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February 17, 2010
Serious bitch fights should be taken seriously!
Damn! There are so many things I can't write about that it just kills me. Really, this not-wanting-to-hurt-anyone's-feelings thing gets to be too much, but that's the way it is in the blogosphere, especially on the right side of the blogosphere these days. People who take themselves seriously do not take kindly to not being taken seriously, and they tend to take even the slightest disagreement as a personal insult. A "betrayal," even. (Sometimes I'd like to tell the people who feel betrayed that "just because I disagree with your principles, that doesn't mean I don't have any" -- except that sounds too much as if I am taking myself too seriously.) Anyway, I can't talk about what I won't talk about, but I think I can at least get away with quoting my buddy Sean Kinsell's reaction. There's a huge bitch fight between two bloggers I will not name. (No, not the last ones I wouldn't name. The new ones I won't name.) Trying to be understated, I characterized the quarrel as a "bitch fight if ever there was one" and I sent Sean a link to the bitch fight. (Sorry, it's classified.) Sean replied that he laughed out loud, and I love the way he characterized them: Two paragons of smug-itude battling it out. I LOVE it.See, I can't say that. I'm too nice. We are supposed to be united. The smug and not-smug, united together to change the world! I don't want to be divisive, and I am not supposed to ridicule the ridiculous. So I just laughed my head off. I hope that's not too much of a betrayal. I should probably take these things more seriously. (But hey, at least I take it seriously enough to not say what it is I'm refusing to take seriously!) A more personal issue is that I also try not to take myself seriously. That does not endear me to people who take themselves seriously -- either in blogging or in real life -- and in a way I can understand. For, how can anyone expect someone who does not take himself seriously to take other people seriously? And how could anyone expect someone who doesn't take himself seriously to take seriously the pressing issues like the end of the world? (It's almost as bad as not taking Global Warming seriously when you're talking to someone who does.) It's a problem I really should take more seriously. posted by Eric on 02.17.10 at 03:04 PM |
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