The public banning of Dale Jackson Part 1

The cats and other critters at Left in Alabama have banished right-wing radio shock jock Dale Jackson from its pages. Again. Unlike yours truly, Dale Jackson had a democratic (pun intended) process complete with pro/con discussion and was allowed to defend himself prior to his banning. 

The administrators claim I am lying about being banned but when your user name and password are invalid and they are the only ones who can render them invalid what do you call it? See that's how they operate over there, throw a rock then hide their hand.

Anyhoo since my name was mentioned several times during the debate and since I'm the reason Dale Jackson started posting on Left in Alabama in the first place, I thought it might be helpful to take a trip down memory lane to set the record straight because there is more than a whiff of censorship and suppression at Left in Alabama.

I am not a trained investigative reporter and I don't play one in the blogosphere so bare with me as I attempt to connect the dots.

To be clear, this is not the first time Dale Jackson was banned from Left in Alabama, this is his second strike, but hey at least he got a second chance.

Mooncat has the ultimate decision making responsibility and she wanted this thread, to help with the decision. It was not "piggieheart being pissed off at Dale Jackson" although that describes how I have felt a number of times.

Dale Jackson's first post at Left in Alabama was on Tue May 06, 2008, at 05:24:10 AM CDT in response to my post-All Politics are (should be is) Local; Help fight the Right-Wing Media

Help the USBA today.

A local talk radio station, has been unfair to the USBA in its reporting of news and information about the USBA, its members, the Downtown Rescue Mission and the citizens that live in the area’s affected. However, they have voluntarily put a ballot on their website to allow for the listening public to express their opinion on whether they have been fair to our association or not. All you have to do is go to http://www.wvnn.com/ and on the right hand side just below the lineup box you will see the WVNN Daily Poll. The question is : Has the University Sparkman Business Association been treated unfairly on "The Dale Jackson Show." Just Vote Yes or No and hit the Vote button. Do this from as many different computers as possible if you want your votes to count.

Secondly: This type of so called journalism, where talkers are just cut off in the middle of a sentence, and the show management refuses to confer with proper spokespersons, and sometimes may even just outright lie trying to persuade the public to their viewpoint is not the kind of professionalism we are accustomed to here in the Tennessee Valley as it relates to media coverage. (Virtually all other forms of local media have been by and large fair and reasonably accurate. This includes all 4 TV stations, The Huntsville Times, and AL.com) Thus, we also suggest you consider calling AND emailing Bill West, General Manager for Cumulus media, the parent company for this station and several others in the area.billg.west@cumulus.com Tel.: (256) 830-8300 Fax: (256) 232-6842 . Mr. West may not be aware that this kind of stuff has infuriated our business community.

The USBA is not perfect, but for a business organization that has only been together for about 2 weeks, we have and will continue to make phenomenal progress in participation, organization, and progress toward reaching our goals. We know of no other new born business organization anywhere that has made so much progress in so short of time. Your assistance is appreciated and helps the USBA toward attaining is goals of representing you .

Fast forward to Tue Oct 28, 2008, at 05:45:00 AM CDT Dale Jackson gets his wish and is banned from Left in Alabama.

After begging for months, WVNN talk show host DaleJackson has at last been banned from Left in Alabama. The magic words were "Kill them!" Yesterday BenGoshi, a valued member of the Left in Alabama community, wrote and posted a diary alerting this site to the Skinhead/Neo-Nazi plot hatched to mass-murder African-American children and assassinate Senator Barack Obama.

Note BenGoshi is no longer a valued member of the Left in Alabama community either but that's another story. Hint, it has something to do with Artur Davis.

I was one of the few who was against Dale Jackson being banned:

I wanted Dale Jackson to continue posting his name calling, personal attacks, insults and lies for the world to see. I wanted the world to see the mentality of the people who selected Bush and Dick to drive our country into the ditch and who are presently supporting John Mc$ame and Sarah Quaylin to drive us further into the ditch.

I was also one of the dissenting voices because I was banned from the al.com forum. Not because of behavior like Dale Jacksons, but because I was able to effectively articulate the "liberal" point of view and refute and debunk the right wing spin. The Latte drinking, Birkenstock wearing, Tree Hugging, Bleeding Heart, First Amendment Loving, Hippy, Peacenik, LIBERAL that I am deplores banning of any American from forums. I may not agree with what someone is saying or how they are saying it, but I believe in their right to say it. Our sons and daughters are fighting, dying and being maimed for life in Iraq supposedly fighting for our "freedoms", in my opinion banning citizens is a slap in their face and all of our faces.

That's the way I felt then and it's the way I feel now. Plus I knew if Dale Jackson could be banned I could be banned and sure enough, Friday, November 13, 2009, was my unlucky day and I was no longer a valued member of the Left in Alabama Community because of the content and comments of my post. Hint, content, and comments about Artur Davis.

Stay tuned for part II-Dale Jackson's second chance. In the meantime check out Whatever happened to LiA for more background.

I can't post at Left in Alabama, however, Left in Alabama commenters are welcome to post here. I don't rate or moderate comments. I believe in the first amendment. Tolerant people can agree to disagree without being disagreeable and resorting to name-calling, personal attacks or insults.