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ciroccojHorribly wet and dark grey day. And Chris started it off with a headache. Yuck.
At least there's plenty of good stuff going on today, including going down to Greyhound to pick up a package. Whee! It's only been sitting there about a week.
Bad, awful, no good moment last night: watching an H:LOTS tape, getting really into it, last ten minutes, we're going to find out whether they catch the killer or not... and the tape ends.
NNNOOOOOoooooooo...
Something occurred to me yesterday after I'd posted the discussion forum thingy. Part of why I felt like I had to leave was that it bothered me that nobody seemed to really mind the various right-wing comments made, no matter how rude or off-topic, but apparently people were very bothered by left-wing comments. And as I was drifting off to sleep, another thought occurred to me: that part of what bothers me is that I know some people are upset by the right-wing stuff, because I've received e-mails and PM messages saying so, but... very few actually say anything about it. They complain to me, not to the moderators. And they don't post. And... I guess that was part of what was frustrating me. That in part I felt like if I didn't say something, nobody would, no matter how they felt, either because they were intimidated or because they didn't care enough, and... ::shrug:: I don't have time to be the Voice of the Granola Lefties.
Saw the last few minutes of Jerry MacGuire last night. My god, everybody's right - Justin does look just like the little kid. It's quite cute.
Justin, by the way, is proudly running around buck naked slapping his stomach and bragging, "That's one BIG FAT TUMMY!!"
At least there's plenty of good stuff going on today, including going down to Greyhound to pick up a package. Whee! It's only been sitting there about a week.
Bad, awful, no good moment last night: watching an H:LOTS tape, getting really into it, last ten minutes, we're going to find out whether they catch the killer or not... and the tape ends.
NNNOOOOOoooooooo...
Something occurred to me yesterday after I'd posted the discussion forum thingy. Part of why I felt like I had to leave was that it bothered me that nobody seemed to really mind the various right-wing comments made, no matter how rude or off-topic, but apparently people were very bothered by left-wing comments. And as I was drifting off to sleep, another thought occurred to me: that part of what bothers me is that I know some people are upset by the right-wing stuff, because I've received e-mails and PM messages saying so, but... very few actually say anything about it. They complain to me, not to the moderators. And they don't post. And... I guess that was part of what was frustrating me. That in part I felt like if I didn't say something, nobody would, no matter how they felt, either because they were intimidated or because they didn't care enough, and... ::shrug:: I don't have time to be the Voice of the Granola Lefties.
Saw the last few minutes of Jerry MacGuire last night. My god, everybody's right - Justin does look just like the little kid. It's quite cute.
Justin, by the way, is proudly running around buck naked slapping his stomach and bragging, "That's one BIG FAT TUMMY!!"
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Hmmm
Date: 2003-10-29 09:55 am (UTC)There are so many conservative homeschoolers, and I am often inhibited by their worldview, and their confidence in assuming everyone shares their opinion. I think I'm also of the viewpoint that I'd rather not label myself so that they don't automatically dismiss my opinions. On the other hand, maybe knowing that other attachment-parenting granolas are doing the whole classical educatin' thing would be good for other granolas. I dunno. I have the horrible, sneaking suspicion that I don't want my readership to shrink.
Anyways, I'm chicken. I read conservative blogs, after all. Any thoughts?
Sarah
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Date: 2003-10-29 12:52 pm (UTC)In a perfect world? You should be able to post your political affiliation and people should be able to read it without getting their knickers in a twist. They should be able to see that despite your political stance, you have a lot in common with them, and because of your political stance, you have a different point of view that could be useful for them to hear about. We all need to see the other side occasionally. I suspect you get a lot out of the conservative blogs, sometimes precisely because they're not coming at h/s from the same place as you.
However. In this world? ::sigh::
Yeah, I think posting your stance would make some people turn away, feeling that since you don't fit into their box, you have nothing of importance to share. Which is really too bad. And I wish I had something helpful to share at this point, but unfortunately I don't.
One good thing about being in Ottawa: although I've found the h/s "community" to be not terribly communal, the one good thing I've gotten from it is a feeling that I'm not so "out there" after all. The Home-Based Learner's Network (HBLN) has people from all shades of the political scale, but most tend towards the left. And some are far, far more granola than you or I. It's quite an unreal sensation, talking to somebody who slowly makes you feel like you're just one step away from Ralph Klein ;)
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Date: 2003-10-29 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-29 07:33 pm (UTC)Oh, crap, I really didn't mean you when I wrote that. Now that you mention it, yes, I do recall you commenting that you found some posts unpleasant. But from my memory, you did address them on the board. Maybe not in detail, but you made your opinion known.
I also think you're in a difficult position, being the owner of the board. I know if I were in your position, I'd feel... I dunno, constrained. Not really able to express my own opinions, for fear that people would think I was using my position as Owner to push my agenda.
I think you've done a great job keeping yourself relatively neutral, while still letting your opinion be known.
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Date: 2003-10-30 05:33 am (UTC)Um, just to clarify (because it seems that lately I've been writing things in a way that makes it easy to take offense at them, when I don't mean to be offensive) - I didn't mean "Oh crap" in any kind of offensive way. I wasn't saying your comment was crap, at all. I was writing my first emotional reaction, which was, "Damn it, I think I've gone and done it again - written something that was interpreted in a way that made somebody feel bad." Perhaps I should have started with, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean you." ;)