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February 20, 2006

Blogging

I have been blogging for 2 and 1/2 years. Aside from the guy who stalks me occassionaly, I have never feared for my well being or health until now.
I've had heated arguments with people from the Daily Kos, and from Atrios, but none of the lefties have ever done more than called me a stupid moron - none of them ever threatened me or mine.

That's why it is surprising and hurtful that a threat would come from the right.
No names mentioned here, I'm not a total idiot, but I am afraid.

I have this to say about blogging. The strength of the blogosphere, the one thing that we bloggers do best is fact checking.

If someone, anyone - be it the MSM or a blogger or an advertiser makes any kind of claim, we, the little people, the bloggers, tend to look for proof. None of us should make claims without any supporting evidence. None of us.
No one should think that he or she is going to believed simply because he or she says something is so. Anyone who publishes anything and calls it fact, should expect to be questioned. And if you publish something as truth, and either can't or refuse to back that 'truth' with documentatin, then you should damn well expect one of us little, non-important 'tiny-brained people to take note and point it out.

Well, I'll not mention this again.

Posted by Beth at February 20, 2006 09:49 PM