Educating Right-Wing Complainers: In Response to a Query About Salon:
© 2019 Salon.com On Quora, right-wing member and hater of all things liberal David Bolick asks this about Quora sponsor Salon : Why does Quora allow such offensive sponsors as this? I replied thusly: Well, for starters, because Salon is not what most rational and educated people would consider “offensive.” It is not, say, a site that peddles porn of any kind, incites violence, or promotes bigotry, misogyny, or engages in conspiracy theories. Of course, if you happen to be a self-identified conservative with what others might consider extreme right-wing views, i.e. all liberals are “evil” and “Democrats should all be shot,” then I can see - all too clearly - why someone might consider Salon offensive. For those Quora members who are scratching their heads as to why someone would consider Salon “offensive,” here are the basic facts about the website: Here’s Wikipedia’s description of Salon: Salon is an America...