anonymous commenting

I don’t do it much.

I mean, come on, if you want to say it then you should have the guts to stand behind your words, right?

Anyway, tonight I was sorting through my rss reader, and reading some old blogs.  I came across a blog that was set up by a family that used to go to my church (many many years ago!).  Now this family has always been a little off the deep end, if you know what I mean.  I knew them as a preteen, and as I’ve grown older I have realized all the flaws in their logic.  I think they would describe themselves as “very conservative”, but I believe that giving them that label disrespects conservatives, because they believe in soooo much flawed logic!

Back when they first started this blog (a year and a half ago, give or take), they would ALWAYS delete my comments because my email address and blog clearly identify my name.  I don’t try to hide it!  Once upon a time, I did the anonymous route, but I’ve learned it is more trouble than it is worth!  Anyway, this family was afraid that somehow, my name would cause sex offenders and serial killers to find them (this, regardless of the fact that we live in different states and don’t communicate except via facebook anymore).  Yea, total paranoia.

Well, they didn’t want me to comment, so I didn’t read their blog much.  Occasionally I may read a post but nothing regular.  I mean, if they don’t want me to comment, what’s the point?

Today, in reading through some old blogs and such, I came across their blog.  Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the most recent post was a diatribe against public schools and Barack Obama.  (It’s worth noting that they homeschool their children.)  Basically he said, since Obama has become president, he will be convincing every public school student to become a socialist, and every public school teacher will follow along with this plan because they’re all Obama-bots.

Look, I’m not a fan of Obama.  I didn’t vote for him and I don’t think he has done our nation any favors.  Is he trying to push his agenda in public schools?  Maybe, but I don’t really know enough about the issue to form an educated opinion.  But to call all public school teachers “Obama-bots” or to ridicule public school teachers is insulting.  Not everyone has the privilege of home-schooling their children like you- and quite frankly, I would count you among the people I’ve met who are homeschooling but probably shouldn’t be.  Teachers have a very hard job, perhaps one of the hardest jobs in existence.  To ridicule them is to ridicule the future.

Besides, you never know when you may need a teacher’s help.  Don’t burn those bridges!

So of course I commented anonymously.  I’ll update you on any response I may get.