Given the rather insulting name of this blog, I'm like to take the chance to make a few clarifications - and perhaps, while I'm at it, to introduce myself.
I am a gluttonous consumer of media, both new and old. I read newspapers (several a day, if I can) and follow online news services religiously. I am very much an Internet person, and am addicted to several particularly fringe-y webgames - you'll probably hear more about that later. I am a student in a program that, if uncontroversial, draws its share of disputes and publicity. And from time to time, I hear or read things that are just...strange. Off. Wrong. Some things are just so inexplicably poorly delivered that I take them to heart. I'd been in the habit of calling up family and friends at random and telling them about said things, but instead I think I'll share them here.
This blog is not my venue for venting about ideas or people that I think are stupid. I would like, if possible, to keep such things out of it. Some of the people quoted here may in fact be expressing political or religious beliefs that I agree with (I won't tell you if they do or don't), but they're just doing so very badly. A large amount may come down to mistakes in journalism that are difficult to avoid, such as the fact that different people write articles than write titles. I do not believe there are people who are inherantly stupid, nor that any truly held belief should be met only with ridicule. These do not stop us from saying ridiculous things, which are the point of this blog.
With that out of the day, without further ado, let's get to gaffes. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned.
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