Sunday, November 8, 2009

Censorship and the Orgy

I posted a comment on a conservative blog with what I thought was a respectful critique of the nonsense I was witnessing.  I didn't even call it "fucking nonsense."    The blog was on a noted right wing crack pot, Cleon Skousen, that in many regards is the inspiration for the current Glen Beck nonsense.  I found the blog as I was searching out Beck's progenitors.  The person posting the blog advertised it as an open letter to detractors, but apparently this is a one way letter -- a lot like a straight guy's asshole, the shit can go out, but don't try and put anything up in there. 

My comment was simple:  The main defense of Mr. Skousen wasn't his ideas, because that would lead to abundant ridicule, but that he was a really great guy.  I think this is pretty close to what I wrote before the comment was thrust into cyber-oblivion:

There is a logical inconsistency of relying on a person's goodness to prove his ideas right.  A lot of real decent people have had some really stupid ideas.

I'm sure a lot of people feel that way about me, but apparently it was too critical for the moderator.  Fortunately, the Internet provides me with a forum to circumvent the censorship.  The problem is that none of the people that need to see what I was saying will see it.  I'm sure that of the 23 comments at least one might of stopped and paused for a moment and that would have been a victory of communication.

I don't moderate my comments on The American Orgy.  I'll delete comments if they are spam, but I won't censor.  Stupid or vile commentary simply illustrates the stupidity and vileness of the commentor.  If you can attack me logically, have at it.

2 comments:

  1. That's my attitude towards comments as well: let them speak for themselves.

    I like your pithy little comment that got censored. In Internet-land, you get bonus points for being clear and brief! :D

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  2. Oh the syncophancy (thanks), yet I crave conflict and the Internet is like a giant conflict filter.

    Don't get me wrong, I like conflict because it challenges and forces me to be better, not conflict for the sake of conflict. I just don't feel all that challenged.

    I just don't understand why fundamentalists can't get past my blog title and come on in and fuck around.

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