Everyone can thank Myrr for the inspiration on this one.
See the comments in this thread/blog entry: where Myrr wrote the following:
Here's my question: why are most of the conservative blogs here on JU just reprints of what Drudge puts on his site? I mean, I check Drudge once every couple of days and sure enough, it's exactly the same things people like Terpfan, Guy, etc. are posting as "articles."
You didn't need to include "via Drudge" up at the top there Terp, we already know who ghostwrites your blog. Really, the only thing worse is drmiler's cut and paste blog -- at least you wrote some somewhat original commentary.
and I answered with:
No Myrr, you don't "already know" who ghostwrites for me.
Nice try at the liberal trick of flinging accussations to see if they stick.
As it turns out, not all conservative blogs are just reprints of Drudge, not all of the people you label as conservatives are, and not all people that even consider themselves conservatives are... but that is a blog rant that will show up momentarily thanks to your mis-placed inspiration here.
I'm going to expand a bit on those comments, even if I am accused of getting it ghost written by Ken Mehlman and the GOP...
There are far too many people that are too quick to make stupid assumptions and accusations like Myrr did in the original thread. Myrr seems to have labelled my blog as a "conservative blog" and/or labelled me as a "conservative blogger".
No offense taken at that label really. I admit myself that I tend to lean conservative, at times quite heavily so, but at other times I can just as quickly tilt right back to what would seem to be the most extreme position on the other side. Anyone that thinks that I'm always blogging the conservative side has not been paying attention, and probably has instead just decided to occassionally step in, troll a comment or two and then go back to their favorite blogs where they feel more comfortable.
Understand, this isn't meant as an attack on Myrr, it's meant to be an attack at those that would be so quick to label. Hell, I know I throw labels around at times myself. I'm known as one that sees the L word as dirty. No, not the Lesbian word, the Liberal word. But with that said, there are plenty of people that throw labels around mistakenly, and/or misuse labels for their own purposes.
There's a certain Clueless Old Liberal for example that claims to be a conservative or perhaps a moderate. As if! Most people that lean to the right would be very quick to file mis-use of label charges against that individual.
There are times when I've seen great bloggers like Gideon or Draginol discuss topics taking sides that most people would never expect to see them take and/or defend. Drag's comments about Wealth/inheritance taxes as a prime example.
My point is that the label-makers amongst JoeUsers (and the world in general) are not doing themselves any favors, in fact, just the opposite. They've probably missed a wealth of information because they don't want to read "conservative blogs" or "liberal blogs." And they've robbed many others of the possibility of seeing balanced conversation, rather than just a few people seemingly parroting the "right on!" "you got it" and other similar comments.
For the record, Myrr is woefully underestimating the wealth of sources I comb through to find something to occassionally make a comment on, or use for making a point. Admittedly, Drudge does provide much fodder that could be used, but it's far from the only source I would use. And I do make every effort to let others know where I find materials so that I don't take the yellow journalistic tact of taking others work and claiming it as my own.
Of course I also have to admit that I would rarely read articles that Myrr might write, because over time I've found that there are far too many things I could argue about in his writings, and I'd rather not get into a confrontational relationship that would be counterproductive. Instead, like with most articles by a certain so-called "truth teller" I ignore the content and leave the writers of some blogs to preach to a dwindling audience of their own parrots and lemmings.
