Posted by
Team Turk on Friday, September 08, 2006 10:11:33 PM
Earlier today, MSNBC discussed the controversial ABC miniseries “Path to 9/11.” Former Clinton adviser Sydney Blumenthal was featured. Blumenthal argued that this documentary was tantamount to the propaganda produced by communist Russia.
This program may contain factual inaccuracies. It may not flatter former President Clinton. However, this film is not an act of communism. Let me repeat that. This film is not an act of communism.
What Blumenthal suggested was ridiculous. America is a free nation. Our filmmakers have the right to portray subjects in any manner they choose. If they portray a former President’s advisers as unfocused, that is not an act of communism. It is an act of free speech. Their viewpoint should be discussed. It should not be denounced as something it is clearly not.
Americans have a language problem. We draw analogies that are inflammatory. We make comparisons that are nothing except inciting. Why does the thought not cross our mind to shut-up? There is nothing wrong with passion. There is something wrong when that passion overloads our common sense.
On Sunday, this miniseries may or may not begin. Personally, I believe forced edits are ridiculous. This situation reminds me of what a certain nation… never mind.
Raymond Smalley