Norrin Radd
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TigerVols, it is inappropriate for you to try to turn a "There's going to be layoffs at the Washington Times!" thread into an opportunity to rip on the low-hanging fruit that is the newspaper founder's political leanings. You may have the luxury of spouting your politics and having them affect every single part of your life both personal and professional. Not everyone has that luxury, and not everyone wastes so much time freaking out about is as passionate about politics as others.
A few years ago, I was in some stupid fight with one of the board's more noted political loudmouths, who was of the left-leaning persuasion.
I received a breathless PM regarding this individual, saying how funny it was that this person was so hardcore liberal yet had to work for the very conservative-leaning Washington Times (this was before the paper crashed a couple of years ago and mass whacked its staff).
I responded that people need to do whatever they feel they must to feed their families. Especially with how the business has gone over the last decade or so, there is no call for anyone to turn down an opportunity for employment just because the politics of the person with the pursestrings might be disagreeable.
It's well and good to believe in some kind of political persuasion (though I can't imagine having that much passion for people who ultimately cannot be trusted), and it's important to have some kind of principles.
But real people are about to lose their jobs. And, especially considering the fact this board has friends, posters and colleagues in the sports department who could not possibly care less about Rev. Moon's politics, it's a real mean-spirited move to sit on a high horse on the West Coast and thumb your nose at people who are hanging on in a business they love. There are good people at that paper, and they're not there because they adore the paper's political reputation.
They're there because they need to feed their families. And because the restarting of the sports section provided an opportunity.
Save your need to be a political loudmouth for another thread.
A few years ago, I was in some stupid fight with one of the board's more noted political loudmouths, who was of the left-leaning persuasion.
I received a breathless PM regarding this individual, saying how funny it was that this person was so hardcore liberal yet had to work for the very conservative-leaning Washington Times (this was before the paper crashed a couple of years ago and mass whacked its staff).
I responded that people need to do whatever they feel they must to feed their families. Especially with how the business has gone over the last decade or so, there is no call for anyone to turn down an opportunity for employment just because the politics of the person with the pursestrings might be disagreeable.
It's well and good to believe in some kind of political persuasion (though I can't imagine having that much passion for people who ultimately cannot be trusted), and it's important to have some kind of principles.
But real people are about to lose their jobs. And, especially considering the fact this board has friends, posters and colleagues in the sports department who could not possibly care less about Rev. Moon's politics, it's a real mean-spirited move to sit on a high horse on the West Coast and thumb your nose at people who are hanging on in a business they love. There are good people at that paper, and they're not there because they adore the paper's political reputation.
They're there because they need to feed their families. And because the restarting of the sports section provided an opportunity.
Save your need to be a political loudmouth for another thread.
