Blue Like You
Conservative musings - formerly Joanne’s Journey
Mr. Incredible
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007I’m still taking a bit of a break, but this post by Garth Turner (as picked up by National Newswatch) was a jaw dropper.
Do you know of any other Canadian M.P. who would take on a blogger in a public forum?
There are other ways to deal with these kinds of things, Garth.
For example, have an assistant contact Mr. Taylor to express your concern and displeasure, rather than relying on personal attacks such as “sock puppet” and “miscreant”.
Or ask Mr. Taylor to publish a retraction if he has said anything that is not factual. Explain where he might have made an error in his calculations.
Can you think of any other M.P. in Canada who would handle criticism from a blogger in this way?
It is so sad.
Or perhaps this is a sign of things to come.
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Update: Brandon explores some possible reasons why Garth Turner may have Stephen Taylor in his sights. - Tell Me Folks…
Scott Tribe picks up the thread. An Attempt at a Gotcha Moment - for what?:
“…I mean, I haven’t seen any of the Liberal bloggers obsessing this much over Emerson or Khan’s defections; what blogging there was of them has long ago ceased, and in both their cases, they jumped straight to the Conservatives, unlike Garth who sat as an independent first and THEN became a Liberal…”
Well, first of all Scott, Garth didn’t voluntarily ‘defect’. He was booted out of the Conservative caucus and has apparently been angry ever since. He seems to enjoy hurling little potshots at Harper and crew, which appears to be A-O.K. with his comrades.
His blog is allegedly an information source as part of the new “digital democracy”. However he often uses it as a forum to vent and attack when bloggers like Stephen Taylor challenge him. I think he would be wiser to either ignore posts that infuriate him, or else take it up quietly with the writer. But that’s not his style.
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