Comments on: Reader Response: “Racist Little Shit” Edition

By: david

david — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:52:54 +0000

good post. you are better man than i.

By: Slacker

Slacker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:19:45 +0000

Man, I’d be way too lazy to go through the effort of anonymizing myself or even look for the person, so kudos to you. Come to think of it, I doubt I would ever write anything that long either… I’m happy to see you restrain yourself by not linking to them, but on the other hand, if people say something, they should stand by it.

By: Alanna

Alanna — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:30:12 +0000

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Alanna

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Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:31:56 +0000

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By: Tabitha (From Single to Married)

Tabitha (From Single to Married) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:18:10 +0000

That was quite a rant, I agree. And you did a good job with your retort. I don’t have anything to add to the conversation other than to say it bothered me when she said blogging and laziness are synonymous. Perhaps she’s never really tried it? Because if she had, she’d know that it takes a lot of time and effort to put together a good post/blog. In fact, if I WAS lazy, blogging would be the first thing I’d give-up because it is so time-consuming.

By: Matt SF

Matt SF — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:12:35 +0000

Wow – bigtime rant and well stated reply. I would have linked to her, but I’m a bit of a jerk sometimes. I think you did a service to bloggers by posting her comments and answering it so well.

I’ve had this happen a few times at SF, especially when I challenge a well established idea or popular rule that everyone tends to hold dear. I won’t even tell you how much hate mail I received from calling index funds a bad investment or calling the Big Three a gangrenous limb that needs to be amputated.

In my experience, the most heated debates originate from people that have been negatively impacted by some type of event. They might feel they have been wronged or slighted, but still feel some type of loyalty to the organization (e.g. I had a GM employee go off on me). In the end, it’s almost like they can’t admit to themselves they might have been wrong from the beginning.