1. Don’t attack your host. Think of your visit as standing in the hall or on the porch and you’re passing out political literature you want her to read. Do you start out by accusing the owner of hatred and vitriol because she disagrees with you?
2. If you disagree with an idea or a citation, please supply the information. I’m smart and I cite my sources of those writers who are smarter, but I’m not a mind reader about what you call “hate.’
3. If you’ve got more than a paragraph, please start your own blog. It’s not difficult and many sites are free. Or hit publish and make a second comment. Looks better on my site meter.
4. You can skip the name calling--homophobic, racist, sexist, etc. That dog won’t hunt here. Plus your mother taught you better.
5. Please pay attention to quote marks and citations. I’ve been attacked as homophobic for quoting gay bloggers and journalists!
6. Just because your president is black, doesn’t mean his policies are good for black people, minorities, churches, or the economy. If what he touches becomes untouchable for bloggers because of his race, how will you ever know what he’s doing? The media won’t tell you.
7. If you don’t like the cartoons or graphics, you should see the ones I’ve rejected as disrespectful or nasty.
8. I’ve been blogging for nine years. And you?
9. I’m a one issue (pro-life) voter, writer, woman. Start to finish, Genesis to Revelation, womb to tomb. Yes, I think rape is awful, but it’s not worse than murdering the innocent child that results from the violent act. Incest is icky, but in my genealogy I’m my own 6th cousin, so who do you want to eliminate?
10. I’m an evangelical Christian (Lutheran) who loves many of the documents of the Reformation and the early church before it split up. I perfectly understand your main line Christian views because I was one (UCC, Church of the Brethren), and I know the cafeteria Catholic outlook well from all my Catholic friends who use contraception. How well do you know the documents of evangelicalism?
11. Not only do I blog, but I’m on Facebook, and several e-mail discussion groups. I’m also a published author. And what have you researched and published? You can cite it here and get some free publicity. I’ll not call you names.
12. How recently did you read the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence or the Northwest Ordinance? I do it about once a year, but I’m also old enough to know the Democrats invented Jim Crow and LBJ fought civil rights all the way until he figured out he could capture the loyalty of blacks for 200 years if he switched sides.
13. FDR locked up about a million Americans, German, Italian and Japanese, in 1942. I guess he thought they were disloyal or dangerous. And you? Do you read much about the heroes of American history? Write a blog—I’ll come and visit and not call you names.
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5 comments:
I always think of people who visit my blog as coming into my living room.
I hope they behave better than some who come here. Thanks for visiting, Colleen.
#5 strikes me as just bizarre, but I guess people who read with blinders on are likely to make stupid mistakes. I don't generally go in for attacks anyway. Stupid comments, sure. Actual intentional meanness strikes me as a waste of time.
Thanks Alice. The filter catches most before they get in the door.
Quote marks and citations - very important in academic writing too. I remember thinking I might as well bite my own elbow if I forgot some or do it with mistakes.
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