To celebrate the close of voting for Iain Dale’s ‘Oo’s got the best blog then?’ competition (in which, if you recall, I’m aiming to beat last year’s 46th ‘Best’ Lib Dem blog) I thought I’d post my own highly suspect guide to writing a political blog in the form of another Top 10 list. Follow this and you can’t possibly go wrong. Trust me.. would I lie to you?
#10. Join a Party
Seems obvious really, but you’re not allowed to blog about politics unless you’re a party member, and importantly if you’re not writing about general party politics or political ideology then you’re not really writing about politics at all. So there.
#9. Make sure you’re On Message
Before you post a single thing, make sure you’re familiar with your party’s policies and principles. This is crucial – going against your party is the fast track to a spanking from London and other party members turning their back on your shiny new blog. You want people to like you, right? So make sure you’re telling everyone what they want to hear.
#8. Blog Design REALLY MATTERS
To be a truly successful blogger you MUST:
- Lots and lots of advertising. Sign up with Google Adwords, Message Space and every other thing that’ll have you. A blog without adverts doesn’t look professional.
- Lots of buttons, widgets and if your blogroll doesn’t have at least 200 links then you’re going to look like a noob. Don’t be a noob. Think of it like modding a car. If you can fit it, you should fit it, because the more junk the MOAR AWESOME your blog is.
#7. Troll like you Mean It
Trolling is the art of being deliberately provocative in the aim of getting a reaction. As far as blogging goes the winner is the person who gets the most reactions – the ultimate win is to troll the BBC or Sky News, but that’s only for the professionals – for now, you want to troll other bloggers. Get yourself over to Wikio, go through the Top 100 and find something you disagree with – then write your own response – don’t worry about being right or wrong – the important thing is to be as annoying and stupid as possible, because that’s what gets the biggest reaction. Link back to the original post and any other blog posts you can find that might be relevant.
Those bloggers, being notified about the links, will stumble across your effort and, amazed by your stupidity, will feel unable to resist explaining to their readers why you’re so incredibly wrong.
Congratulations. You’ve successfully trolled. Don’t worry about what people will think of your incredibly stupid writing. There’s always people that will agree, no matter what you write. Just hold your nerve.
#7a (Bonus) Pick a fight with Tim Ireland
The fast track to internet fame, if your trolling isn’t working out as well as you hope, is to pick a fight with Tim Ireland. You won’t regret it. As much free publicity as you can possibly handle is yours, assuming you find the right combination of words to incur Tim’s wrath. A little bit of research is all it takes to discover the buttons to push.
It doesn’t have to be Tim, of course – the trick is to find a blogger that cares what complete strangers think, unload your opinion in their face then wait for steam to come out of their ears.
#6. Jargon makes you look clever
The more ‘isms’ the better, but that’s just the start. You must – absolutely must – reference as many philosophers, politicians and political science jargon as you can possibly squeeze into each post. The trick is to hide the fact you haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about in huge layer of academic waffle so that the readers blame themselves for not understanding what you’re talking about. Everyone will assume you’re a genius and will go out of their way to boast that they think your blog is superb because it makes them look clever, too.
#5. Facts are for losers
The last resort of the loser who’s been on the receiving end of a rhetorical blog-lashing at your merciless hands is quoting facts. Bah. Facts. Truth. Reality.
These things are NOT the concern of the successful blogger. The correct response to someone presenting you with ‘facts’ to counter one of your blog posts is to call them names and make suggestions about their personality. After all, someone might be armed with facts but no-one wants to take the side of a paedophile. Fight the man, not the ball. If you punch the man in the nuts, you’ve got the ball all to yourself.
#4. Sycophancy will get you Everywhere
If trolling doesn’t work, the alternative is to flatter the arse off as many top bloggers as you possibly can. Seriously. Write blog posts gushing about the efforts of anyone you like – just make sure you really pile on the love. Trust me, this never fails. Just make sure you flatter lots of bloggers – you don’t want to look like a stalker, which is what might happen if you focus on just one person.
