As you may have noticed our tagline is “Handing Cincinnati a Megaphone.” During an exchange with a local podcaster on twitter earlier it was drawn to my attention that some clarification is needed.
This blog exists to give a platform to voices in the Cincy area that I believe deserve one. For example, our ongoing series of guest posts, Voices of Cincy, is designed to introduce our readers to the bloggers and other voices here that I believe are deserving of notice. Our regular contributors are drawn from the local blogosphere and are hand picked by me based on their work.
While the writing presented is predominantly liberal, filling what I perceive as a huge gap in the discourse up here, that does not mean that you won’t see some conservative contributions occasionally. Our sister site in New Orleans has had several Libertarian contributors over it’s five years online. Again, this is completely my call.
You will never see Palin supporters or members of that branch of Republicans known as the Tea Party as contributors here for instance. Even if I agreed with their stance, which I most emphatically do not, they are well served by many other publications and media properties. CincyVoices is about bringing the underserved voices and perspectives to our readers wherever possible.
One thing that you will not see here is prejudice. If you want to share views that denigrate someone due to race, sexual preference, nationality, religion or any other generalized BS then you will not be asked to contribute. The podcaster I mentioned took issue with this, saying it is hardly the “voices of Cincy.” I disagree.
The conversation occurred because I took issue with his Biblically based stance against homosexuals. Sorry, but that is prejudice pure and simple. You can throw out all the Old Testament quotes you wish, but I question your Christianity if you do that rather than recall the instruction to “judge not lest ye be judged.”
Views of that nature, ones that denigrate people for their ethnicity, sexuality, or belief system are wrong. Period.
-Loki, Founder and Curator
Image: Skpy on Flickr / License: CC 2.0
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Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate the way you directly addressed the decision process instead of hiding behind some corporate-sounding talk about “Fair & Balanced” or whatnot.
Kinda like John Stewart v. FOX. FOX says “Fair & Balanced” & the Daily Show is clearly presented as sociopolitical satire. Both are biased & both gets absurd, but only one takes themselves seriously (or at least attempts to convince others they’re serious. I just don’t understand how they can believe theyr’e legit with the crap they pull).
Put the sign up front so ppl know what’s in the store.