April 30, 2007

Quick Note To Oliver Willis, Calpundit, the Left Coaster, and the Hollywood Liberal

Fryday, 5 Reckning 2007

Your trolls have taken over your respective comments sections, and the resulting dialog (if by dialog, you mean obtuse Putsch fellating Republican'ts spewing Republican't talking points, making personal insults about the blog authors and any person supporting Democratic political positions, and taking the comments thread off-topic) is so misinformed and shrill that it is no longer worth the time and trouble to look at.

There are others who have a similar problem with disapproving commenters, and at least one that I can think of uses his Monkey Mail in a form of blogjitsu that consistently shows how inane, uninformed, ignorant of the facts of the matter (no matter what they are talking about), and just plain wrong most Republican'ts continue to be, to this day, in spite of what reality has to say.

If you're looking to create a blog rampant with Republican't misinformation from Republican't operatives, you're doing a heck of a job. Otherwise, would you consider banning some of the more reprehensible morans commenting on your site? I'd rather not name names, but here's a small minded example from each site:

A certain gasbag who helps Michele Maglalangadingdong generate shrill, immoral, slanderous internets videos lacking any connection to reality has not added significantly to the discussion at ODub's place in, like, forever. He's literally one of dozens...

A certain neoconservative pigeon does nothing but regurgitate Republican't spin over at Kevin's zone.

Usama Ben Ditto usually drops in a religiously insane piece of immoral crap in The Left Coaster's punchbowl and then runs underneath his mommy's skirts.

And the Busy B's over at HL's place haven't met a Democratic smear job yet that's too slimy for them to wallow in, or a Republican't con job they can't swallow whole and regurgitate all over HL's home on the intertubes.

If I want to hear Republican't misinformation, spin, and talking points, all I need to do is check out any mainstream media source. After you (or others like you) have pointed them out and showed us what they're doing and why they're doing it - generally speaking, fairly insightfully, I might add. You also usually point towards the topic at hand in a way which causes others to add more to the discussion.

I used to go visit your sites, and check out your comments sections, because they were oases with less Republican't spin than most, and quite a few very good commenters. They not only grasp your meaning most of the time, but they bring more to the site for the rest of us to grok.

Now I still read the posts, but I avoid the comments, as well as making any at your sites. Which is too bad - you usually bring up good points overlooked in the various discussions up till then, and there are still lots of reasonable, intelligent commenters contributing to the discussion. But the noise from the Republican't minions (Who seem to be getting shriller and shriller as more and more of their horse-hockey is recognized as lacking any connection to reality) ruining your comments sections is drowning everything else out.

I might also add at this time, that, should such consistently trollish behavior show up in any area where I have operational control and/or the ability to do something about it, that said behavior will be treated in a manner that might not necessarily agree with the individual engaging in troll-like activities. As well as the disclaimer that this has been and will continue to be done by Your Humble Narrator at his internets sites when the need arises.

Homey don't play dat...

Posted by (: Tom :) at April 30, 2007 05:49 PM