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Of Course - … The truth is the whole. Of course, we cannot really see the whole … This is from Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture,...16 hours ago
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Something in You Hungers for Clarity: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Writing - “Words have more power than any one can guess; it is by words that the world’s great fight, now in these civilized times, is carried on,” Mary Shelley wrot...4 days ago
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Last Exit Open Poetry Readings Announced - Early 2025 in Kent - From our friend RC Wilson:4 days ago
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Compared to Other Industrial Nations - USA, USA, USA, USA, We’re number one. We’re number one. We’re #1 for infant mortality. We’re #1 for heart and lung diseases. We’re #1 for diabetes and disa...2 weeks ago
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Stay away from the pool - My mother & I were visiting a friend of hers who was living in an apartment complex that I regarded at the time as positively palatial, what for the commun...1 year ago
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In Memory of Ed Ochester, Poet & Editor, RIP - We have asked Ed Ochester (above) to edit our Sunday poetry pages for the next few months. Here is one of Ed's poems: March of the Penguins The editor of N...1 year ago
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“In spite of all the learned have said ...” - Philip Freneau Philip Freneau (1752-1852) was a journalist and poet in the early years our country was forming. And, oh, by the way, I once wrote an under...3 years ago
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Lit Youngstown Hosts Heather Dobbins & Barbara Sabol - I closing in on scheduling Lit Youngstown's 2021 First Wednesday Readers Series, and we're soon hosting the last reading of 2020. It's one of the many...4 years ago
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Announcing the 7th Annual Self-Published E-Book Awards Winners - Congratulations to the winners of the 6th Annual Self-Published E-Book Awards! Grand Prize Steel Hand, Cold Heart by Rachel Menard (rachelm...4 years ago
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Balance is important in design - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis Theme natoque penatibus et magnis dis ...5 years ago
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Proof of Life - Um, hello? Is this thing on? I am writing from the Central Time Zone, as we have officially moved to Oxford, Mississippi for the academic year! And I have ...5 years ago
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Another Visit to DeLasalle Middle School at the end of March - About sixty sixth graders read The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez at DeLasalle. I went to visit, and their questions were excellent. They all wish there...5 years ago
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Lana K. W. Austin - Lana K. W. Austin’s poems, short stories, and reviews have recently been featured in *Mid-AmericanReview, Sou’wester, Columbia Journal, Zone 3, Appalachia...5 years ago
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Window (The Disappeared Grandchild) | blackout: venezuela in collapse | Joseph Ceravolo: Migratory Noon - . [image: El Salvador, 1974 | by Marcelo Montecino] *El Salvador, 1974*: photo by Marcelo Montecino, 3 September 2010 [image: Morgue, San Salvador, 82 | ...6 years ago
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The translucent veil of life - Haha, so the truth comes out. Having 2 children is A LOT more work than 1! I haven't been able to get out of the rocking chair more than a few moment...6 years ago
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Voices in Italian Americana reviews Paola Corso’s “The Laundress Catches Her Breath” - Paola Corso’s poems about women’s work and lives bring to life an intimate and fragile world without a hint of sentimentality. Take “Step by Step with the ...7 years ago
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On the move - *Gal about town, photo by Bob Perkoski* Dear readership, Your humble hostess has been doing a whole lot of what is depicted in today's photo: walking aro...8 years ago
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Strawberry Month - The strawberry sweets at Lagusta's Luscious this month are insane! I missed out last year and decided that this year I would take full advantage. I luck...9 years ago
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TC: Why Hillary Became a Goddess on the Night of Her Acceptance Speech - . *Hillary Clinton greets a supporter following her address at the 18th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum at Columbia University ...9 years ago
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AWP in Minneapolis, and recommended reading - Again I've been away from this blog longer than I'd intended. Much busy with writing, and reading, and life in general. I'll be attending the annual AWP co...9 years ago
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Remixing the World's Problems Results - The one thing about judging poetry is that it often takes me much longer than I expect. For everyone who has waited so patiently for me to get these result...9 years ago
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In a Landscape - The Playlist - John Cage, “In a Landscape” Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages” Neil Young, “Ambulance Blues” The Twilight Zone Theme Babylon 5 Theme Simon & Garfunkel, “Richard Co...10 years ago
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5 comments:
That responder on the lower right looks awfully familiar.
Our household posse of furry responders (exterminating angels with muddy paws) have a way of boxing the troll about the ears just a bit, before the final deletion (application of amnesia).
A tad cruel maybe, but it's nature's way.
I don't have to worry about trolls at my blog because almost no one reads it. An advantage of anonymity. Like an advantage of proledom: you needn't worry about conforming to correct bourgeois deportment at all times.
A dictator may have a lot of fun, but he always has to worry about some treacherous minion garotting him while he's feasting on chicken cordon bleu.
Your drawings are charming.
It sounds naive to find the existence of blog trolls surprising, but still I do, even after staring various nasty scrawlings in the face. Of all the forms of minor fame one might pursue, blog trolling must be the most minor. Still, a couple of years ago I found myself in conversation with a couple of college students who I like (their parents were friends of ours in college) who passionately defended anonymous/pseudonymous posting in "letters to the editor" columns -- who said that they would never sign their names to their opinions and felt that doing so was unnecessary and somehow wrong. There was no point in continuing the conversation over a pleasant dinner, but I wondered what kind of adults they would become and why their parents didn't step in? Although this isn't the same as blog trolling, these kids are already walking the same paths as the troll and some of them will certainly take his turn-off. I love your drawings also. Curtis
I totally agree with your point here, Curtis. I think there is something about not being willing to stand behind your words that is both wimpy and creepy. I also think it creates a platform for sociopaths.
But then sometimes I am not even sure if the trolls are real.
I am reminded of those bots that people meet and date on dating sites.
My first lawyer job was as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn. On that job I saw the many terrible things people do to each other. Most of the time, you could make sense of them, but sometimes you couldn't at all. I think your comment about sociopaths is astute. I understand the possible utility of dating sites and have spoken to some acquaintances you have used them, but I'm glad I'm not in that particular market. As for the anonymous comment question, I wrote a short letter to the online newspaper published by my college a couple of weeks ago suggesting that they return to a policy of requiring all correspondents to sign their (real) names to letters. Under their current system, letters like mine could be voted "up" or "down" by the mob. Enough "no" votes and your letter is masked -- literally hidden from view. My letter proved insufficiently popular. I'm really disappointed in those kids, but more so in the faculty and administration who are supposed to guide them. As you may know, Swarthmore was originally a Quaker school and they exploit the Quaker connection whenever and to the extent it suits them. Sending anonymous correspondence is SO un-Quaker. Curtis
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