The Minneapolis Post Web Site Moderator Believes That The Emerson Avenger Provides Civil, Thought-Provoking And High-Quality Public Discussion

According to the disclaimer below Rev. Meg Riley's 'Open Letter To Senator Al Franken' the Minneapolis Post intend that their comment area is "to be used by our readers as a place for civil, thought-provoking and high-quality public discussion." It goes on to say, "In order to achieve this, MinnPost requires that all commenters register and post comments with their actual names and place of residence." I guess that in that the moderator of the MinnPost website felt that my comment responding to Rev. Meg Riley's 'Open Letter' was worthy of publication, as opposed to being censored and suppressed as so many U*Us would do. . . that it met the Minneapolis Post's standards for "civil, thought-provoking and high-quality public discussion."

Many outrageously hypocritical U*Us, including UUA list-serve moderators like Deborah Weiner, would have *pretended* that my critical comment was a "personal attack" on Rev. Meg Riley in order to justify suppressing that comment, but the MinnPost website moderator apparently did not believe that my critical comment constituted a "personal attack" on Rev. Riley either since the Minneapolis Post "does not permit the use of foul language, personal attacks or the use of language that may be libelous or interpreted as inciting hate or sexual harassment. User comments are reviewed by moderators to ensure that comments meet these standards and adhere to MinnPost's terms of use and privacy policy."

Unlike so many of the Unitarian*Universalists I know, the moderator of the Minneapolis Post website seems to believe that my critical comment deserved to be read by the general public so that they may make up their own minds about its truth and meaning. . .