{"id":1975422,"date":"2023-07-17T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/article-making-fun-of-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-after-people-discover-the-author\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T17:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T21:24:02","slug":"article-making-fun-of-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-after-people-discover-the-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/article-making-fun-of-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-after-people-discover-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Article Mocking Casey DeSantis&#8217; Looks Backfires, Comments Locked as Author&#8217;s Identity Revealed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farticle-making-fun-of-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-after-people-discover-the-author%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>When Words Reflect the\u200d Media\u2063 Organization<\/h2>\n<p>When any \u200bwriter pens words that\u200b are irrelevant, petty, \u200dand\u2063 valueless, \u2064it is a reflection of the media \u200dorganization \u200bin which they \u200bwork. That\u200b is \u200bthe \u2064true \u200cculprit; ultimately,\u200c where the \u2064actual \u200caccountability\u200c lies.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 online magazine Slate \u200cknows this. Still, they allowed\u200d one of\u2062 their writers to ridicule the\u2063 thickness\u2064 of\u2063 the first \u2064lady \u2062of Florida Casey\u200d DeSantis\u2019 \u200ceyebrows. They\u2063 didn\u2019t give a hoot\u2064 about the \u200dsignificance\u2063 \u201ceyebrows\u201d\u200c play as a marker in \u2064a \u200ccancer \u2063survivor\u2019s\u2063 life. \u2063Nor \u2064did\u2062 they\u200d care about the feelings of the other 18.1 million\u2063 cancer survivors living \u200bin the\u200d United States today, \u200cincluding among \u2062their\u200c own\u200c staff, no doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Slate \u2064merely\u2064 greenlighted \u200da political \u200dhit piece to fulfill their two-fold\u2062 agenda,\u2063 namely,\u2064 increased readership \u2062and expanded liberal influence. Stated another\u200d way, money\u2064 and\u2064 politics lead \u2063Slate\u2019s editorial \u2064decisions over\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-professors-disparaging-rush-limbaughs-passing\/\" title=\"Here Are The Professors Disparaging Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Passing\">good taste<\/a>, \u200dethics, or morality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" \u2063lang=\"en\">As\u200d the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/laura-hollis-importing-voters-through-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"Laura Hollis: Importing Voters Through Illegal Immigration\">plot thickens<\/a>, so do her brows.\u200d <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/da9WoRqpwz\">https:\/\/t.co\/da9WoRqpwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slate (@Slate) \u2064<a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate\/status\/1680038154739367936?\">July\u200c 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It also \u200cled <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2023\/07\/casey-desantis-eyebrows-sparked-important-national-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">Heather \u200cSchwedel<\/a>\u2064 who\u200b wrote the sewage for Slate.\u200d As a \u200cparent, I\u200c can\u2019t\u200d say that I \u2062would \u2063show that article to my\u200d friends, \u200cgiven Schwedel was \u200dmy\u200b daughter. I \u2063would,\u2062 however, \u200bmake \u200btime to\u2063 have a conversation with her\u200b about \u2062\u201cthe\u2062 impact of the choices\u2062 human\u2063 beings \u200dmake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schwedel obviously \u200cneeds \u200bsome sobering\u200b guidance in this area. Unfortunately, she is\u200c not \u200cthe\u200c only one. \u200d\u201cBullying\u201d \u2064seems \u2062to have \u2064become a national\u2062 past-time in\u200d the \u2062United\u2063 States, \u2063and it\u200b is instances like\u2064 these, arising\u200b from \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-complicated-history-four-times-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-have-gone-head-to-head\/\" title=\"\u00a0A Complicated History: Four Times Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Have Gone Head To Head\">prominent voices<\/a>\u200b who encourage them rather\u200d than \u2062discourage\u200d them, that \u2063cheer it on.<\/p>\n<p>Slate\u200c now owns some\u2064 of that blame. The fact\u200d that Casey\u2064 DeSantis\u200b is\u200d a \u2063public\u2062 figure doesn\u2019t diminish this fact\u2064 nor the damage that comes from \u200cthe\u200d act of \u2063<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-outnumbered-hosts-become-visibly-emotional-discussing-horrific-new-jersey-bullying-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bullying<\/a>, itself. In\u200d fact, it widens their accountability.<\/p>\n<p>How actions \u2064\u201creflect, direct and\u2063 erect our society \u2064as \u2064a whole\u201d\u200d should always \u2062be \u200cconsidered prior \u2062to taking them. \u2062Yet,\u2062 too many times, they\u200d are \u200bnot. Or they are thereby\u200b revealing\u200b exactly \u2062where \u200dthe\u200d heart\u200b of a person or\u200b organization \u200cexists.<\/p>\n<p>For Slate, \u200dit seems \u200dprofit and \u201cescalating the\u200c divide\u201d remain\u200d their \u2063chief motivating factors. Again,\u2064 I \u2063say, they are\u200c not\u2062 the only ones.