Comments on: Let’s All Pick on Vulnerable Right-Wing Chicks Week: Part Two

By: Manic

Manic — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:21:46 +0000

Shame on you!http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2007/11/lets...

By: Jherad

Jherad — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:07:58 +0000

Got a reply on mine:http://vickyford.blogspot.com/2007/11/vickys-camp...

By: Manic

Manic — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:51:57 +0000

1. Please see updated version of this post.2. I guess we won't know unless it happens, but here's a little something for future reference:http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2006/10/bloo...

By: Jim Bliss

Jim Bliss — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:00:43 +0000

Nope. Still confused.Maybe I'm missing the joke with the ironic misogyny, but I suggest it's doing you no good at all.If Nadine Dorries (or her supporters) played the "oh, but I'm only a poor lickle woman being set-upon by big nasty men" card, then by all means take her (or them) to task about it. 'Ironic misogygny' is a long way from an appropriate response however.Had Nadine Dorries been (e.g.) Asian and levelled the *inaccurate* accusation that your position was motivated by racism, would I be alone in being appalled if you (however ironically) urged your readers to harass other Asian bloggers while (ironically) warning your readers about [insert insulting racial stereotype of your choice here] and [insert another insulting racial stereotype here]?

By: Manic

Manic — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:30:48 +0000

Tut. Because she's a *woman*, obviously.

By: Jim Bliss

Jim Bliss — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:09:44 +0000

I must admit, I'm a little confused about this.I get the Nadine Dorries thing. She made an allegation which was clearly false, refused to back down on it because MPs are infallible and may admit no wrong, then attempted to stifle debate on the issue. I'm with you on that, and the fact that she's an MP (blithely making false allegations and stifling attempts to correct them) means I applaud your efforts to highlight this.But what exactly has Rachel Joyce got to do with this? And why is your blog post so scathing about her?A casual glance at her blog tells me that she's female and that she's a tory, and that her work in the health service means that's probably the policy area she blogs most often about. So there are similarities with Dorries, I grant you, but a simple word search of her blog suggests she's never once written about Nadine Dorries.Why therefore should she feel obliged to comment on a semi-anonymous off-topic request for information about a colleague she knows little about, and on an issue she has no knowledge of?