Rabbitch

I have to give you kudos, girl, you handled that very well, and after having read Joe's blog, he didn't do so bad either. A couple of his commenters were snarky and I had to resist the urge to be snarky back cause I don't care for folks dissin' the good people, but that would have made me not so good. :-) See, we are getting along.
 

Nicely done. Mwah.
 

Repeat after me: It is my blog and my opinion I may and will post as I see fit. That includes apologies or not. I have still not noticed any blog police out there FORCING anyone to read a blog. I suggest that anyone that has a problem with your posts simply not read your blog. How can people just not get it?
 

There are always going to be those people out there that take offense to everything. They don't realize that if that tv show offends you, you can either turn it off or change the channel. If they haven't figured that out, then someone needs to explain it to them.
If someone else who blogs has opinions, then they need to know not everyone is going to agree with those opinions.
Keep doing exactly what you are doing.
:)
 

The "if that tv show offends you, you can either turn it off or change the channel" credo also applies to reading Joe's blog. if you don't like it then stay the fuck away. I don't notice anyone forcing you over there.
 

Hmm. Why is it that the shitty, abusive commenters never leave their names? Surely "if you don't like it, don't read it" doesn't mean the same as "if you disagree with one thing I say, you're not welcome to read anything I say". If a blogger expresses an opinion I dislike enough to stop reading, I stop reading and come back tomorrow.

I think you and Joe both handled this admirably.
 

Oh, so sorry--my name is Lisa "abusive" McShitty.
 

Ya know, I stopped reading several blogs regularly (still check in on occasion) because of the amount of not-so-good-natured commentary about others.

Support is one thing, trashing another person for amusement?? I don't think so.

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
 

Admirable tact and diplomacy. We need a little more peace and harmony in the world, even if its only among blogs. Rah for Rabbitch :-)
 

I think everybody has a bad day.
I think both of you were very nice about it.
I guess if I don't complain about people reading romance novels, I'm not going to complain about people knitting with fun fur.
one of many "k"'s
 

Hmm. In reading over the comments left in response to the May post, there seemed to be several content-free, bitchy get-on-the-rag-on-Joe-bandwagon comments that were very personal in nature. So I think there are some "poo-slinging monkeys" over here who ought to examine their own consciences. I am not registered on blogger, but you can find me at Joe's as Carol S.
 

what's interesting is that while the two of you are being relatively gracious about the whole thing, i see commenters from over there that are being nasty here. sigh. if you don't like what is being said, fine, but there's no need to be nasty about it. and i have noticed that commenters over there are nasty to any one who doesn't subscribe to the credo presented. i refuse to comment over there, because the one time i did, i was told i was a dipshit for believing what i did, and to get a reality check. hello? no need for rudeness. we are all supposed to be adults here, i thought. ah well. keep up the good work, rabbitch, we appreciate you.
 

Dear Ms. Abusive McShitty:

Welcome -- I'm pleased to meet you, and I'm glad you're such a strong supporter of Joe's. He deserves it.

I stand by my dislike of what he said, however I also stand by my opinion of his spinning (lovely) and his knitting (fantastic) as well as his blog (usually interesting, sometimes so fucking opinionated that I want to whack him with an unwashed fleece).

I have no problem whatsoever with anonymous posts -- I set this blog up with that option on purpose. Please feel free to comment at will; I have no interest in censoring your words and don't require that any commenters identify themselves.

Thank you for stopping by.

Sincerely,
Assbeagle McTwat
 

it's all about one opinion vs another...no one is really right, I got blasted on Knitting Curmudgeon because I knit with everything and spoke up about it...not by the Lioness (she offered her opinion and stuck by her principals - ya' gotta love that) but one of her cubs...I love working with natural fibers and I love some of the crazy stuff, and some people think that's wrong...

Can I use assbeagle? What a great word!

Tim - www.knittingguy.com
 

bottom line... they can dish it out but they can't take it. - I'm not surprised.