Note To Self

My *advisors tell me that if I ever hope to get elected to political office I'm going to have to tone down my right wing rhetoric a little. They say these types of things have a way of coming back and slapping you in the face. As a result, I've posted a little note to myself about topics and subjects I should definitely avoid.

Note To Self:

• Don't write things that others may misconstrue as being insensitive, especially if it is concerning certain protected classes like Muslims as I did in Terrorists On Parade. No matter how much you mention that you are not against all muslims or [fill in the name of the protected group here], if you are the least bit critical you'll be portrayed as a racist, intolerant to others, etc.
  
• Don't write things that are critical of international organizations and especially not the UN. These organizations all have peaceful intent and want nothing but the best for the USA. Therefore, don't write articles like this one, "The World According to Me, or
  this one, International House of Justice. Also, don't ever write articles critical of support for foreign countries that don't agree with us as I did in Sugar Daddy.
  
• Don't write articles about certain important "Philanthropists" like George Soros. He's really feeling picked on since this article, this article, and this article appeared.
  
• Don't ever mention Jesus unless it's as a swear word. If I really believe certain things concerning religion, I should keep them to myself, unlike what I did when I wrote, Why I Believe and Surfer Jesus?
  
• Don't appear overly militaristic or imperialistic by heaping praise upon our soldiers like I did when I wrote, Hooray for Heroes or Manifest Destiny
  
• Don't write articles in support of wars waged by George W. Bush in order to steal the oil of certain unfortunate countries like I did in Remarks at Whitehall and in this article.
  
• Don't write revisionist history praising Ronald Reagan
  
• Finally, don't make goofy predictions about popular culture and the entertainment industry like I did in Must See TV

  
  Okay, that about does it. From now on I'm going to write like this site and I'm definitely not going to write anything else that could be misconstrued. Right? Right.

  I agree with my *advisors on this stuff except that there's a little problem. I need to be true to my principles otherwise there's no sense in bothering to run for public office. I will have to be careful not to give anyone the wrong impression though. One thing is for certain, Blog-Writing is different than a lot of different types of writing. I would say it's more like news writing except it's somewhat different than even that. Normally, there isn't enough time to be subtle and sentences have to quickly grab the reader's interest or they'll move on. In blog-writing, it can be difficult to fully develop ideas so the reader understands why you're making a certain statement. I will work on being a little clearer, but I'll also be sure to be true to my beliefs.

  Note to JP Carter (and anyone else doing a Friday Roundup):
  This post would be really good to include under the category: Most Links to Himself in a Single Post, Wouldn't it?? Or it could be under Most Annoying Use of Trackbacks.

  *Actually it was only one advisor. Okay it wasn't really an advisor, just a friend giving advice.
  

  Posted by jdmays at January 28, 2004 01:01 AM | TrackBack