Comments on: Loss Of Control http://leestranahan.com/?p=460 Lee Stranahan Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: connecticut man1 http://leestranahan.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-777 connecticut man1 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:12:08 +0000 http://leestranahan.com/?p=460#comment-777 If you participate at community Blogs or are a moderator at any of them, there is always a certain degree of self-censorship. I have my own Blog where I can and will post whatever I want. At some community Blogs I participate at (Like dKos and My Left Nutmeg) I tend to self-censor taking into consideration that they are allies in most of my fights BUT they are Democratic party oriented ("More and Better Democrats") and I am not. I am just an unaffiliated liberal here. At ePluribus Media, where I am one among several moderators, my party affiliation is not so much an issue but they do have their own different standards that I find less inhibiting except when I really want to "fuckin' rant" about something. I don't necessarily not post a rant there, but it probably won't go to the front page. I also cross-post some of my healthcare material to Corrente. Since I was about as anti-Hillary as they were anti-Obama during the primaries it leaves some areas that I try not to step in. It is a minor issue compared to solving healthcare that both their more regulars and myself recognize is not worth butting heads over when we need all the allies we can get for Single Payer. Anoither one of the differences is that I have always been more open to the possibility of a strong public option solution. There is currently no strong public option in all of Congress. At least, nothing that even remotely resembles the original Hacker proposal that would be needed. Self censoring will almost always be an issue when it comes to participation at any group Blog. It all comes down to whether or not you are OK with what you have to self-censor while still being, in your own mind, effective and/or true to yourself. Just my two cents... If you participate at community Blogs or are a moderator at any of them, there is always a certain degree of self-censorship. I have my own Blog where I can and will post whatever I want. At some community Blogs I participate at (Like dKos and My Left Nutmeg) I tend to self-censor taking into consideration that they are allies in most of my fights BUT they are Democratic party oriented (“More and Better Democrats”) and I am not. I am just an unaffiliated liberal here.

At ePluribus Media, where I am one among several moderators, my party affiliation is not so much an issue but they do have their own different standards that I find less inhibiting except when I really want to “fuckin’ rant” about something. I don’t necessarily not post a rant there, but it probably won’t go to the front page.

I also cross-post some of my healthcare material to Corrente. Since I was about as anti-Hillary as they were anti-Obama during the primaries it leaves some areas that I try not to step in. It is a minor issue compared to solving healthcare that both their more regulars and myself recognize is not worth butting heads over when we need all the allies we can get for Single Payer. Anoither one of the differences is that I have always been more open to the possibility of a strong public option solution. There is currently no strong public option in all of Congress. At least, nothing that even remotely resembles the original Hacker proposal that would be needed.

Self censoring will almost always be an issue when it comes to participation at any group Blog. It all comes down to whether or not you are OK with what you have to self-censor while still being, in your own mind, effective and/or true to yourself.

Just my two cents…

]]> By: dotlizard http://leestranahan.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-775 dotlizard Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:39:39 +0000 http://leestranahan.com/?p=460#comment-775 Well, as hard as it may have been, I must say it's refreshing to see people behaving in a civilized manner, even if it involves self-censorship. It's regrettably uncommon for people to handle disagreements in such a thoughtful and adult manner, since doing otherwise tends to result in huge surges of Schadenfreudian popularity/pageviews. So I feel the need to thank you for this, because even though you were censoring yourself, you were still doing the right thing. It could have been a big batch of bitchy controversy, but instead it was polite and respectful. Well, as hard as it may have been, I must say it’s refreshing to see people behaving in a civilized manner, even if it involves self-censorship. It’s regrettably uncommon for people to handle disagreements in such a thoughtful and adult manner, since doing otherwise tends to result in huge surges of Schadenfreudian popularity/pageviews.

So I feel the need to thank you for this, because even though you were censoring yourself, you were still doing the right thing. It could have been a big batch of bitchy controversy, but instead it was polite and respectful.

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