Talk:Kirsten Powers

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[edit] Positions on Key Issues

Rather than a revert war, perhaps it would be best to discuss it here? Surely there are verifiable sources out there to tell us what her stance is on affirmative action and so on. Tarc 13:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you are confusing me with someone else. I was not previously involved in this article and I happen to see only one person discussing to no one in particular. You can't have a real "dispute" until there is evidence to indicate what the positions are in the first place. You have also not made any objections about other good faith and relevant edits. Please take your own good advice you gave others and use discussion over instant reverting. Thanks. 129.71.73.248 14:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I suggest removing this disputed and unsourced section entirely until somebody comes up with a source. 99of9 01:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing/Misleading

Her positions are confusing. It appears the person who wrote it is saying she opposes environmental protections, etc and it appears from her ideological description that she supports but since I have no sourcing, I can't change it. Alamar2000 06:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I have removed that and other unsourced positions.99of9 06:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misleads about Amanda Marcotte

After mentioning that Amanda Marcotte has criticized Kirsten Powers in the past, it seems disingenuous to then refer to Powers's judgments on the recent "Edwards Bloggers" flap without revealing that the blogger who Powers was criticizing was, in fact, Amanda Marcotte. Quinthemighty 15:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, realized that most of the statements in this section are falsehoods, after following the citations back to their sources.

--She has referred to comments made by a blogger hired by John Edwards that Catholocism is a misogynist "ancient mythology" [15] as religious bigotry. [16]

No, all she did was quote somebody else who wrote this approvingly-- hardly a fact worthy of an encyclopedia entry.

--She also has said that a vulgar sexual joke about the Virgin Mary made by one of the bloggers was offensive [17].

While true in spirit that she found some statements of Marcotte's offensive (in fact if you read the cited page, you will find no specifics whatsoever as to what *exactly* Powers found offensive), it is included in the midst of a several hundred words otherwise criticizing Ann Coulter.

--She has also criticized the religious right for their "rampant moralizing." [19]

No, she linked another blog's post that said this, again, hardly grounds for inclusion in an encyclopedia.

On this basis, I am deleting all three sentences. If similar information makes its way back onto the page, I hope it will be better sourced.Quinthemighty 16:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)