And though it's been said, many times, many ways
Lea Hernandez repeats a simple concept for the slow learners:
I have no fucking time for people who come in and complain as if I have no right to an opinion IN MY OWN BLOG.To paraphrase Richard Belzer, I'm not your goddamn blogging pet. If you don't like what I'm saying, tough shit. Start your own blog.
I have some idle speculation as to what brought this on, which I will keep to myself. Except for linking the entry and directing readers to the comment by Anonymous, who bravely (if, um, anonymously) stands up against the "hypocritical sweeping generalizations" made about. . . oh, just read the damn thing.
Haven't had much problem with that sort of thing myself lately. I chalk this up to infrequent updates, low traffic, and a completely undeserved reputation for going effnic (or straight-up nigga) at the slightest provocation.
Nonsense. It takes a great deal of repeated provocation.
Update, and a poorly phrased one at that, but it's been preying on me mind for a while, and I don't think I'm going to come up with a better way of expressing it:
There is a difference between expressing a dissenting opinion and reacting with shock, horror and dismay at the slightest deviation from the non-stop stream of external validation one feels is one's birthright due to het/white/male/middle-class/Christian privilege.
There should be something about conforming to standards of beauty and size issues in there, which would better tie into the linked stuff at Dangerous Beauty, but that sentence is awkward enough as it is, don't you think?
Comments
I particularly like how "Anonymous" manages to not only be pushy and stupid, but rather incoherent as well.
And I think that "there is a difference" is pretty well stated, actually.
Posted by: Karin | July 6, 2004 12:36 PM
We have a policy of "No disagreeing with Hanna" at our site and it seems to work pretty well.
Now, if only I had some kind of basic ability to express myself and explain why social justice isn't some evil plot to take away everyone's favorite toys.
Hey. That's not bad. I'll use *that* one!
Posted by: Hanna | July 6, 2004 1:46 PM
Wow. She did a better job of telling people off than I did. Especially since I never told anybody off. So I'm guessing starting is a good first step. Mos def.
So next time someone gets their calvin klein's in a bunch on my blog (which is BOUND to happen at any given moment) I'll be sure to remind them that they can kiss my black ass and buy their own bandwidth to cry on.
Fuckaz...dayum.
Posted by: Shasta MacNasty | July 7, 2004 7:33 AM
Karin, started writing a reply, but it turned into an entry. I hate when that happens. . .
Hanna, sounds like a plan. But in a hierarchical system, doesn't true justice require a measure of depriving those towards the top of. . . damn, I need more coffee.
Shasta, thought you'd get a kick out of that one. And no, I'm not sure why I'm calling you that, either. Coffee.
Posted by: Aaron | July 8, 2004 8:10 AM
Yea, but it isn't Grover "taxes on the wealthiest are equivalent to the holocaust" Norquist posting on blogs. Or maybe it is. Hmm....
Posted by: Hanna | July 8, 2004 10:22 AM
It's like when slavery was made illegal, the slave-owners were deprived of their "possessions." I don't believe they ever got reimbursed either. That would be kind of funny (?) as an adjunct to the reparations movement.
Posted by: laura | July 13, 2004 9:46 AM