The Patch blogs are a matter of free speech. We do not care that these blogs do not "entertain" you or make you feel that the patch does not "represent" Medford. What do you think the purpose of this site is? How does it not represent Medford? The posts are from Medford residents arguing freely about an issue in Medford. It is a matter that has gone on for 33 years. We are arguing over the incompetence and hypocrisy of incumbents. It is an election year! More than ever people want these old-timers out and will go to extreme means to discredit them. This is how it works.
Just because they are city councilors does not mean they deserve any of my respect. Just because they go to ribbon cutting ceremonies, benefits, art shows, farmers' markets, and local diners, does not mean they deserve our respect. At the end of the day, less than 10% of Medford voted in the elections last term. It is because of these 10% that 7 councilors work poorly to represent the other 90% of Medford.
The "photo-shopped" images are a matter of parody. Better yet, it's called political satire. "Political satire is a significant part of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political arguments where such arguments are expressly forbidden."
There has been no other weapon so great in the matter of politics than that of a satirical joust.
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