26-03-2013, 06:48 PM
Don't see the 'left-winger' part either (with regard to Brendan O'Neill) but then I might mean something different by that than you. What you seem to miss is the utter audacity to claim the Mail and Littlejohn are victims in all this, and as one commenter pointed out:
There's a difference in exercising free speech by stating a political belief or desire, and deliberately trying to cause harm. Littlejohn crossed that line, and it's time he puts on his big-boy panties and accepts the consequences of his deliberate actions. After all, I seriously doubt he was coerced into writing that column.
Quote:When Richard Littlejohn wrote about Lucy Meadows (someone who had not sought fame or media attention or to 'sell her story', but who was just getting on with her life) he meant her harm. He actively called for her to be driven out of her job and shunned by her community. There was no good reason for him to go after her apart from prurience and spite.That's why people are calling for him to be held accountable.
There's a difference in exercising free speech by stating a political belief or desire, and deliberately trying to cause harm. Littlejohn crossed that line, and it's time he puts on his big-boy panties and accepts the consequences of his deliberate actions. After all, I seriously doubt he was coerced into writing that column.