Posted in Uncategorized, tagged behold, Black Dix, Commenters scare me, Dan Elliot is a certifiable creep, I love America, I love velveeta, Milk was a bad choice, stetson university, the commentariat, The Reporter, what is wrong with these people?, Whit chix, your handle's not fooling anyone on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Daniel Libit @ Politico wrote a humdinger this week about the kinds of nuts one finds on a comment board:
Behold the Commentocracy, where big ideas and rough remarks sit shoulder to shoulder, altogether transforming the nature of the Web and of journalism….
Across the Web, political sites (along with those dedicated to other mainstream distractions like [...]
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Posted in Deez, tagged RACISM, stetson university on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Building on the theme of race relations at our university, I just found Google Trends, a site that tracks the appearance of certain terms in the news. I searched our school and found this embarrassing story from 2005:
Stetson University Women Under Fire For Blackface Costumes
The worst part is the typical apologism from the administration: Dr. [...]
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Then the Plebes Discovered ‘Comment’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged behold, Black Dix, Commenters scare me, Dan Elliot is a certifiable creep, I love America, I love velveeta, Milk was a bad choice, stetson university, the commentariat, The Reporter, what is wrong with these people?, Whit chix, your handle's not fooling anyone on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Daniel Libit @ Politico wrote a humdinger this week about the kinds of nuts one finds on a comment board:
Behold the Commentocracy, where big ideas and rough remarks sit shoulder to shoulder, altogether transforming the nature of the Web and of journalism….
Across the Web, political sites (along with those dedicated to other mainstream distractions like [...]
Read Full Post »