We got a few accusations over the weekend about our coverage of the No Kings rally in East Cobb, but also an also lot of compliments and a generous amount of contributions from our readers as we continue to ask for your financial support.
I am overwhelmed by both, for different reasons, and I do thank all of you for what you’ve said (even the criticisms) and for what you’ve contributed.
To all those who have donated—thank you so much! Your gift is truly appreciated!
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We picked up some newsletter subscribers, and lost a few others, including one just now from a person who told us exactly why:
“I did not know East Cobb was Marxist and it is my belief that to support criminals over the American U.S. Soldier is evil and a community magazine should not be Leftist.”
Well, I don’t think East Cobb is Marxist at all—we still elect Republicans over here!—and if the former reader is referring to us, we’re not either. We’re a for-profit news site. We love capitalism!
(And it appears some conservatives don’t understand what Marxism is any better than how some liberals define Fascism. Both are hurled mindlessly as epithets with little regard to accuracy, but that’s another topic).
No, we’re not Marxists in the political sense, but having a sense of humor amid all this has helped immensely, and we’re glad to consider ourselves Marxists in the Groucho-Harpo-Gummo-Zeppo fashion.
Yes, this column already is probably falling flat in trying to get you to laugh. Nyu, nyuk, nyuk. But what we’d really like to do is ask you to consider becoming a monthly recurring donor. We’re suggesting $6 a month, but it can be for any amount that you like.
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Here’s what a reader told us over the weekend:
“As one of your loyal readers, I appreciate your journalistic talent as always presenting the news in an unbiased fashion. I didn’t interpret your first story as one sided, only informative.”
I wish I could adequately convey how much this means to read this. It’s not that any human is unbiased—none of us are—but that we as journalists set our views aside about stories, issues, candidates, when we cover them.
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