tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post8571246077029985170..comments2023-12-21T04:41:43.537-05:00Comments on Jesus' General: WKRN 2 Nashville: A little class in the HeartlandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-879253176174973452007-06-08T18:38:00.000-04:002007-06-08T18:38:00.000-04:00Demo, I think he thinks I'm neing serious about be...Demo, I think he thinks I'm neing serious about being Jesus' General. Shhhhhh.Gen. JC Christian, Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168245574200791393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-73424922752807094192007-06-08T17:49:00.000-04:002007-06-08T17:49:00.000-04:00Exador:I see that you're quite upset but, at who a...Exador:<BR/><BR/>I see that you're quite upset but, at who and for what reason I have no idea. If it's me, that's fine, but a little more information as to what the hell you're talking about would help.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507745147862385171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-62633873999597783702007-06-08T08:18:00.000-04:002007-06-08T08:18:00.000-04:00Read all the posts.You're a tool, just like most o...Read all the posts.<BR/><BR/>You're a tool, just like most of the morons who tie their world view to bronze age mythology.Exadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235470525521653153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-58066568767256052972007-06-08T07:46:00.000-04:002007-06-08T07:46:00.000-04:00BlueKat:Sorry, I forgot one item.This blue states/...BlueKat:<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I forgot one item.<BR/><BR/>This blue states/red states thing is really overworked. If it's too oppressive, change it--or move.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507745147862385171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-19329273895928320762007-06-08T07:39:00.000-04:002007-06-08T07:39:00.000-04:00BlueKat:Tom Waites has a line that would seem to f...BlueKat:<BR/><BR/>Tom Waites has a line that would seem to fit this situation:<BR/><BR/>"Come on down off the cross, we can use the wood."<BR/><BR/>You and other commenters, in your attempts to justify Brittney's idiotic blunders (the original post, the disdainful dismissal of a complaint and the decision to leave her job--rather than deal with the shit storm she created) have consistently accused the General of, among other things; misogyny, arrogance, mean-spiritedness, bullying, insensitivity, betrayal--the list of his perceived offenses is long.<BR/><BR/>There have been comments on the WRNK blog that are even uglier than that dreck, authored by Smantix, that Brittney originally linked to and highlighted. These comments are apparently some sort of support for Brittney. If one of my "supporters" has to say that a dead friend of someone else is "an asshole" as their way of showing common cause, I don't need that kind of support.<BR/><BR/>You folks (I am assuming that you're one of Brittneys apologists) have no problem with trashing everyone over here (in fairness some folks over here are in the same state of high dudgeon) but you consistently fail to explain how, in the name of whatever you hold sacred, Brittney's actions did NOT cross the boundaries of taste, decorum or journalistic ethics. <BR/><BR/>Brittany, apparently, has a degree in Journalism. I took exactly one course in that discipline in 1968. I think that one of the very first things I learned was about the power of the press and it's concomitant responsibility to "get it right" factually and to be informative instead of inflammatory. What Brittney did in posting that crap written by Smantix, without any qualification, was the same sort of bush-league editorializing-as-news practiced by the Fox News organization and others of their ilk. <BR/><BR/>It's become fairly obvious that a lot of regulars at NiT were so enamored of Brittney's blog that they would countenance her actions in the incident as being okay. It's horseshit. You folks all seem able to rip anybody a new one who disagrees with you--work on the station where she was employed, that might have some effect. <BR/><BR/>If Brittney's your friend, have some coffee or a few cocktails with her and figure out your next move. Or continue to waste your energy blaming the General for Brittney's being hoist on her own petard.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507745147862385171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-61583332327619499822007-06-08T01:39:00.000-04:002007-06-08T01:39:00.000-04:00Wow. Just. Wow. I've been a devoted reader of J...Wow. Just. Wow. I've been a devoted reader of Jesus' General for quite a while, but now I see that he is as completely incapable of admitting he is wrong as George W. Bush. I'll never visit again.<BR/><BR/>General, Progressives in the South DO work hard to change perceptions. You have no idea how hard we work, nor of the scorn and hatefulness we have to fight each and every day, not only from the backwards amongst us, but from those who choose to hold our region up to ridicule from their comfy spots in the blue states. Brittney was one of us who was doing an excellent job of working to bring our region out of the grips of the Republicans and enlighten the rest of the country as to the existence of progressive southerners, until your drive by assassination. If you had bothered to do a bit of research before you destroyed her career as a progressive paid blogger in the South, then I would like to think that you would have directed your ire at the right wing nutjob she exposed, but, based on your responses I can see clearly that you are as clueless and as morally reprehensible as those you have skewered so aptly in the past. <BR/><BR/>You, sir, are a hypocrite, and worse, even if considered archaic in these pitiable days, you have no honor and are not a gentleman. I think Steve Gilliard, a man of honor and no one's hypocrite, would be ashamed of you and what you have done. Too bad that you are far too arrogant to feel shame.BlueKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458974992825074672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-54248027830225592742007-06-08T00:46:00.000-04:002007-06-08T00:46:00.000-04:00I lived in DC for awhile. Does that give me enough...I lived in DC for awhile. Does that give me enough East Coast stink to make me personna non grata in the Heartland. Wait, it's only wrong if it's the South that's on the receiving end of regional bias. Run down the east coast and bitch about the cities all you want, but by God don't make fun of my my sacred cow (hereford).<BR/><BR/>I truly have no desire to visit Nashville. I know that's hard to believe. I don't want to visit Topeka, Jacksonville, Bismark, Lincoln or even Liberal either. Oh and Branson, no way in hell. Does that make me a provincial bigot?<BR/><BR/>I like San Antonio, and I'd like to see Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, New Orleans, and any number of towns in the Mississippi Delta where they still play the blues. Does that change anything?<BR/><BR/>When I lived in Utah, all my liberal friends would get angry when outsiders made snide comments about how conservative and backward it is. I'd always point out that perhaps we deserved the reputation because we passed a law allowing for spousal rape and killed an anti-incest bill because it was "anti-family."<BR/><BR/>I know it's hard to be a liberal in a red state. I lived it. But, if you can't get enough people organized to change things then perhaps you deserve the reputationGen. JC Christian, Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168245574200791393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-3360052440233946952007-06-07T23:23:00.000-04:002007-06-07T23:23:00.000-04:00Oh, bullshit. The General let us down this time. ...Oh, bullshit. The General let us down this time. Showed that when his ox is gored he's another humorless prick like those I've enjoyed watching him skewer all these years..sjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494385944119663213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-38553107015535950002007-06-07T17:44:00.000-04:002007-06-07T17:44:00.000-04:00My understanding is that Brittney resigned over he...My understanding is that Brittney resigned over her history of blogging and abuse, and the reactions to this post, JG's amongst them, were merely the straw. So it is unfair to blame the General for Brittney's resignation. <BR/><BR/>It's also unfair to make some sort of claim that Brittney was fired or lost her job because of the General.<BR/><BR/>She resigned. She has agency. She is an effective, rational adult. She resigned.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think both Brittney and the General screwed up. Comedy is hard work, and they are hard workers, but it is hard, and they are not the comediers.<BR/><BR/>I don't see the reactions left on Brittney's blog anywhere close as to being so horrid as to require her resignation.<BR/><BR/>I don't see how the General is some sort of misogynist either.<BR/><BR/>I do note that this sort of misdirected focus on WIMMINS issues is the hallmark of the the Pandagonians. It's a bullshit, issues hijacking, thread jacking, it's all about me, the evil Patriarchy is fucked up, you as a man are fucked up kind of nonsense.<BR/><BR/>At tinycatpant's blog, ilyka called maha a racist:<BR/><BR/>http://tinycatpants.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/an-open-letter-to-patriot-boy-aka-jesus-general/#comment-26085<BR/><BR/>This is because of a post of maha's in which she was talking about how the identity politics is killing liberalism. In the comments some folks claimed that maha was saying an african american commenter was a racist, and said, of course african americans can't be racist, THEY ARE BLACK for heaven's sake!!!!<BR/><BR/>And Ilyka, apparently agrees with that:<BR/><BR/>http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/17/my-cause-is-my-country/#comment-34596<BR/><BR/>Well ain't that just like the modern feminists. (Note: I am not saying ALL feminists, just sadly, "modern" feminists of the sort that like to claim that any other sort of feminist is an anti-feminist. The Pandagonians, Feministes, IBTPs, Feministings, ...)<BR/><BR/>Modern feminists poop (I think) but their shit don't stink. Modern feminists can call other people names (misogynists, MRAs, FRAs, godbags, ...) but modern feminists make sure that no one can say anything that would make fun of women or classes that they feel should be protected.<BR/><BR/>No fat jokes, no ping pong ball jokes, no blonde jokes, no ann coulter jokes, NO JOKES, except for jokes about men, white men.<BR/><BR/>And everyone is a misogynist. And African Americans can't be racist.<BR/><BR/>But Jesus General can and is a misogynist because a) he wrote a nasty letter to a women, and b) one of his commenters said "kitten kitten kitten."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-41641398826626983422007-06-07T16:34:00.000-04:002007-06-07T16:34:00.000-04:00Hey, "David," just because someone lives on the We...Hey, "David," just because someone lives on the West Coast doesn't mean he's incapable of embodying an East Coast stereotype.SEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762500797381296097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-86573095781407145402007-06-07T15:33:00.000-04:002007-06-07T15:33:00.000-04:00Hey, "Scott Eric Kaufman," I'm from the Midwest. ...Hey, "Scott Eric Kaufman," I'm from the Midwest. Chicago, to be precise. So, leave the Midwest the fuck out of your anti-"East Coast Elitist" rant. I'll side with my friends on the East Coast any friggin' day.<BR/><BR/>'Sides, th' Gen'rul's from the Wild Wild West, you genius.<BR/><BR/>Sheee-it, when will they learn that the Midwest is <I>nothing</I> like the South?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-7200466123772215902007-06-07T11:57:00.000-04:002007-06-07T11:57:00.000-04:00JC, why not embody the stereotype of the East Coas...JC, why <EM>not</EM> embody the stereotype of the East Coast elitist? Because the South/Midwest/&c. really <EM>is</EM> populated by hicks, run by rednecks, and the kind of place no right-thinking person would ever want to visit. Aren't you better than this?SEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762500797381296097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-81046319748324201592007-06-07T09:39:00.000-04:002007-06-07T09:39:00.000-04:00serr8d, Are you saying, I can't come to Nashville?...serr8d, Are you saying, I can't come to Nashville? I'm crushed. It was just below Branson on my places to go list.Gen. JC Christian, Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168245574200791393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-78638906389599871592007-06-07T09:12:00.000-04:002007-06-07T09:12:00.000-04:00...'JC Christain', keep yo' stinkin' no-understand...<A HREF="http://serr8d.blogspot.com/2007/06/leftists-eat-one-of-their-ownbrittney.html" REL="nofollow">...'JC Christain', keep yo' stinkin' no-understandin' loose-cannonibalizin' self in whatever backwater dumpster hovel you post out of, probably mom's basement...Nashville doesn't need your 'attention'...</A>Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-17947901470605218622007-06-07T08:23:00.000-04:002007-06-07T08:23:00.000-04:00"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the univ..."There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life." -fzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-64368610741518366762007-06-07T08:18:00.000-04:002007-06-07T08:18:00.000-04:00*What I find disturbing is the number of gratuitou...*What I find disturbing is the number of gratuitous insults that have been hurled and the name calling.*<BR/><BR/>Shut this bitch down. We have now come full circle.brittneyghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966681810480093954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-77766285898610590862007-06-07T07:51:00.000-04:002007-06-07T07:51:00.000-04:00You and your indignant army of mental 14 year olds...You and your indignant army of mental 14 year olds drove off a progressive blogger.<BR/><BR/>How you could manufacture outrage over the existence of an "endorsement" just shows how pathetic you are.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604975459993424419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-33126296230165619282007-06-07T05:32:00.000-04:002007-06-07T05:32:00.000-04:00"Blogging rule #1: You write it. You own it."And S...<I>"Blogging rule #1: You write it. You own it."</I><BR/><BR/>And Steve Gilliard owns every word he's written over the years. <BR/><BR/><I>"You kids do realize that there are real people involved here, right?"</I><BR/><BR/>And the gentle, loving touch of The News Blog will be missed, no? <BR/><BR/><I>"What I find disturbing is the number of gratuitous insults that have been hurled and the name calling."</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, that's <I>progressive!</I>Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06203794993162273032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-88361065167593058542007-06-07T01:15:00.000-04:002007-06-07T01:15:00.000-04:00The funny thing is that in the last two weeks righ...The funny thing is that in the last two weeks right wing whackos (Steve Gill) and left wing whackos (whatever nutbar runs this site)...have both launched campaigns against the hostess of NiT.<BR/><BR/>As has been stated, she's so freakin' liberal, one would've thought it would be the conservative talk show host to take her down.<BR/><BR/>Jesus, I don't know you. Never seen or heard of this place before, but you are a world class dumbass for not seeing the obvious sarcasm.<BR/><BR/>Make a trip to Nashville if you ever get a chance so you can suck my balls.Just Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932071206637739596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-37943083859030977512007-06-07T00:04:00.000-04:002007-06-07T00:04:00.000-04:00Brittney had a job, as a progressive blogger. She ...Brittney had a job, as a progressive blogger. She <I>nuanced</I> so well that even trolls didn't know what hit them. Some kind of freak progressive blogger with nothing but hate and bullseyes took her out. A <I>professional troll</I>, as it were.<BR/><BR/>Irony, that.Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-2872710647237203502007-06-06T22:28:00.000-04:002007-06-06T22:28:00.000-04:00This whole affair is ridiculous. Can JG not just ...This whole affair is ridiculous. Can JG not just admit that in his grief, he <A HREF="http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/" REL="nofollow">misunderstood Brittany's job description</A>? Not that difficult, and people <EM>will</EM> be forgiving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-30972519774652029912007-06-06T22:27:00.000-04:002007-06-06T22:27:00.000-04:00To the multitude:I think it's fair to say that a l...To the multitude:<BR/><BR/>I think it's fair to say that a lot of folks are upset about all of this. That's okay, it's the way these things go, sometimes. What I find disturbing is the number of gratuitous insults that have been hurled and the name calling. <BR/><BR/>I would have to go back and read my own posts to know for certain. But I don't think I called anybody a fucking moron, an asshole or assorted other names. Not that I'm above that sort of thing, it just didn't happen today. I just noticed that the level of invective kept creeping up the scale. Say anything you want about me, it really doesn't affect me a whole lot. But when you refuse to admit to the fact that the post was ill-advised and that the way Brittney handled the ensuing brouhaha was the right way to do it--well, maybe name calling is the only arrow left in your quiver.<BR/><BR/>DemocommieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-82547097187756025532007-06-06T21:58:00.000-04:002007-06-06T21:58:00.000-04:00In her resignation post, Brittney wrote:"It was a ...In her resignation post, Brittney wrote:<BR/><BR/><B>"It was a lazy post, and it’s my own fault that people misunderstood me."</B><BR/><BR/>Maybe those who have so staunchly come to her defense here, blaming that blog post's readers and those like JG for their reactions (ie. not getting her "satire"), ought to take that as a sign that they were out of line.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't read that blog until today and was stunned by that vile post. If you're a blogger, you owe your readers clarity. If you can't give them that, you might as well find another hobby or profession as she has now decided to do.<BR/><BR/>Blogging rule #1: You write it. You own it.catniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444186590009089070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-34437394104677720602007-06-06T20:45:00.000-04:002007-06-06T20:45:00.000-04:00whoa....i lag a few days in reading blogs and the ...whoa....i lag a few days in reading blogs and the blogosfere explodes. <BR/><BR/>i just wanted to say that JG has been just like he sez he has been with me in the post above. to the letter. and i don't know, honestly, that it was his job to keep people off of me for the most part in the threads. maybe when people cross the lines of respect for his blog, overall...otherwise, that is his call as a friend...or blogowner or something. i don't know. and if we judged him on what a "friend does," or "blogowner does" well...who can rule on that? it's all relative to what we would do as individuals. <BR/><BR/>but i certainly wouldn't say he mistreated me. patriotboy gave me an opportunity here because he likes my writing and there were no strings, and always stood behind me as far as i saw it. its like he says, he offered me a full time slot after tha tlast post that raised such fire. and i beleive every word he says about what havoc rose up when he emailed it around. he told me when that happened that they "just didnt get it." as far as i see that particular incident, he saw truth in (some of!) what i wrote there, and he put his principles on the line for it. respect.<BR/><BR/>NOW, a note: i have not researched this latest fiasco, on this "britney" and all that was posted about gilliard or something. i JUST found this link from ilyka's blog and i do'nt even know what the hell is going on. for all i know, JG has held up a liquor store and mowed down a platoon of chota on the way, so i'm not giving blanket approval or endorsement here for All JG Has Done or Will Do. but i wanted to address "did JG treat Nez fair." on the rest, i guess i'll give my opinion, if its needed once i know what is going on. but i do not.<BR/><BR/>ilyka, i respect and appreciate the support you've always given me. it means a lot, too, that you would say this here when you see it that way. that is courage, too. but if you knew of my personal dealings with JG, you'd know that i have respect for them, with reason. i mean, that's how i see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-64124751074951733632007-06-06T19:30:00.000-04:002007-06-06T19:30:00.000-04:00Ilyka,Have you considered the possibility that, if...Ilyka,<BR/><BR/>Have you considered the possibility that, if given a choice, I nearly always choose to confront a paid media blogger rather than an obviously deranged blogger of no consequence? That was the choice I made in regard to Nashville is Talking.<BR/><BR/>And your concern about my treatment of Nez is nonsense. I have a very laissez-faire attitude about comments. Most regular commenters will tell you it is far too laissez-faire. I let people speak their mind and seldom ban anyone. As a matter of fact, I think I've banned maybe three people over the last year or so (after deciding to ban more aggressively) and one of them was someone who was unfairly hounding Nez, so perhaps you should shut the fuck up.<BR/><BR/>I've never attempted to edit anything Nez has ever written. I've never warned him not to write something. He has been, and continues to be, welcome to post anything he likes here at any time--I've even issued an invitation to him to be a regular Saturday blogger. That's not to say I agree with everything he writes, but I've never told him he couldn't write it.<BR/><BR/>You don't know the ramifications I suffered because of his last post here--I haven't chosen to write about it until now. I disagreed with much of that post, but I felt that the central idea--that progressive bloggers, including myself, were AWOL during the LA Police Riot, and that we were not as committed to defending the rights of immigrants as we should be. I felt so strongly about it, I shopped the post around to… I don't now, 30 or 40 other major bloggers. They didn't quite see it the same way. I lost two friends over it, one a very big blogger with whom I traded two or three emails a day, called me an asshole and no longer emails me or responds to mine. Another, who has a weekly feature which linked to me 100% of the time, hasn't linked to me since. <BR/><BR/>My response to all of that was to offer Nez the regular Saturday gig I mentioned earlier. So don't you dare tell me I've wronged Nez. You don't have a fucking clue.Gen. JC Christian, Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168245574200791393noreply@blogger.com