Having had plenty of experience inserting my mouth into my foot, when Atrios made his first comment about Philly bicyclist behaving poorly, I just ignored it, despite being aware of it's generalization. Generalizing being one of the hallmarks of bigotry, sexism, and racism, he should have known better. Since then, he has had to follow up with two more posts, attempting to 'clarify' his first comment. Note I said clarify (hence the terror hashes. Doh!) not apologize.
Atrios is who he is, and all the emails, comments, and any other attempts at castigating him, will not result in any type of apology. It is not in his nature. Though, to his credit, he has walked back from the generalized statement. But, with no obvious apology in place, I figure he will continue to receive static for a bit more. Eventually, this will fade into the past.
No doubt, at a later date, he will make another sweeping generalization about one group or another, and once again set off a whirlwind of controversy.
Welcome to another day in Blogstonia.
Atrios is who he is, and all the emails, comments, and any other attempts at castigating him, will not result in any type of apology. It is not in his nature. Though, to his credit, he has walked back from the generalized statement. But, with no obvious apology in place, I figure he will continue to receive static for a bit more. Eventually, this will fade into the past.
No doubt, at a later date, he will make another sweeping generalization about one group or another, and once again set off a whirlwind of controversy.
Welcome to another day in Blogstonia.
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