The Incomplete Cynic

ryking:

By any objective standard it is an absurdly bad piece, a poorly written, juvenile rant against Occupy Wall Street that reeks of smug ignorance. While I understand how that might appeal to right-wingers like yourself and Miller, its promotion tells me that either Miller promoted the piece because of its author’s skin color — the way right-wingers promote Herman Cain because they think it insulates them and their racist policies from charges of racism — or Miller’s standards for promoting posts are ludicrously low. The fact remains: It had no business being promoted, and it’s just the latest example of why all of Tumblr’s right-wing editors should be replaced by right-wingers of a higher caliber… unless you pathetic lot are the best Tumblr has to offer, in which case I look forward to mocking you all some more. — Ryking

I’ll start by pointing out a couple of things: (a) The post was obviously intended as a “juvenile rant”, the smugness was intentional also; (b) I pointed this out in a follow up to your critique yesterday, yet you ignored that, and instead are debating its merit with someone who had nothing to do with its writing or promotion. Is it because I’m black?

Look, the post was not intended to be taken seriously. It wasn’t conceived of seriously, it wasn’t written seriously. As a result, the quality of the writing wasn’t high. But have you read the Occupy Dallas statement calling for the General Strike? If you want to honestly discuss writing of a “ludicrously low” quality being promoted inappropriately, you’ll need to include it.

If you want to keep trashing my post, that’s fine. I didn’t put enough effort into it to be offended. But address me directly when you do it, and be specific about what was so “absurdly bad.”

(Source: holeycynicism)