Comments on: In Defense of Unapologetic Politics on Non-Political Blogs

By: Dafydd

Dafydd — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:31:56 +0000

This is not bad advice, unlike a lot I have come across.

By: Yonis Khan

Yonis Khan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:17:06 +0000

You are a very smart person!

By: GeorgeandWheezie

GeorgeandWheezie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:51:28 +0000

The interesting and sometimes frustrating thing about blog comments is that self-righteous people who don’t know the difference between a differing viewpoint and ignorance get a forum. Many times, these self-righteous people think THEIR personal opinion is AN authority – even if their grammar and ability to communicate in their own language is lacking.

I completely agree ‘Political Analyst.’ Sometimes people who may have a forum or some self-anointed title don’t have any idea what they are talking about.

By: Political Analyst

Political Analyst — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:40:21 +0000

The interesting, and sometimes frustrating, things about blogs is that they give everyone a voice. Many times, people mistake a forum as a authority. Just because you have a voice doesn’t necessarily mean you know what you are talking about.

By: beej

beej — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:07:30 +0000

Howdy!

First of all, thanks for the plug! You’re exactly right – there should be no apology. Thanks for making me think.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:48:57 +0000

Hi Noelle, and thanks for reading. I wrote this partly as a reminder to myself, actually–b/c I sure am fond of those qualifying remarks, too.

Rick,
Yeah, that’s how I feel about medical/health blogs, too. I respect quite a few bloggers on the opposite side of the political fence, and that’s okay since I’m reading their posts for other information, anyway. Mostly, I love the way voters seem so much more engaged in this election cycle than any other (or maybe I’m just getting older and notice it more?), and I like when bloggers just put it out there, even though they’re not pundits–b/c the pundits aren’t always right.

By: Andie

Andie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:47:56 +0000

Great post – and doesn’t it bring home that politics do affect us in so many ways? I have friends who don’t bother to vote (drives me crazy & makes me sad at the same time) – they just feel that it’s “out there” and doesn’t really affect them anyway. Generally speaking they don’t follow the news to any extent and basically insulate themselves. They are intelligent people grappling with many different issues that actually ARE related to politics – job quality, job availability, debt load, cost of living, quality of life, medical insurance, etc. Politics touches so much in our lives, I don’t find it surprising that it would be mentioned in blogs.

By: freadom

freadom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:01:27 +0000

I agree with you 100%. Excellent post. It was Ben Franklin who said that no two people agree on any one issue, so it would be foolish not to at least consider the opinions of others. Sure a medical blog is a medical blog, but — as you say — one cannot help but to add a personal touch.

Even if one doesn’t agree with your political views, you still provide a heck of a lot of good information about asthma to avoid you for that reason alone. The same is true of MOST of the medical blogs I travel to on a weekly basis. Again, excellent post..

By: Noelle

Noelle — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:49:54 +0000

Good point! I tend to caveat my political posts when they happen. But it’s because I know I have exactly 2 conservative readers. Maybe next time I won’t give them the heads up….