For a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what one pack of conservative blog-commenters were saying to each other as they took turns posting comments on Mitch Ratcliffe's site attacking him for saying that he was troubled by the blogstorm over Eason Jordan, check out this post from Mitch. He's obviously angry at being the target of a bunch of people who, by their own comments, come off as little more than pretentious jerks, though he uses some pretty impolite language himself in response. But, on reflection, I'm with Mitch--and I hope all the people who want the political blogosphere to be a diverse, fluid, intelligent forum would agree. People who think bullying is a form of debate need to hear that many, many other people disagree. As an organizer pal of mine likes to say, "When you're in a fight with a bully, what do you do? You gather your friends."
Or, as Jay Rosen put it, "The solution to miscommunication has to be more communication, not excommunication."
[Cross-posted at PersonalDemocracy.com]
Posted by msifry at February 15, 2005 09:33 AM