I’m sitting here in my first after-lunch session: If you Blog it, They Will Come — Generating Quality Content and Traffic.
This session is being hosted by Matt Sheffield (who got his start exposing Rathergate with his site Ratherbiased.com).
An interesting topic being discussed is the relative civility of tone and discussion in the Right-o-sphere. Which is a great contrast between the incivility on the Left-o-sphere.
Don’t take my word for it — take the word of one of Texas’ most prominent liberal bloggers (Eileen Smith of In the Pink Texas and Texas Monthly), blogging live from Markos Moulitsas Zúniga’s speech as Nutroots Nation:
This morning I attended one of those blogger panel things, “Different Tones and Wider Nets,” which focused on the “rudeness, shrillness, and profanity” that is rampant in liberal blogging. The panelists all pride themselves on being…rude, shrill, and profane. Hey — I’m not knocking it. I’ve heard that it can work, on certain occasions. But, one of the bloggers, Lee Papa of The Rude Pundit, may take it a little too far because he thinks rape jokes are perfectly acceptable.
Cricket.
Of course, all the attendees kept nodding their heads in agreement and laughing — it’s funny to be able to curse because USUALLY THEIR PARENTS DON’T LET THEM.
NOTE — Yes, I know I’m more the exception on the Right. I don’t shy away from vulgarity or rudeness. But it’s not all the time here. And again, I am an exception on the right.
That is because you are Southpark, as in Southpark Conservative, like me. Keep it up, bud. You have a great blog here.
The rude one doesn’t allow comments. He can dish it out but obviously can’t take it.
Anon,
Who do you refer to?
The Rude Pundit
You’re kidding, right? Have these guys read your profanity-soaked blog?
Anon,
My bad, I thought you were snarking at Robbie.
Pat, Robbie’s blog is “G” compared to kos, pandagon, etc. If it is so bad, why do you hang around?
I think I acknowledged that I’m the exception and a rarity on the right. But if I were a Liberal blogger (ack…that tasted dirty just typing that), I’d be exceptionally mild by comparison.
A lot of those profanity-soaked comments are directed either specifically toward you Pat; or at other unstable liberals.
Cepik…I think Pat gets off on the abuse he receives around here.
Look Pat…not one single exclamation point.
This place is G rated compare to Ace of Spades. Come on, Pat, go over to Ace’s and give it your best moonbat shot.
Keep breathing the exhaust fumes, it’s a painless suicide.
Pat,
What on earth are you talking about? It doesn’t tie in to any of the comments, are you off some meds you were prescribed?
The News Buckit.
Pat, besides making completely inane comments, don’t you ever get tired of being wrong? EVER?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?