Critics of the blogger

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Writing journals (hint your reading one), is about EXPRESSING YOURSELF. What you can't say at the dinner table, but wish you could. What you can't say at the barber shop, but wish you could. What you can't say to the class but wish you could. What you can't say to congregation but wish you could. So, when you open this door, and expose what you really think, you hope that either those who discover it will laugh (with you), or that they will take heart, read the truth, and seek methods to reform the situation. But most likely, they WILL, attack the messenger! It's the petty things that piss me off, when they do that. Oh, used the wrong word, or misspelled ______. Can all of your writing stand up to such scrutiny? Without editors? And a staff... Errors/Mistakes happen! Even more frequently than not from an organization of 1.

Yes, there is a situation in the news right now, that this posting is about. But I really don't want to draw unneeded attention to it. It is clearly going to be litigated. And oh my god, it deals with a TEACHER speaking her mind, on a public blog. You should know, that she doesn't Name pupils, or the school. (And that's all I need to know.) But somebody found it. Somebody is trying to stop it. She is suspended from teaching. It's going to court. That is unfortunate, because it only makes the whole situation worse.

People, professionals in particular, need to vent! And when there was NO HARM, I see no problem with that. (This is blogger defending blogger). However, when the blog became common knowledge to those it attacks, and they object. Don't make the situation worse! Now MSNBC just attacked her for "acting like she's the martyr", then dragged out the petty bullshit attacks on her writing. Once she must be absolutely perfect, once she's a magic miracle of humanity, A TEACHER!

I don't really want to take sides in pending court cases! But the attack of the media, is what pisses me off. Oh we're just talking about relevant issues. Yeah with opinions not facts! You out poising the jury ahead of time, because it's so interesting. (?)

As a blogger, I expect these petty attacks from critics. But this is not professional journalism, and neither are talk shows! Both are sensational on purpose! The only attack I've heard, that was clearly true, is that HER CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG! She should cool it, at least for a while. But once the fight started... (That's not right, now!) Because now people know who she is, and what/who she is criticizing. When that cloak was removed, the rules change, and that's what they are going to fight out in court.

Don't call her a martyr for being stubborn! Don't attack her age, or her sex! Attack her for her issues. An English teacher should be able to express herself with out FUCK or ASSHOLE, and that was fair to point out. But blogging is about sensationalism, and you have a first amendment right to express yourself in any way you wish.

The only reason I don't throw up the MATURE flag on my own blog is because I'm not that mature! Ok, all joking aside; But you know, if I was talking about people and not issues. And those people, suddenly became aware enough for them not to be anonymous (unnamed), I would remove those posting, or rewrite them to be cautious and more issue oriented. I would not continue to attack the "Unnamed" like they remain invisible.

What I want from the MEDIA like MSNBC, is report the facts. Don't engineer public opinion! That's for your politics shows, and not your news! We expect that on the opinion page. And it's a line that is getting blurrier all the time. I hate POLING as news, because it's opinion, at every level! Facts vs. Opinions! Do you know the difference? Mob rule, doesn't make the mob right. Socrates died for this issue, didn't he? (That's a martyr.) It's not like it's something new. The mob is not always right, working up the mob is Fox News, and a thing called Yellow Journalism. Still alive and well on EVERY NETWORK, where is the professionalism?