#3. Never give up. Never surrender
Occasionally name calling might not work. You might be tempted to admit defeat, to say, hey, I’m wrong. Some people on the internet have occasionally read books and might actually understand the subject you’re talking about better than you do.
Trust me – never give up. You give up even once it looks really bad. If you hold your ground and just shout louder and louder then they’ll respect your tenacity – and don’t forget, no matter what you say there’s always going to be people that will take your side – especially if you stick with the Golden Rule number 9 – Always Be On Message. The weight of a whole party behind you… woo.. they can’t argue with that, no matter how many ‘books’ they’ve read.
If you give up then those people taking your side will be crushed. You’ve not just admitted you’re wrong – you’ve told your newfound followers that they’re wrong too… and they won’t forgive you for that easily.
No, the trick is to stick to your guns, no matter what. People respect that.
#2. In case of Emergency, invoke Cultural Relativism
You can argue against someone’s opinion, but you can’t argue with the fact that it is someone’s opinion. As far as blogging goes, this is the magic ingredient. “Yes,” you’ll write, “but it’s what I believe, and who’s to say what I believe is any less valid than what you believe?” and, dumbfounded they’ll admit they’re powerless to argue and promptly declare you the winner.
If someone starts spouting nonsense about how there are some things that are a matter of fact rather than opinion, condemn them as old fashioned absolutists and remember step 5 – name calling is a way to make sure people don’t want to side with your enemy.
#1. Always Invoke The Majority
As far as ‘can’t lose’ strategies go, you’ve already got a few – stick with the Party line and you’ll have an army of people with your ‘back’ as they say. Fight the man, not the ball to avoid getting into debates about ‘facts’. Invoke cultural relativism so you reduce everything to ‘you’ve got your opinion, I’ve got mine’. This turns political debates into little more than popularity contests – so armed with flattery and trolling you’ll no doubt be able to declare yourself the ‘winner’ of all your blogging battles.
What ties all this together though? What’s the true secret to becoming a true ‘teflon blogger’ that causes outrage (and thus wins lots of readers and followers)? It’s invoking the majority. If ‘everyone’ thinks it, then it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. Your opponents will realise they’re not just arguing with you – they’re arguing against everyone, and that makes them some sort of internet crazy and thus the loser by default.
There you have it. Charlotte Gore’s Guide to Ultimate Blogging Success. Let’s hope this time next year someone who’s read this and taken it to heart will find themselves in Iain’s Top Blogs list. Let’s face it, how can you lose?
Ewan Hoyle said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:26 am
Was #11 Jumping on a post that you think will be popular and is written by an established blogger and posting the first comment in a desperate attempt to increase exposure for your own blog that is fairly new to the scene and you think could be popular if only people read it. I feel dirty now, which probably breaks a few of your rules
Must. have. less. shame.
Charlotte Gore said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:29 am
Nah it’s definitely a number 11. Sir, I salute you.
captainff said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:42 am
Two #5′s? That would be greedy.
Now do I take advice #7 or not?
Charlotte Gore said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:44 am
Aw christ. Hang on…
Charlotte Gore said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:46 am
Fixed. Phew!
I must admit, I didn’t think of people using #7 on this blog. Whoops
Liz Robillard said...
30 Jul 09 at 3:11 am
I love you (and many others)I am Lib-Dem (sometimes) and it means so much to always be there for you and did you know the Higgs Boson will found if we don’t fight the lizards but then, do I know nothing? Sex
Stu said...
