[LEMONS] 1.14.2002
I'm posting this with a request that if you do follow this link, you'll show Jeff some respect, and not flame him. In fact, I'd hope that you'll respect him for a) expressing his opinions and b) sticking by them in the face of criticism. I, for one, respect him for that. I ran this by him before posting it. I'd also like to point out that "beakdip's banter" is really only intended for a small circle of friends and family. It doesn't have the traffic my site, or Ezra's, does.
Jeff's Thursday post really bothered me. And I made comments to reflect that. Since then, I've been criticized for speaking up as I did by more than one person. Not, I should note, by Jeff. (Nor am I mad at Jeff, upset with Jeff, or offended by Jeff. I just disagree with him. Tremendously so. This is no way means that I don't love him dearly.)
Was I wrong? Did I handle this badly? To me, after all, the comments section is your own little "letters to the editor" page. People have disagreed with my posts on my comments section, and I've (usually) stuck to my guns, though in one or two cases they've moved me to change my mind (As Mac did over the weekend).
Blogs are publications, in my opinion. Sure, they're personal. But if you're presenting an opinion, particularly one that you know might be controversial anyway, should you expect flak in the comments?
I don't know, quite honestly... My opinion is that you should be prepared to accept the consequences of what you say in the same forum that you express them in. Matthew made the case to me over the weekend, however, that Jeff is just trying to express himself, and I came along and crapped all over him. Which I did. But was doing so wrong?
I dunno.
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