Anonymous Blog Comments: Patterico Agrees With Greenwald, I Think

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Blog Related
Posted on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 10:20:47 AM EST
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In a diatribe against Glenn Greenwald, Patterico seemingly agrees with at least half of what Greenwald says:

To the contrary, Greenwald insists, anonymous comments by hateful leftists prove nothing about the left generally. Nothing! . . . These comments are staggeringly hypocritical, viewed in the light of Greenwald’s extensive history of spotlighting anonymous comments at conservative blogs to reach broad-brush conclusions about the entire conservative movement.

Well, I don't know about that, but presumably Patterico agrees with one of the two alleged sentiments expressed by Glenn. Either the anonymous comments about Cheney mean NOTHING, or the anonymous comments on Right Wing blogs mean SOMETHING.

So which is it Patterico, do anonymous comments mean something? Or nothing?

I tend to the nothing school myself.

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Missing the Point (none / 0) (#1)
by jarober on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 12:38:28 PM EST

The point which eludes you is this:

You can't simultaneously say "such comments mean nothing" (when they come from your side), and also say "see, those comments prove that you guys are haters" (when they come from the other side).

You could argue one point or the other - Greenwald's problem is that he tries to have it both ways.

: I do not miss the point (none / 0) (#2)
by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 01:00:31 PM EST

I make a different point.
Whether that accuratey describes Greenwald's view i can not say, but presumably Patterico ascries to one of them.
See, you want me to pursue PAtterico's point rather than make my own.
I decide what my point will be, not you or Patterico.

of course they mean something (none / 0) (#3)
by cpinva on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 05:50:31 PM EST

they mean the anonymous poster is a pussy. whether it slants right or left is irrelevant.