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posted by Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy at 10:22 AM
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OT: more ghosting fun.
Yesterday, someone posted one of my 'toons in a Hullabaloo comment.
But that danged JS-kit went and malfunctioned again, and the comment disappeared without notice. What are the odds?
I (too?) have the honor of being permanently black listed.
The real question is, how many seconds does it take them? Do they get a hand from Obamaland?
Obviously when it is a recognized "Communist" IP address, Hullabaloo has software that can handle the situation.
I meant to say, how many seconds does it take them when it is an unrecognized third party who initiates the insert of a DREADED VL cartoon?
On the subject of black listing, I notice David Dayden no longer is posting at FDL. Vacation? Permanent vacation?
It's been quite a while since I attempted to comment there.
Once in a while, I'll see clicks come in because someone has posted a link to my site, and sure as shootin' such comments soon disappear.
I guess that's double-secret blacklisting.
Oh, and for the record, I'm not sockpuppeting or in any way connected with 3rd-party posting of links to here.
Finally, I don't begrudge a blogger the right to curate his/her comments. It's the doing it without notice that seems particularly cheesy.
One of the "cracks" or fissures that I imagine (because I have no proof other than what I occasionally read) to be going on at Hullabaloo is the subject of Glen Greenwald. Digby has referenced Greenwald articles on Obama's human rights abuses numerous times with obvious respect for his work and opinions. Yet Greenwald is anything but an Obamatron and I imagine that Atkins simply loathes him. Indeed, Greenwald has sharply criticized Atkins in at least one of his articles, not to mention a tweet episode between VL and Atkins that Greenwald joined briefly some time ago. Being almost the prototype of a "bully", Atkins has a very thin skin and so I imagine it really bugs him when Digby makes the occasional (much rare-er since Atkins' arrival) reference to a Greenwald article.
Finally, I don't begrudge a blogger the right to curate his/her comments. It's the doing it without notice..."
Indeed. But it goes beyond that at Hullabaloo, Digby frequently sings the praises of "real" democracy in her posts, but does the opposite in her comment section. She has even given explicit attention and praise to the rowdiness and sharp edges necessary to constructive political discussion. Yet her site is now a prime example of softcore critiques barely covering hardcore support for anything with any connection to the Democratic party; Obama being prominently at the head (and now in the throne) of that line.
As to her comment section, what little of it is there is left, might as well be a chorus that specialises in harmony.
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