These days I try very, very hard not to blog about and archive outrage here. It's better for my state of mind to keep the online world a lighter place.
You know what's coming, right?
I became aware of this ignorant posting by an Ann Coulter wannabe this morning and have added one comment to the fray.
Notice that, for the most part, those who disagree with the ignorant statement are more articulate and reasonable that the initial wave of sycophants who tried to cleverly say, me too.
I give the blogger credit for not telling any of the educators to die in a fire, although one of the replies suggested hanging. Ouch!
Also, the blogger has not banned or screened comments, including comments from those who are directly involved in the event, nor suggested any of the people who disagreed with her are too chicken shit to attack her physically. Not that I'm completely comparing this to anything that recently happened in my life.
Sitting around your house, pointing fingers at things you do not like and saying hate hate hate, not cool, especially if you have no idea what you are talking about. Or if one is so ingrained in their own fear to see clearly. Asking a few simple questions about what this event, or another event, like a womens poetry slam, is about could do wonders for a personal education. Instead we see the malice, the snark that masks not having a clue, and the fires of bigotry are stoked even higher.
2 comments:
I am constantly amazed by people who just want to hold things up - random things - like a red flag to say "This is bad! It's so bad!" without the smallest intellectual justification or openness to debate.
There is no debate because they are as right as the people they hate think they are. No room for reason or rational thought.
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