What Else Is There to Say? Ryan Jerz Is Not Anonymous

I just don’t like Jerz. He has a hard time accepting opposing points of view. Admittedly, that’s all too common a frailty in the blogosphere, but he just doesn’t know when when to quit sometimes, win lose or draw.

One of the points Ryan makes is a bit disturbing, if I’m reading him correctly: The Democrats should have known they were throwing the Frost family to the “wolves,” and therefore share the blame for the Republican attacks. This seems somehow analogous to arguing that because it is certain that a bully will launch an attack, based on past behavior; therefore no one should counsel standing up to the bullying. It’s also something of a sad commentary on the state of the Republican Party. If this kind of behavior is Expected, then any who exercise their right to dissent must expect personal attacks from that quarter? That reduces all Republicans to the level of their lowest advocates and spokespersons?

Beacon, not exactly. I would say that you have every right to stand up to the bully, just don’t act like you didn’t know what was coming. I got the term MOM from you. That’s what this was.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals. - Georg C. Lichtenberg

I’m glad to see that I’m not suffering alone.

I don’t personally disagree with everything he writes, but it’s not just that he can’t accept other points of view, he can be pretty damn bullying, himself, when he sees something he disagrees with.

You can prove someone wrong without being an a-hole about it. And that’s why I banned him from posting on my blog. Show me where I erred, but do it with respect. Which, unfortunately, he knows not the meaning of.

On the other hand, I find if I make any kind of mention of him in my neck of the woods, I’m guaranteed some free linkage and traffic from his. Sure, I’ll erase the evidence after a while, but, well, sometimes it’s fun to play with tools.

If you actually read Ryan’s original post you’ll find it isn’t about the SCHIP program but the whole spectacle around the Frost ad. He was pretty clear about that. So, yes, his thoughts were misrepresented in the R&D post that prompted all of this.

Using the analogy Beacon puts forth, the answer Jerz was suggesting wasn’t to not put anybody up to the bully, but to not put up an innocent child in front of you. Why not use a lawmaker or an expert in the field?

With virtually every single move by both parties a calculated and poll-tested one, it would seem naive to think that the people putting the Frosts up wouldn’t know an attack would follow. They set a trap that Malkin and such fell in and now the politics of moral indignation (and political fundraising, of course) can run wild for another week or two. We had the MoveOn ad, then Rush and now this. No wonder nothing is ever accomplished in DC.

There’s an upside to all of this Discontent — ratings. You could watch PBS all the time, but sometimes Fox News is more fun. Cheers to Jerz … and Myrna. It’s not expertise, it’s opinion. Argue away.

Why do I feel like I read the rantings of a nipple-deprived overgrown infant when I read his stuff? “It’s all about me!”

What a way to bully oneself into a readership.

Wolfy’s witty, deconstructive, and blatantly linkbaiting comment goes HERE:

-M

ps I like Jerz. He gave me a beer the other day.

Is it true that there are only about 20 people on these blogs and the only hits they get are from each of them reading the other 19 numerous times a day to see if they’re mentioned?
All of this is entertaining (for about two minutes) as it takes me back to similar arguments I heard about/ encouraged/ started/ ended/ condoned in 7th grade. Is this what “blogging” is about? I don’t like what he/she said about me? As much as I dislike USA Today I read one yesterday and it spelled out the perceived problems with SCHIP by the Republicans. Where’s the discussion about the facts? Are we all blinded by party politics (Now Ryan Jerz represents all republicans? come on).
Can we work on graduating to high school? please?

HAAAAA!
Well put pi. Ryan, Myrna: that is the predominant opinion on “regular” people about us, and it’s partially true.

pi, Know that for every comment you see on a blog, there are at least 100 hits. And google analytics can tell when Ryan hits the bacon strip 20 times a day from work, but it still only counts him as one unique visitor.

-M