Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily takes a strip out of Jeremy Lott for labelling him a conservative.
Farah goes on a rant in a letter in The American Prowler.
Lott wrote this article, Pounding Ploughshares into Swords about WorldNetDaily.
Jeremy Lott responds with a letter of his own right underneath at the Prowler. I’m not convinced with either ‘defense’.
Colby Cosh took note of the tiff and says:

I daresay J-Lo knew how WND boss Joseph Farah would take this–which is to say, not well. I once referred to WND as “conservative” in passing, in my print column; it got back to me that Farah was unhappy about this. He must spend a lot of time feeling unhappy, since his website is bedecked with well-known “conservative” figures who are not at all shy about embracing the term. I was merely calling things as I saw them; if I’d known in advance about Joe’s idiosyncracy, I’d have gladly steered clear.

He then adds:

Disingenuousness and rage; now there’s an ill-favoured recipe. Farah is entitled to deny the “conservative” label, even entitled, to some degree, to object to political labels as demeaning and reductionist. I know what it’s like to squirm over a “conservatism” rap, believe me. But I get over it without throwing tantrums, most especially when it’s conservatives who are calling me conservative. (In a perfect world, I’d have both liberals and conservatives so snowed by my brilliance that they’d both want to claim me for their side, à l’Orwell.)

It happens. I’ve been there. What I always find interesting is how terribly important a shouting match is to the two involved. Yelling over labels doesn’t win either one of them brownie points with those of us peeking in on this tiff. Farah -0. Lott -0.

Comment sections
Comments sections of blogs can get out of hand very quickly. Living-room recognizes that after posting on the children of Iraq.

Sorry that you seem to have been hurt in this conversation Laura - I suspect a number of people have been and I would encourage us all to attempt to continue the conversation going with Graceful dialogue as our intention.

I’ve appreciated most of the comments made on this topic have been made in that vain - however worry when we write one anothers comments and opinions off as invalid without trying to see the others point of view.

Yes - do hold an opinion - argue it - tell us all your point of view but don’t write others off or make accusations or assumptions about what they think or believe without a little grace. Rather ask them a question, make a suggestion and encourage them to think about something.

Of course things continued at another blog. This isn’t just a gender issue, but the more you read comments the more you realize there are a few who think they have so much to prove, they aren’t able to recognize they are talking to people. Some people honestly don’t have or want to use graceful conversational skills. Graceful conversation is an art, and for many of us, a learned skill. 90% requires listening. I think this is where a blogger with a hot topic and buzzing comment section may need to step in and do what was done above.

I mentioned a week ago that John Campea had a falling out with a friend. He did something radical by hopping on a plane, flying 2000 miles and meeting face to face.
Here is what happened.

This is what a Windows IE error message might look like if Bill Gates were President of Iraq.
Link via Redwood Dragon

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Happy searching. Godspeed.

If you haven’t read MereMadness post When a blog dies, go. Again, Ganns expresses something that will never change. People are looking for relationships, and as fragile as online ones can be, they are relationships none the less. (February 13th post)

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