This is for those of you who make comments that are never seen again. You
\ndrop a rock, and there are no ripples. Your rock was deleted before it
\nhit the pond. The reason why is not mechanical malfunction. I am trying
\nto curate the comments within a loose frame of civility. Here are a few
\nguidelines, and those who sign their names get more license to push the
\nboundaries.<\/p>\n
1.<\/b> Personal attacks<\/b>. Try to refrain. <\/p>\n
2.<\/b>
\nUnsupportable ranting<\/b>. (You’re boring and\/or scaring me.)<\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Non
\nSequiturs<\/b>. Comments that see the light of day tend to be about the
\nsubject at hand. If yours is wildly entertaining, however, I might post
\nit anyway. I’d like to come up with a way for people to introduce topics
\nrather than respond to the ones I raise, but I’m not there yet.<\/p>\n
4<\/b>.
\nFalsehoods<\/b>. As Senator Al Franken (D-MN) likes to say, everybody is
\nentitled to his own opinions but not his own facts. I will publish comments that contain assertions of fact I know to be errors and then reply to them, but not if the error is too ugly to air.<\/p>\n
5.<\/b>
\nIncoherence<\/b>. (In not posting, I’m doing you a favor.)<\/p>\n
Thanks to
\neveryone who reads the blog and everyone who comments, even those whose comments I
\nalone see. They are evidence of engagement, which I appreciate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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