You will note the complete lack of links here... This post is for me, and the people that read my blog... I'm avoiding any trackbacks on this one as I really don't want to get sucked in to the political discussion in any way shape or form...
I've had some time today while sitting around litterally watching paint dry. So I've been reading not only the New Blog Showcase, but also the dialogue between NZ Bear and some of the League of Liberal folks...
Since the League joined in on the sponsership of the New Blog Showcase deal, they have left a bad taste in my mouth... I never really gave it a lot of thought other than, I guess I lean somewhat to the right politacally so that must be it... Now, haveing the time to think it through, and having read the back and forth between the bear and their members, I figured out what it is that bugs me so much about them... I re-read my post when they first showed up, and I can see that this has been in the back of my mind fromt the start, but I just hadn't quite caught it...
From the start, the League has been looking at this as a political fight. While I have always been right up front about hating politics, I will defend to the death their right to blog about whatever they want to, or orginize how they like, or even do the cookie-cutter posts that the bear was somewhat concerned about. (honestly, I have not gone and looked up the posts, since I really have no intrest in going over a politically themed blog) Their blogs are their blogs and they may run them as they like... My problem is this... I don't see the Axis, or the Alliance as politically motivated groups... The Blogwar started before I knew what a blog was, so I can not speak to the absolute origin of either, however, reading the background info on both I have never once seen anything discussing the political leanings of the groups... They were started to either mock Indepundit's huge numbers, or to mock the mockers... That's it folks... Nothing to see here except some people mocking one another... The league was founded to offset the influance of the Axis and the Alliance or something to that effect... I recall reading that in their very early posts... To which I ask, what influance?... What the hell do we influance?.. Laughter?... They're trying to offset laughter?... So here's the thing that sets me off... I don't like being lumpped in with a political group!!!... That's it, plain and simple... Don't label me something I'm not... If the Axis had a political motivation behind it, I'd drop out... No questions... I'd just drop it, and really I doubt anyone would be shocked... Nor would they really mind one way or another... (except of course over at the New Blog Showcase, sinc eI am one of the few Axis members that actually votes...)
As for the League's linking to other liberal blogs, hey, rock on... We all have to set up our blogs the way we want to... I know some of the links I have on TTLB are from Axis members, that probably never read my page... I know some of them are reciprical links from people that I have blogrolled, who possibly also never read my page... There are links though from people that I know read my page, if not every day, then often enough... Those are the links I really cherish... What is the point in haveing a referal from someone who doesn't give a damn about your page?... Do I read all the Axis pages listed on my blogroll?... Yes, though most of them, infrequently... (all depends on my nutty work load) Some of them, I try to read every day... The point is, I read every damn blog on my list... The idea of just slapping up a list of links because they are liberal, or conservative, or green, or pink with blue poka-dots makes me sick... Now, I have not gone through the leagues membership... I don't care to read most liberal blogs honestly... I find that unfortunate really, in that I am sure there are probably some well written blogs in that group, that might provide some interesting topics for me... My problem is that I can't bring myself to go to an advertised politically leaning page...
Oh well... I never said that the thoughts would be well orginised...
Posted by Backstage at November 9, 2003 06:42 PM