Comments on DakotaWomen: Good-bye, cruel world.

The media through which we express ourselves devel...

2008-05-26T11:50:00.000-05:00

The media through which we express ourselves develop cultures which impose their peculiar traits on our communicative efforts. Blogs are characterized by a egocentric meanness and crude belligerence which detracts severely from their value as communicative devices.

Hillary Clinton has been the victim of some irrational malevolence. As far as her references to assassinations, they were unfortunate, but were clearly attempts to recall the lengths of previous campaigns by historical referents. As someone who has been an Obama supporter since the late Sen. Paul Simon called attention to his unusual talents, I am disheartened by the malign contrivances being heaped upon Hillary Clinton. They do not bode well for our political future.

For the most part, the distancing I did was really...

2008-05-25T19:31:00.000-05:00

For the most part, the distancing I did was really in reaction to people who view Dakota Women as an individual as opposed to a collection of individuals. There are few enough female bloggers around here -- I'd rather they didn't assume there was one monolithic point of view around here.

That said, I think you've picked up on how I feel about this and you captured it pretty well in this post. The very fact that you're aware of these things just proves that you AREN'T one of the crazies. Obviously, not everyone is quite so self-aware (I bet you can guess who I mean).

I guess you can take a break if you want to, but I hope you come back soon. There are a lot of Manny Steele-mocking posts yet to write and I simply can't pick up all the slack:P

Hang in, Anna, there's some lucidity left in the w...

2008-05-25T12:23:00.000-05:00

Hang in, Anna, there's some lucidity left in the world. Even Sirota has come round to see the folly of supporting astroturf candidates and campaigns ala HT. Next challenge: Keep the DNC from morphing into Hildebrand Tewes.

"The firm is one of a new breed of companies that attempts to bring to uprising politics the ease of the microwave TV dinners. Don't feel like making dinner? Throw a Hot Pocket into the microwave. Don't feel like doing the hard work of local organizing to build a sustaining, durable movement that lasts beyond the issue du jour? Put together a pile of money to hire a firm like Hildebrand Tewes and you can have your 'instant uprising' - one that provides about as much nutrition to your cause as microwave junk food does for your body."

http://windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-democrats-wont-stop-war-by-david.html

Hillary Clinton's comments about assassination are...

2008-05-25T01:23:00.000-05:00

Hillary Clinton's comments about assassination are indefensible. Clinton has made these remarks before only this time she got called on them. It is not me who is overheated, it Hillary Clinton and her insatiable ambition that apparently stops at nothing that is overheated.

Anna, good luck in your non-blogging life. I hope you come back.

Epp
SD Watch http://www.southdakotawatch.net

I don't have to tell you, Anna, that I am very sor...

2008-05-24T23:36:00.000-05:00

I don't have to tell you, Anna, that I am very sorry to see you go. With all due respect to your comrades at DW, you were the reason I read that blog.

I guess I feel like what I need to do is positive ...

2008-05-24T18:56:00.000-05:00

I guess I feel like what I need to do is positive work for my candidate for the next 10 days.

I feel that I'm putting a muzzle on myself because I'm getting too personally involved in the blog back-and-forth regarding the primary. I can't be responsible for the crazy stuff other people say, but I can be responsible for myself and how I respond to everything. After that, I have thesis work to do - and writing women's history is inherently political, right? So who needs to blog.

I don't plan on dropping out of touch with anyone and I'm sure I'll still comment. I just don't want to give myself the platform to talk, especially when I feel more overheated and I'm taking things more personally than I should be.

I'll just say that, if this has anything to do wit...

2008-05-24T18:38:00.000-05:00

I'll just say that, if this has anything to do with me commenting at Todd's that "Dakota Women" weren't taking him to task, you were, that's simply a clarification - I don't want to be lumped in with it, but I've been proud to be part of a group blog with you. I have a lot of respect for you, and yes, I disagree with much (not all) of what you've posted about the primaries, but that doesn't mean that I think you shouldn't blog about it here. In fact, I think it's a strength that we do disagree about various issues; I'm not crazy about reading group bloggers that are all in lockstep with each other.

I hope you come back.