Beware The Recluse With His Laptop
Perception is everything... cscs this morning blogged this:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/cscs/2007/aug/21/blogger_shut_ins
I commented and it turned into a rant:
If "real" journalists need to believe we're all hiding in a closet with our laptops, let them. The truth is: "We The People" on these blogs are "REAL" journalists and writers who don't have the hidden agenda of trying to get an interview with Rove or "Georgie" which taints "real" journalists points of view.
There is a reason this medium has taken on such validity among "REAL" people. Pollsters are taking us seriously. TV and radio pundits on the right fear us enough to trash us at every opportunity. Smart politicians realize that we are a money generating machine for them. Look at how many of the Democratic candidates showed up at Yearly KOS.
I work FULL time. I have two kids in college. I read news at least as much as ANYONE. I, unlike the right wing media, look at both sides of EVERY story before I write a word. The fact that my blogs are always against this admininstration is because EVERYTHING this administration has done is against EVERYTHING I believe America should be.
That said, let them think as they will. Let them dismiss us as crackpots or weirdos who dwell in dark little rooms and hide from reality. "WE" ARE reality, folks! Unfortunately for the right wing, "reality" does not bode well for the Republican Party these days. "Reality" shines that light into the sewer this administration has created and where they all reside. The rats are scampering about that "sewer" trying to hide from the light of truth, subpoenas and indictments.
"We The People" won't give up. "We The People" won't surrender our civil liberties without a fight. "We The People" won't allow our country to be stolen and our constitution to be manipulated or destroyed in the pursuit of some fantasy of "Homeland Security."
Go for it, "real" journalists. Belittle the bloggers. Fight against the weird little recluse in the dark room with his laptop. The more "they" try to differentiate "us" from "them," the more validity "they" give "us."
I rest my case.
Go get 'em, Chuck!
August 21, 2007 10:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
"They" make me dizzy...
August 21, 2007 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Your title was so perfect! And the rant so good. And maybe some people simply did not "get" the context of this. Because it is sad that two people gave you a thumbs down here. Undeserved in my view - especially given the context of this rant - which is so perfect in its example of what a "recluse" with a laptop could do (as some would say).
Just had to stop by and commiserate here. And folks, he wrote this and also a song upthread, while doing so much else - as he says in this post!
You had to be there folks - to really "get" the beauty of this piece! And especially the beauty of its title!
(which would have been evident had you followed the links... oh, well....)
August 21, 2007 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I ALWAYS count on one thumbs down from the LT. even though he says he's retired, he's out there.
Thank you for your kind words, TheraP. Some don't dig as deeply as we do into the hidden meanings of some of these words. I always appreciate your comments and blogs.
August 21, 2007 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
The feeling is likewise, Chuck.
Now, folks, this is not a paid position here! I blog for free. And only comment as I feel so moved.
August 21, 2007 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink