Comments on: The Outer Capillaries of Darkness http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Danimal http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3459 Danimal Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:52:16 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3459 Well, I suppose I am indirectly blaming the editor. Slate is often more readable and useful. And I read a lot of hackery, believe me. Hard to know what set me off on that guy in particular, other than some miracle coalescence of boredom, bile, and a ready target. Well, I suppose I am indirectly blaming the editor. Slate is often more readable and useful. And I read a lot of hackery, believe me. Hard to know what set me off on that guy in particular, other than some miracle coalescence of boredom, bile, and a ready target.

]]> By: Blog http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3458 Blog Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:02:43 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3458 Yeah, I'm contradicting myself. $3.50, paid well, whatever. Yeah, I’m contradicting myself. $3.50, paid well, whatever.

]]> By: Blog http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3457 Blog Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:01:24 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3457 He did what all journalists of his ilk do: peddle uninspired, half-hearted slop. If you think this article is nauseating, when was the last time you stopped by Salon? Or read Nicholas' column in the Oregonian's Living section? At least the Slate guy got out of his office and wrote something original instead of regurgitating press releases. Am I jealous of this guy? Sure. I want to be a hack journalist so bad I can taste it. Nevertheless, this boils down to the whole "don't hate the player, hate the game" thing. Don't blame the author, blame the editor that probably paid him well to wander around in those t-shirts. He did what all journalists of his ilk do: peddle uninspired, half-hearted slop. If you think this article is nauseating, when was the last time you stopped by Salon? Or read Nicholas’ column in the Oregonian’s Living section? At least the Slate guy got out of his office and wrote something original instead of regurgitating press releases.

Am I jealous of this guy? Sure. I want to be a hack journalist so bad I can taste it. Nevertheless, this boils down to the whole “don’t hate the player, hate the game” thing. Don’t blame the author, blame the editor that probably paid him well to wander around in those t-shirts.

]]> By: Danimal http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3456 Danimal Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:32:46 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3456 Why should I give him a break? Why should you of all people suggest that? That scrumdoucherous hack gets his half-hearted toss off published in Slate while you're getting paid nothing for far more creative and adventurous travelogues, and you think he deserves a break? To fuck with that. Why should I give him a break? Why should you of all people suggest that? That scrumdoucherous hack gets his half-hearted toss off published in Slate while you’re getting paid nothing for far more creative and adventurous travelogues, and you think he deserves a break? To fuck with that.

]]> By: Blog http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3455 Blog Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:27:41 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3455 If Dan gets to post this twice, I get to post this comment twice. Give the guy a break. This wasn't a Black Like Me-style epic or an investigative report for the New York Times. It was a quickly written piece for an online magazine. He probably didn't have the time or budget to travel into those blood-red areas and was probably paid $3.50 for it. Ya' gotta consider the context. It was the journalistic equivalent of a lark. Hackery? Sure. Scrum-douchery? No. If Dan gets to post this twice, I get to post this comment twice.

Give the guy a break. This wasn’t a Black Like Me-style epic or an investigative report for the New York Times. It was a quickly written piece for an online magazine. He probably didn’t have the time or budget to travel into those blood-red areas and was probably paid $3.50 for it. Ya’ gotta consider the context. It was the journalistic equivalent of a lark. Hackery? Sure. Scrum-douchery? No.

]]> By: Sho http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3454 Sho Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:20:10 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3454 When I read this piece I found the most interesting parts to be when the writer ventured into the liberal areas of LA. I went through the "Red Country" pretty quick and thought that it wasn't a very strong effort on his part. Now that I think about it, he didn't even really venture into true Blue territory. He should have gone to the Castro in SF for that. When I read this piece I found the most interesting parts to be when the writer ventured into the liberal areas of LA. I went through the “Red Country” pretty quick and thought that it wasn’t a very strong effort on his part. Now that I think about it, he didn’t even really venture into true Blue territory. He should have gone to the Castro in SF for that.

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3453 Timothy Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:12:39 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3453 What's odd is that nary a decade and a half ago upon my initial departure from Texas at the age of six, this state was nearly all blue. Anne Richards really pissed everyone off, and KA-BLAMO, Red country. Not surprising that The Woodlands &c. break that way at this point. River Oaks (reportedly the most expensive residential property in the country) probably goes that way too. And you've got to see that country club, goddamn. What’s odd is that nary a decade and a half ago upon my initial departure from Texas at the age of six, this state was nearly all blue. Anne Richards really pissed everyone off, and KA-BLAMO, Red country. Not surprising that The Woodlands &c. break that way at this point. River Oaks (reportedly the most expensive residential property in the country) probably goes that way too. And you’ve got to see that country club, goddamn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3452 Anonymous Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:21:26 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/10/28/the-outer-capillaries-of-darkness/#comment-3452 And another thing: go to a rodeo! Go to a football game! Don't just walk around Bakersfield as though you think Republicans lurk around every corner, eager to strike. The whole thing reeks of a guy who has never met a Republican in his life, struck dumb at his editor's request that he cover that, too. He clearly knows more about the liberal haunts he heads to. And another thing: go to a rodeo! Go to a football game! Don’t just walk around Bakersfield as though you think Republicans lurk around every corner, eager to strike.

The whole thing reeks of a guy who has never met a Republican in his life, struck dumb at his editor’s request that he cover that, too. He clearly knows more about the liberal haunts he heads to.

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