Comments on: A Note From Russia

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:02:31 +0000

Thanks Caravaggio – now if only I could write as well as you did. From now on I will most likely just say “What Caravaggio said!” in my posts.

By: Caravaggio

Caravaggio — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:57:10 +0000

I thought (as I believe Thraxxus did) that the viewpoint of the foreign author was intriguing and, by nature of this, worthy of a solid read. A different viewpoint offering a unique look at “us” – regardless of the author’s obvious ignorance of political correctness (How dare he!). “GlazedandConfused” should understand that he is actually behaving in the same fashion this Russian author describes. Americans are extremely bloated by our own unique self-righteousness… full of our own twisted version of “openness” merged with “superiority” underpinned by thinly veiled “agenda”… so much so that any information that smacks against this overly-sensitive construct quickly shuts down the discussion.

I applaud Thraxxus for his resiliency.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:36:45 +0000

BTW – I appreciate your suggestion regarding posting content of a foreign (not of BB origin) origin and make sure to append text that illustrates whether or not said content is something I agree or disagree with. I can see how not doing so might confuse a reader moving forward.

By: GlazednConfused

GlazednConfused — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:14:33 +0000

My final note: I understand compelling – but compelling is not all about the actual writing. It is about the context, the source, the perspective. Submitted works about important subjects is not just a collection of words, it has a certain responsibility to it. I understand your perspective – give every “viewpoint” a venue. Free speech at its purest. However, I don’t believe that Joe the Ignorant Plumber should be given an equal-height soapbox compared to someone else. Joe should get his own blog, which he had – yet you chose to duplicate it here for “compelling”reasons, with no commentary or anything uniquely Thraxxus.

Which leads me to my next issue – by duplicating someone’s content word for word, you are supporting it no less than if the words came out of your own mouth. I know you personally, so I am confident that you do not agree with him 100%. However, visitors to this site do not know better. Again, this is your editorial style but that doesn’t mean I have to indirectly support it.

The Obama pic is just irresponsible – plain and simple. It doesn’t even qualify as shock journalism or thinly-veiled racist pandering, it is pulling shit entirely out of an ass and plastering it up on a website to which I indirectly support. I can not, in clear conscious, recommend enough of BB’s content (and approach to content) to my friends and family. It does not represent me. However, my writing for BB and Thraxxus’ previous blog has otherwise been a pleasant experience. Thank you for the opportunity.

By: scanjack

scanjack — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:45:38 +0000

In review of the posts on BB I have to wonder if the article had been on http://www.huffingtonpost.com if it would have been viewed differently.

Either way Blinkblogs will now be missing a point of view, and therefore one less road of thought to ponder down.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:58:10 +0000

What amuses me the most about your obvious disdain for this posting is how all I did was reference the original and copy and past it. I added no commentary nor did I give my perspective on it – that said you disagreed with what the author so much that you really proved the point of me posting it to begin with – as well as illustrated why the tagline for our site reads as it does.

I shared someone’s perspective from another country on the United States – thats it. If we didn’t from time to time do so then we really are just being close minded. I went on in a comment to say that I found it compelling – which oddly enough so did you. Dictionary.com defines compelling to be “having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect: a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.” You chose the attention route, whereas I see it as having a irresistible effect enough to post it here so that people like yourself could discuss it. Appears to have worked.

That said if writing for BB has graduated to a painful experience for you, I can only offer my condolences and understand if you wish to disconnect yourself from perspectives that are not akin enough to your own. Thank you for all your great posts, I enjoyed reading each of then, whether I agreed with them or not. Blinkinblogs will be lessened by your absence.

By: GlazednConfused

GlazednConfused — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:57:15 +0000

I don’t really care what the tagline says – maybe you should’ve added a “snarky” comment on the end of this ridiculous posting. Either way, thanks for giving me the opportunity to express myself on your blog – and I apologize for my sincerity.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:04:21 +0000

I find it sad that you forgot our tagline. The article I posted here is all about that.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:58:10 +0000

Just wow.

By: GlazednConfused

GlazednConfused — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:58:30 +0000

Sigh…it has nothing to do with being pro-American or not. As usual, we share different points of view on standards for BB. Since you are the editor, you can choose to present whatever you want here – just do not expect me to contribute any longer.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:36:46 +0000

I posted it more to share the point of view of people outside of America only. I notice you focussed on the parts that you find disagreeable – how American of you. Start waving your flag harder, I can’t see it from wher eI am sitting.

By: GlazednConfused

GlazednConfused — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:12:20 +0000

It would have been more compelling without the homophobia, unjustified generalities, isolationism, blind nationalism, and frenetic Putin hand-jobs. The latter is perhaps the biggest criminal currently running a developed nation. What a joke – I can’t believe BB duplicated inflammatory content from this bible-thumping nutjob. What’s next, a picture of Obama as the Joker, with a heading about nationalist healthcare being the “final solution”?

Oh wait – nevermind.

By: Thraxxus

Thraxxus — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:53:33 +0000

Ironically I was just talking about Franks today. Total Douche – that said, on NPR anyway, I have yet to hear another congressman talk as, well, frankly as he does. Probably because he has nothing to lose any more – you know – boyhood brothels and such.

I still found this article compelling.

By: GlazednConfused

GlazednConfused — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:53:37 +0000

“Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue)”…naw, that doesn’t discredit the author whatsoever.