\u2063 Plenty of news\u200c and media\u200b organizations do the\u200c same. \u200dConservative or liberal, it\u200d makes\u200c no \u2064difference.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling apart our nation\u2064 one\u200b letter at a time by\u200b some\u200b of the\u2063 most relevant\u200b <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tucker-carlson-is-creating-a-new-media-company-8e21b909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news \u200cand\u200d media\u2063 companies<\/a> has become a \u200dby-product\u2064 of the \u2062larger, \u2064competitive \u200dpolitical landscape. Their handiwork \u200dhas\u200c become \u2063simply a \u200dmeans\u200b of heightening\u2064 the noise, intensifying the \u200dchaos, and \u2062minimizing the \u2063space\u2064 around the\u200d truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/article-making-fun-of-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-after-people-discover-the-author\/\" title=\"Article Mocking Casey DeSantis' Looks Backfires, Comments Locked as Author's Identity Revealed.\">important\u2064 problems needing \u200bdiscussion<\/a> \u200dand \u2063solution.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2063there \u200dis any policing\u2062 being \u2063done,\u200b internally, it is only\u200d moving in one direction. None of \u200bthis, mind you, \u200cis\u2064 in\u200d the people\u2019s\u2064 interest. It is meant to eliminate individual thought, exchanging it for group\u2062 think. \u2063It \u200dis\u200c a means \u200bto \u2064an \u200cend.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 this\u200c case, \u2063casting \u200cCasey\u2064 DeSantis as\u2063 a laughing stock\u2063 is Slate\u2019s\u200b attempt to cast her \u2063husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-republicans-ready-ron-desantis\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor\u2063 Ron DeSantis<\/a>, as well as\u200d the\u2064 entire \u200dRepublican \u2064party\u2064 and every other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-gop-hopefuls-stand-amid-major-financial-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican \u2062presidential\u200c candidate<\/a> as\u2063 a \u2063joke too. Can \u2064anyone \u200bwho\u2064 doesn\u2019t officially know the \u200dparty\u200c leaning of Slate \u2062guess what \u200bit is?<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c fact that Twitter\u2063 had the\u2062 good sense\u200b to \u200dremove\u2063 the \u200cability to \u200dcomment on \u200bthe article \u200dfollowing the \u2064growing onslaught \u2062of hostile comments\u200d conveys the thoughtful leadership there.<\/p>\n<p>As the First Amendment provides\u2063 us with \u2063broad protection\u200d against government suppression\u2062 of speech\u200c and press, \u200blighting \u2063a \u200bsecond fire\u2063 when the first continues\u2062 to \u200dblame \u200cuncontrollably\u2063 is \u2063foolish. Unless, of \u2062course,\u2064 an \u200dalternate \u200bagenda\u200d is the \u200cdriving\u200d force behind doing so, right?<\/p>\n<p>Reality speaks, \u200dso\u200c long as \u200bthe reading and\u200d viewing public consumes\u200b news, media, \u2063social media, and \u2063entertainment intentionally\u200b skewed to push their thinking one way or\u200c another, it\u2062 will continue. At\u2064 the \u200bsame time, I\u200b don\u2019t know one person who doesn\u2019t\u2062 feel\u200d badgered to death by the \u2063opinionated nature\u200d of the information we \u200cregularly consume.<\/p>\n<p>Very little is\u200c news. Most is propaganda. And all \u2062of it we have in our hands to control \u200dthrough\u200c purposeful actions\u200c that\u200b force companies like Slate to \u2063change course.\u200b We need \u2062to \u200bdo\u200b better \u2063at \u2062the\u2062 latter.<\/p>\n<p>For \u200binstance, had \u2062Schwedel\u2019s attack\u200d on \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-milestone-ron-desantis-delivers-encouraging-update-wifes-battle-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casey\u2063 DeSantis<\/a> fallen on \u200ddeaf ears, I \u2062wouldn\u2019t be writing this \u200dcommentary \u200bright now. Slate\u200c would also be reflecting\u200b on the\u2063 viability\u2064 of\u2062 future\u2063 articles\u2063 like these.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062would\u2063 leave them \u200bto do\u2062 one\u2064 thing and\u200d one\u200c thing \u2062only. \u200cThink up other \u200dways to\u2064 raise\u2064 eyebrows\u2064 while\u2062 leaving Casey\u2019s and \u2064the rest \u200bof our nation\u2019s <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-cancer-survival-boost-oncologists-announce-major-advance-2-new-drugs\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">cancer survivors\u2019<\/a> eyebrows\u2064 alone.\u200b Slate should\u2064 feel ashamed. \u200cAnd it\u2019s up\u2064 to\u2062 readers to\u200b make them \u200caware, not\u2062 to \u2062mention, \u2063every\u2062 other organization\u200c like\u200c them\u2064 devoid of\u200c morality\u2063 and\u2062 boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post \u200d<a \u2064rel=\"nofollow\"\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/article-making-fun-casey-desantis-appearance-backfires-comments-locked-people-discover-author\/\">Article \u2062Making Fun\u200c of \u2063Casey \u2064DeSantis&#8217; Appearance Backfires, Comments\u2063 Locked\u2063 After People\u200b Discover \u200cthe\u200b Author<\/a> \u2062appeared \u2062first on <a rel=\"nofollow\"\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a writer produces irrelevant, petty, and valueless words, it reflects the media organization they belong to. The true culprit and accountability lie with the media organization itself. 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