tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post5252332326827358502..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Read -before- wringing hands, next time, o Kossack types (and many, many others of Us).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-36509394549658991112007-08-30T17:26:00.000-04:002007-08-30T17:26:00.000-04:00if they're smart, they actually got as far as real...if they're smart, they actually got as far as realizing that. i confess i can't often tell whether the whole fdl & similar A-listers' (and the B-listers who grovel up and kick down) whole "learn to write good like us an' mebbe someone'll give you a reacharound i mean a book deal or ad revenue or that really scarce commod'ty, attention" is bravado because they know deep down they're mediocre, or belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-82962763272125775442007-08-30T17:19:00.000-04:002007-08-30T17:19:00.000-04:00bfp's internet hiatus made me very sad so I'm supe...bfp's internet hiatus made me very sad so I'm super excited to see her guest blogging. <BR/> I never read the "mainstream" "progressive" blogs. They bore me. If I wanted to read asinine lefty humor or watch people fall all over themselves about how great the democratic party is, I'd watch the news. It's these bloggers of color and other who don't write about those "important issues" that the bigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-85145186913888758762007-08-30T16:05:00.000-04:002007-08-30T16:05:00.000-04:00Well...yes; but that's quite enough of itself.That...<I>Well...yes; but that's quite enough of itself.</I><BR/><BR/>That's my point, really. Pundits whose heads are in the clouds have a reason why they try telling people what to think rather than ask them what they care about: they're Important People who make a lot of money out of it. Bloggers have no such excuse.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-82454925951357633292007-08-30T13:28:00.000-04:002007-08-30T13:28:00.000-04:00It's not so much that the mainstream liberal blogo...<I>It's not so much that the mainstream liberal blogosphere is against nonwhite people having a voice as that it's against people writing about what it considers unimportant issues.</I><BR/><BR/>Well...yes; but that's quite enough of itself. And is pretty much exactly bfp's point, at least, hi there: NOT unimportant issues, if you want to know why you're not attracting more than a few people, belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-69314188162967602132007-08-30T13:09:00.000-04:002007-08-30T13:09:00.000-04:00I think it's more about issue profiles than about ...I think it's more about issue profiles than about race per se. Kos is Hispanic. Steve Gilliard was black. It's not so much that the mainstream liberal blogosphere is against nonwhite people having a voice as that it's against people writing about what it considers unimportant issues. Kos doesn't blog about issues like immigration, racial discrimination, and police brutality. Gilliard did, and Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.com