tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3283515561111745330..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Leftie Nutjob Uses Facebook to Stalk, Attack College RepublicansDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-19956144896957910632007-04-24T14:37:00.000-07:002007-04-24T14:37:00.000-07:00If that's your experience, perhaps you need to get...If that's your experience, perhaps you need to get out more.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, some people--even some who don't match all your adjectives--have a hard time with your blog because we see it as intellectually vacant and we reject the notions that you take as axiomatic. <BR/><BR/>Must you put everyone into such boxes?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-8751940212125502412007-04-24T13:20:00.000-07:002007-04-24T13:20:00.000-07:00It has been my experience that heterosexual white ...It has been my experience that heterosexual white guys have the hardest time with my blog because I write about a lot of the unearned privileges that we/they receive. Our personal identities have tremendous influence on our individual viewpoints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-78839590497110534492007-04-19T11:37:00.000-07:002007-04-19T11:37:00.000-07:00You're right. Dennis, Eric--easy to confuse the t...You're right. Dennis, Eric--easy to confuse the two names =)<BR/><BR/>What does my sexuality have to do with my defining your work as that of a nutjob? It's exactly that kind of analysis that I object to in your writings--you bring in things that are irrelevant and make issues of them.<BR/><BR/>And why do you assume I'm heterosexual? =)Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11386190599922505572007-04-19T08:41:00.000-07:002007-04-19T08:41:00.000-07:00Ummm, that comment was from "Dennis," not from me....Ummm, that comment was from "Dennis," not from me...<BR/><BR/>My purpose was to comment on the fact that you read my site and called me a nutjub. I think that it is unfortunate that a heterosexual white man like yourself is left with name calling as a way to discredit my writings. As a teacher, I would have expected more of an educated critique...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-32343228672897991962007-04-19T06:37:00.000-07:002007-04-19T06:37:00.000-07:00I'm not convinced that jumping to conclusions is a...I'm not convinced that jumping to conclusions is a sign of insanity. <BR/>Additionally, the volume of your writings, from which I drew my conclusion, is hardly "insufficient".<BR/><BR/>A little left of center doesn't make someone a nutjob. You're extreme.<BR/><BR/>So what is your purpose here? Are you just going to argue with me because you don't like the fact that someone on the center right thinks you're a nutjob, or what?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-86679889844366784072007-04-18T18:43:00.000-07:002007-04-18T18:43:00.000-07:00Hmm. Curious how left of center becomes a criterio...Hmm. Curious how left of center becomes a criterion for defining someone as "nutjob."<BR/><BR/>If I were looking for a definition of insanity, one of my criterion would be "jumping to conclusions based upon insufficient data."Peridydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089096870581655296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-34043984415326472182007-04-18T16:28:00.000-07:002007-04-18T16:28:00.000-07:00Writing about those topics doesn't make you a nutj...Writing about those topics doesn't make you a nutjob--heck, I write about them all the time. Your views on those topics are, to be charitable, more than a little left-of-center.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-50763345639686402502007-04-18T13:11:00.000-07:002007-04-18T13:11:00.000-07:00Sorry for the confusion. I was thanking the anonym...Sorry for the confusion. I was thanking the anonymous commenter for calling me a dangerous leftist.<BR/><BR/>My remark about name calling was directed at you for calling me a nutjob.<BR/><BR/>What about my writings qualifies me for the label of "nutjob"?<BR/><BR/>I did not realize that writing about race, discrimination, and social justice would qualify me for such profoundly thoughtful labels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14492604174093184812007-04-18T08:43:00.000-07:002007-04-18T08:43:00.000-07:00Read again. An anonymous commenter referred to yo...Read again. An anonymous commenter referred to you as "one of the most dangerous leftists...in the edusphere". I merely commented that you're a nutjob, based on your writings.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11226485250451933562007-04-17T17:59:00.000-07:002007-04-17T17:59:00.000-07:00I was perusing the links to my site via Google and...I was perusing the links to my site via Google and....I guess I should take it as a compliment that you labeled me as one of the "most dangerous leftists" in the edusphere. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>Wow. Darren, we've never even met and you're calling me names!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-25570268470975704862007-02-23T08:05:00.000-08:002007-02-23T08:05:00.000-08:00He does like to talk about racism, doesn't he? Al...He <I>does</I> like to talk about racism, doesn't he? Also discrimination, race in general, and (my favorite!) social justice.<BR/><BR/>Nutjob.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-19742412591298657162007-02-23T04:08:00.000-08:002007-02-23T04:08:00.000-08:00I have no reason to think he's a stalker, but I've...I have no reason to think he's a stalker, but I've been reading this guy's blog lately; he's one of the most dangerous leftists I've ever seen in the edusphere (and he may be supervising life on your campus one day):<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://ericstoller.com/blog/" REL="nofollow">http://ericstoller.com/blog/</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com