Comments on: CBSNews.com Turns Off Comments on Obama Stories

[royal-lyme]

How are you so sure that it was Republicans who made racist remarks about Obama? I've met plenty of people on the Left who are are racist bigots. Bigotry and racism has no political bounds. For example, Senator Robert Byrd, the perennial Democrat, belonged to the KKK. Democrats and Lefties in general are so self-righteous; they love to contemplate how pure they are; and they love to see themselves doing so much good in the world.

[impch-w]

***! When I sign in to read the comments, it posts a previously written comment... I guess there's no hope for the technologically inept. If there's a moderator, please DELETE the duplicate post(s). Thank you.

[impch-w]

All Republicans are not racist bigots, but
all racist bigots are REPUBLICANS.

[quicksite]

I believe the comment posted elsewhere is true: Thanks, Republicans. You're not all bigots; but all bigots happen to be Republicans. Shame on all of you -- and for those who tolerate this kind of behavior within your "compassionate conservative" phony party.

Funny, how, think-tanked marketing phrases can't quite quell the inherent drives within your base.

[phoenixandy]

It's a harsh fact that 100% of all personal attacks, especially racist comments, on online message boards such as this is fueled by right-wing partisan hate poison from Fox News, talk radio and conservative bloggers. It may also be the reason why the Secret Service feels they need to give Sen. Barack Obama special protection.

All white people who have a racist attitude are insecure eunuchs who should not be allowed access to any computer. In fact, there should be a law enacted to take computers out of the hands of white trash racists.

I personally feel that all media outlets, whether they be TV news or newspapers, should continue to have blogs, but require that comments need to be approved before posting it or, better yet, but disable the comments section altogether, since most people on the Internet are either sexual predators or pedophiles anyway.

Another solution would be to require posters to reveal their full name and send into a message board database their mailing address, their phone number, E-mail address and a photo, so such posters would think twice before posting vitriolic, racist garbage.

[impch-w]

Apologies for the double post. I stand by the content, though.

[swift2--2008]

I'm torn. The racist comments are disgusting, of course. But as a precedent, I'm not sure it's good. Feedback is often the most entertaining and pithy part of online journals, and if you start censoring the controversial, it worries me.

However, calling George Bush a fascist is an exaggeration based on what he's done. Spouting anti-black and anti-female hate speech is another thing. However, I wish CBS had just taken the more expensive approach: pay somebody to watch comments and delete racist comments.

[phil4876]

Comparing this hate speech to the garbage that gets thrown at Bush by liberals is such an egregious misunderstanding of what is being said by both sides and why. While I strongly disagree with those extremists that call Bush a "fascist" and a "nazi," Bush supporters must realize that these comments are based on policies of the President's that offend people enough to spark these inflammatory labels.

Meanwhile, right wing bigots who are attacking Obama for his race (see FOX "news" using his middle name to defame him) are basing their attacks on racial prejudice, not any policy of his. There is an ENORMOUS difference between political ignorance and racial intolerance - CBS was right to make this move, and should not be condemned for not blocking other attacks as long as they're not overtly personal or defamatory.

"Mainstream" media being liberal is a joke; even Pat Buchanan and William Kristol have admitted that. Notice how much *** Clinton got for his impeachment, while Bush has suffered so little scrutiny by comparison for all the REAL scandals plaguing his administration.

And thom_77.....Bush really is pushing the Presidency closer to a dictatorship than at any point in our nation's history, so those attacks are actually legitimate.

[impch-w]

All Republicans are NOT racist bigots.
All racist bigots are Republicans.

[luckyoldson]

thom 77,
"I can't even begin to list with whats wrong with all of this."

You left out the fact that your a moron.