Ex-Donkey Blog

I Hate Your Blog...More Please!

Over the long weekend I got a comment on a post that focused on a story the MSM wouldn't report on - specifically that the military has exceeded it's recruitment and re-enlistment goals. The guy basically went into a very detailed rant criticizing my criticism of the Liberal media and listing a whole bunch of Conservative media outlets (broadcast and print) - as if I have it backwards and the MSM really is "mainstream" and exists to counter the Conservative media. But I digress...

I found it odd that the person who left the comment let me know that although he reads my "idiotic blog" all the the time, he hates it. (BTW, if you plan on leaving a lengthy comment on a post, I strongly suggest you peruse the comment policy outlined in my FAQ section before you even start because if it doesn't comply, I will eliminate the result of all your valuable time and effort with the one click.) What I can't understand is why someone would read a blog when they find the content so "idiotic" that it angers them? I don't seek out Liberal blogs so I can read things that piss me off (although once in a blue moon I will pop over to DemocraticUnderground for a laugh). I assume he has a blog since he has a blogger ID but I didn't bother to check because I couldn't care less. So why come back for more? I figure it's one of five reasons:

1. The guy is big Diane Lane fan,
2. Subconsciously he really sees the wisdom of my writing and doesn't want to admit it,
3. He's hoping one day I wake up and post something like: "Everything I've written over the last seven months is crap! I'm a Liberal now!"
4. He likes to check out what the "other side" is saying so he can try and catch me in an inconsistency and undermine my credibility, or
5. He's not secure enough in his own beliefs and is concerned that Conservative blogs like mine are effective in convincing people that Liberal ideas are wrong.

I'm sure he would say it's reason #4. Personally, I think it's reason #5. But regardless of which one it is, the fact is that ideas themselves persuade or don't persuade on their own merit. The average person with half a brain can make up their own mind about them. Of course, you have to first give the average person the benefit of the doubt that they have half a brain - something Liberals are usually loathe to do (after all, don't they believe that 62 million morons were "duped" into re-electing Bush?). If what I write on this blog doesn't conform to common sense, then I'm not going in influence anybody's opinion.

Anyway as far as this blog goes, it is what it is. Read it or don't. Agree or disagree. But don't act like it's my fault that don't have anything better to do than to keep coming back so you can get yourself all bent out of shape.

Posted by Gary at August 29, 2005 11:36 AM | TrackBack