tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post112716198663529112..comments2023-10-03T10:15:21.685-04:00Comments on Primetime Nonsense: Daily Kos... (Read here Colin)Brett E. Lassoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13124852247012543478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1127223436797362612005-09-20T09:37:00.000-04:002005-09-20T09:37:00.000-04:00I had the same reaction to the rhetoric of dKos......I had the same reaction to the rhetoric of dKos...I think it's a good read for every depressing thing that's going on in the world. Unfortunately there are LOTS of depressing things happpening. I am haunted by the melting of the polar ice caps, for example. <BR/><BR/>I see this as the chronic news tension: you want to report the "important" stuff, but the important stuff is so gloom and doom that your readers tune out. We look around and say, "Hey, my life is okay. Can things really be THAT bad?"<BR/><BR/>I don't agree that it's totally hate-filled...I see some attempt at times to present a balanced view. However, it does at times degenerate to vitriolic name-calling. As I tell my Composition students, such language just means you're being too lazy to lay out your arguments in a reasonable fashion to persuade the reader. Instead, you try to bully them into agreeing with you. Never very effective.<BR/><BR/>By the way, what is going on with the "protoblogger" thing? What is that? (And are you really in love with your spinning instructor??)Dems for Educationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910109880456012903noreply@blogger.com