tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883208894706839450.post4363787925116949844..comments2023-06-02T09:43:42.178-05:00Comments on J.A.T.G.A.B. Jewish Author Tough Gay Activist Bear: Nastiness in the BlogosphereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11792277745958053121noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883208894706839450.post-48489810798504514912008-10-20T02:29:00.000-05:002008-10-20T02:29:00.000-05:00I suppose that outspoken people can sometimes go a...I suppose that outspoken people can sometimes go a little too far and become a little too insensitive in how they put things or deal with other people. Some bloggers/posters get annoyed with opinions they think are uneducated or stupid, and with a kind of "I don't suffer fools gladly" attitude go on the attack instead of simply expaining in a nice way what's wrong with the other person's position. I suppose most of us have been guilty of that at one time or the other. Dealing with homophobia and intolerance has perhaps made some of us edgy and easily irritated by differing opinions that we feel strongly opposed to. I've cdertainly blasted a few people and groups in my day. I try to be kind, of course, but sometimes you get so exasperated ....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for your comment and keep up the good work with your blog! BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792277745958053121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883208894706839450.post-56467655268038142472008-10-18T15:00:00.000-05:002008-10-18T15:00:00.000-05:00My biggest disappointment since joining the world ...My biggest disappointment since joining the world of gay activist blogging has been learning that the people who've motivated me into blogging are as incorrigible as the people they blog about.<BR/><BR/>For example, how we can combat the smears and defamatory comments people say about gays only to have someone, an ally supposedly, say it when they don't like having their integrity called into question? Worse still, that by doing so, they undermine their own work?<BR/><BR/>That I don't get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com