of a 711-word defense of all you hold dear. But thanks. Overreactions are always appreciated.

]]> by: Mickey White http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-785 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:38:55 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-785 I believe you guys, lets just hope Morris Dees doesn't add you to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate watch” list. I believe you guys, lets just hope Morris Dees doesn’t add you to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate watch” list.

]]> by: R. Neal http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-782 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:17:53 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-782 No, I read your post. It is a great photo. I'm not buying that it was just a "coincidence", which is what you seem to be saying. No, I read your post. It is a great photo. I’m not buying that it was just a “coincidence”, which is what you seem to be saying.

]]> by: Mick Wright http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-781 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:12:20 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-781 R., you're assuming MSJ set out to depict "black people" and searched for a photo to represent that, which shows you didn't actually read my post. R., you’re assuming MSJ set out to depict “black people” and searched for a photo to represent that, which shows you didn’t actually read my post.

]]> by: R. Neal http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-780 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:03:35 +0000 http://www.mainstreetj.com/2006/04/15/351#comment-780 You're kidding, right? Of all the photos of black people you could have found, sitting in board rooms, operating heavy machinery, teaching a class, giving a political speech, that's the photo you picked? I call B.S. on your defense. I guess it's poor, downtrodden conservative-as-victim week again in Tennessee. You’re kidding, right?

Of all the photos of black people you could have found, sitting in board rooms, operating heavy machinery, teaching a class, giving a political speech, that’s the photo you picked?

I call B.S. on your defense. I guess it’s poor, downtrodden conservative-as-victim week again in Tennessee.

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