Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The Disappearing Story of the Hu Protester

Attytood: "Wankgers": Why are Michelle Malkin and the rest of the right silent on the arrest of their "hero," Wenyi Wang?: "The case of Wenyi Wang -- the Falun Gong practioner arrested last Thursday for heckling Chinese president Hu Jingtao on the White House lawn -- has been one of those rare issues that has cut across the Great Blogospheric Divide. Some on the right were quick to hail the brave critic of a totalitarian and nominally Communist regime, while some of us on the left were angered by her ensuing arrest, just seconds after a plea from Bush for greater free speech and religious tolerance. Many bloggers seemed so confused by the cross-currents they ignored it altogether. . ."

Much more here.

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