tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834166.post1572774962760750073..comments2023-12-24T10:48:06.787-07:00Comments on Production-Now.com Blog: Hypocrite TrollsLuke Holzmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799632321310461828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834166.post-65025465656606045732009-01-13T14:14:00.000-07:002009-01-13T14:14:00.000-07:00Ryan, it was, in retrospect, foolish of me not to ...Ryan, it was, in retrospect, foolish of me not to do at least an ARIN WHOIS search to find out the location of "Roger Ebert."<BR/><BR/>However, in my 3+ years of blogging, my experience has been that, with that particular subject matter, people with viewpoints which oppose my own have absolutely no reservations about vilifying me or those who think/believe like me. One guy who used to regularly post to ridicule me actually kept (probably <I>keeps</I>) the subject matter on his RSS feed, simply so that he can track down those who disagree with him and blast them on their own blogs. Then, he (and others like him) go back to their own lairs, proclaim the foolishness of the newly-discovered blogger, and they all come, en masse, to criticize. THEN, they all go down my blogroll and proceed to vilify my blogfriends who may (or even may not!) agree with me.<BR/><BR/>That whole turn of events has happened to me more than once.<BR/><BR/>And, I knew that Ebert had (truly) recently posted a strident article stating his own beliefs, which are oppositional to mine, and in which he ridiculed those like me (i.e., those who happen to be creationists and/or believe in God). <BR/><BR/>So, when Ebert's name started popping up on my blog as a commenter, I wasn't surprised. Obviously, I should have taken more caution in my belief that he <I>was</I> Ebert. But, given my history with the topic, and with previous dissenters, I wasn't as careful as I should have been.<BR/><BR/>Hope all that makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834166.post-6234832477393818952009-01-09T08:44:00.000-07:002009-01-09T08:44:00.000-07:00Perhaps it's just been one too many trips to Snope...Perhaps it's just been one too many trips to Snopes.com after untrue stories kept hitting my inbox from people I trusted... I'm very wary of anything being true when it comes from an online source (even if it is only one generation away from someone I trust). So I'd wager our inboxes are something to balance it against.<BR/><BR/>-RyanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834166.post-55208628332398429072009-01-06T22:31:00.000-07:002009-01-06T22:31:00.000-07:00I'm not shocked it wasn't the real Ebert either.On...I'm not shocked it wasn't the real Ebert either.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I've read enough very nasty posts and rants from "professionals" that it made perfect sense (with what limited experience I have had with Mr. Ebert).<BR/><BR/>And you touched on one of my main points in the post: We take stuff online at face value because we have so little else to balance it against.<BR/><BR/> ~LukeLuke Holzmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799632321310461828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834166.post-26870827123733720322009-01-06T06:24:00.000-07:002009-01-06T06:24:00.000-07:00Yeah... kinda figured that wasn't the real Ebert.....Yeah... kinda figured that wasn't the real Ebert... and found it kind of silly they took that at face value...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com