To get started: Lahren vs. The Blaze

Disclaimer – I am a Tomi fan. I am also a Glen Beck fan. I was more of a fan of Beck a few years ago than I am now, but I still view him as a principled and conservative idealist, which deserves my respect. I would be lying if I tried to claim to know the extensive history of either of them and all the reasons why they do or do not deserve my support. I am just stating it as I see it while it unfolds on national news, the latest being Lahren's emotional reservations about how The Blaze has somehow betrayed her.

Anyway, I just sense that something more is happening behind the scenes than what Tomi would like to put forward. The narrative right now is that Beck said one thing – that he is OK with having a pro-choice employee on The Blaze – and still suspended Lahren’s contract after she went on The View and said that she is pro-choice. Here’s where I can’t help but to side eye the narrative…Lahren talked, just a few months ago, regarding Lena Dunham’s rant about wishing that she had an abortion and referred to it as that Dunham “wished she could have murdered a fetus.” In context, prior to that statement, she was saying that pro-choicers should be taking a stance for rare and safe abortions, but did not outwardly align herself with that view. To be fair, she did not come out as pro-life in that statement either.

The issue that I have with what Lahren did right now is no more than the fact that she came across as inconsistent in her views on abortion. It wasn’t until she appeared on The View, the most looney-toon liberal feminism show on network TV, that her pro-choice views were made apparent. Whereas, when sitting on her independent platform on The Blaze, she insulated her position while bashing (and rightfully so) extreme pro-choicers.

If I were her producer/editor/boss, I would see this as either being inconsistent or untruthful. I know that pro-choice has become (or maybe it always has been?) a libertarian stance for those libertarians who do not appreciate the fetus as a separate entity from the mother because of its dependence on her. The issue that I see is that while on a conservative platform she has one tone about abortion, and when on a liberal platform, she has a very different tone. As a producer/owner of a political commentary, I would imagine that consistency is important. That is not to say that a person’s mind cannot be changed. I am a huge proponent of changing one’s views as more facts are provided. That isn’t what it looks like is going on with Lahren though.

That’s why I don’t have a problem with Beck and The Blaze suspending Lahren’s show while continuing to carry out the terms of her contract. I think it would create a situation that would encourage her to come back being more forthcoming with her position on different polarizing topics when she is talking opinion politics.

A political blog...maybe?

To get started: a little about me and this blog. 

This blog has only been used a handful of times over the past several years for me to express myself and what was important to me at the time. If you look through my history here, you will see posts with some of my old photography and opinions on topics in the realm of nursing. People don't really read this blog, so if this is your first time here and are wondering what the direction of this blog is...it doesn't really have one yet. 

Over the past few years, I have found myself increasingly interested and involved in politics. I removed myself from most social platforms because of the controversy that I couldn't help but to involve myself with. The keyboard commentary was such that, had I not separated myself from it when I did, my real-life relationships could have been put in jeopardy. Now I limit myself to 140 characters on twitter and will start to put some of my bigger thoughts on this very unpopular blogging site that I have had open for 5 years or so. 

First, I am a Christian, a husband, a father, a dog-lover, and a registered nurse in full-time anesthesia school. After all of that, I would consider myself a conservative libertarian. I believe in the constitution as it was intended when it was written and I believe that America is the greatest nation in the world because it is the only place that upholds those standards, values, and God-given rights in spite of the recent push for socialism and the degradation of personal liberty. 

What you will find in this blog is my personal opinions about things that are happening in the news. I will be posting mostly about topics that I feel a certain amount of passion about or topics that I don't feel are being covered completely (the main-stream media does a GREAT job of only partially covering stories). Steven Crowder, comedian and political commentator from louderwithcrowder.com and crtv.com, recently talked about the Socratic method, which is based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to make ideas and underlying presumptions evident. This is in contrast to critical theory which aims to direct thinking by asking questions or providing information that leads to a predetermined answer. Much of the information that we are being given from the media is that from a critical theory philosophy, which will leave many questions unanswered. My goal is to use the socratic method to help myself (and y'all?) answer those questions and figure out how I feel about these issues for myself, rather than being told how to feel about them. That being said, you will probably not find many answers here...because I don't have them all...yet!! Bwahaha! Kidding...

If you want to see Steven Crowder's video where he talk about Critical Theory vs. Socratic Method, click here:

Louder with Crowder: #148

Because of my schedule and the fact that this will not be a source of revenue for me, I can not promise a regular timeline for my posts, although I can say that I will try to post at least once or twice a week. I guess you can comment below, or you can just catch up with me on twitter

@seaneric_ace

Let me know what you think I should talk about. If I feel like I have enough information about it, I'll probably have an opinion about it.