March 05, 2007
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A Reader Says Republicans Are No Longer
Conservative
A Reader Reports Being Purged
From: Chris Roach [Email]
Greetings from the
paleoconservative blogosphere. I have an
all-too-familiar paleoconservative story: I’ve been
Sobran-ized from
America ’s Future Foundation.
Some background: I was
invited three years ago to be one of the resident
bloggers at America ’s Future Foundation. Blogging is
purely a hobby; I have been employed in the private
sector throughout this time. I have blogged there for
three years on a wide variety of issues: immigration,
the war in Iraq , the decline of the culture, foreign
policy, and other issues familiar to paleoconservatives.
I have produced over 1,000 blog entries and have
received a significant share of visitors, including
through links from Google searches to my archives.
I was unceremoniously
dumped from AFF’s hosting by its President, David Kirby,
[Send him
mail]
early on the week of
27 February. I have never met him before.
Specifically, comments
inspired by the
Knoxville Double Murder (available
here in the comment section of Daniel Larison’s blog)
were considered too much. In Kirby’s words, “AFF’s
mission is to host debate on conservative and
libertarian ideas. But there’s no place in AFF’s mission
to provide space for someone who posts comments and
content like this.” This is an explanation worthy
of Washington D.C. , the surprising home town of choice
for many libertarians. I tarry on now independent of
any chilling effect from the editorial control of AFF or
anyone else. (AFF to its credit never previously
censored me or otherwise had much contact with me
throughout my three-year tenure with that organization.
This is one of the many reasons this turn of events
caught me by surprise.)
I’d appreciate visits, advice, support, and help with
Movable Type from anyone who can help me with formatting
the new blog. I can be reached by email
here. And the new URL is
http://www.mansizedtarget.com.