30 Jul 09 at 7:33 am
I’m glad to see you’re using your great influence for the cause of good, Charlotte, and not leading potential competitors down the garden path with suspect advice and misleading tips. It’s capitalism at work, really – you know you’ll benefit in the long run from the good feelings you’ll get from the community when you hive something back. It’s touching to see
Myself, I plan on incorporating as much of this advice as I can manage into my own blogging style. Point #1 particularly struck home – I suppose I should have seen earlier that it is better to become a party member, so that I may use ‘party loyalty’ as a trump card, and care more about tribalism and positioning than I do about facts or even opinions. It would also give me a great opportunity to describe my party’s leader as being forward-looking and genuinely concerned about the opinions of the people, whilst simultaneously rubbishing other party leaders, even when they’re doing exactly the same things, as ‘doing it as a slippery PR stunt’ or ‘seeking to maintain his [relevant] credentials’.
I can’t wait for all the pageviews (or ‘impressions’, as my new advertising partners like to call them) that I’m going to get as a result of you post Charlotte! Thank you! Have I ever mentioned how wonderful and lovely you are?
(Did I do #4 right?)
Stu said...
30 Jul 09 at 7:37 am
Clearly, ‘hive something back’ should have been GIVE something back, and I forgot to mention my own blogging tip, which is to always write short, sarcastic asides after every paragraph in italic red text. You’re just not a proper blogger until you’ve mastered this basic skill!
Letters From A Tory said...
30 Jul 09 at 8:25 am
“Let’s face it, how can you lose?”
Communicating with Tim Ireland is always a loss, in my book.
Heresiarch said...
30 Jul 09 at 9:03 am
This is just so true. I will mend my ways forthwith. Perhaps then Dale will stop ignoring me.
Paul Walter said...
30 Jul 09 at 9:28 am
Another tip is this. Iain Dale encourages people to vote for themselves in the Total Politics awards. Indeed, he once told me that most people put themselves at Number One in their rankings.
So the way to give yourself a fillip when you vote is:
Put yourself at Number One. Then to make sure you don’t give anyone else a bump up, choose 9 blogs which have only posted about once in the year that noone else will vote for. That way you won’t be helping your competitors.
Subrosa said...
30 Jul 09 at 9:33 am
Such accuracy and written with a little hint of superb wit. This would certainly be applicable to much of the testosterone-filled Scottish politics blogging scene. I’m so tempted to have this as one of my super seven links this weekend.
I do think there should be a 7b though Charlotte to counter 7a. 7b = don’t pick a fight with Iain Dale. He will ignore you forever even though you’re the 2nd top Scottish blog on Wikio.
Charlotte Gore said...
30 Jul 09 at 12:22 pm
Subrosa,
Ah, yes, 7b. I did actually wonder about adding an Iain Dale one.. hmm…
“Send Iain Dale a link to every blog post you write, asking for it to be included in his Daley Dozen. He’ll love that.”
Subrosa said...
30 Jul 09 at 12:24 pm
Oops that should read 3rd, but then I’ve never considered Tom Harris to be a Scottish blogger as most of his blogging is done from south of the border!
Charlotte Gore said...
30 Jul 09 at 12:27 pm
In fairness he’s a Scot who blogs, not a Scottish blogger. COMPLETELY different.
Costigan Quist said...
30 Jul 09 at 1:37 pm
One out of ten isn’t bad, but I’ve obviously got some hard work to do
Alan Douglas said...
31 Jul 09 at 6:23 am
You are bound to be in Iain’s next Top Ten of Universal Irrelevancies.
Best read I’ve had for weeks. Just how big is that tongue of yours, and do you have cheeks like a pelican’s ?
Alan Douglas
NotaSheep said...
31 Jul 09 at 7:27 am
Iain Dale expects people to put their own blog at Number 1! Why did nobody tell me? I put myself at number 3 and now I feel unloved by myself.
Grumpy Old Man said...
31 Jul 09 at 8:28 am
Dear Charlotte. I now understand why the blogosphere loves you in spite of your LibDem habit. I’m a natural troll, but will have to work very hard on the rest of my game before I go solo. I shall cut and keep your immortal prose and use it as a sampler to hang over my bed.
Plato said...
31 Jul 09 at 8:34 am
Bravo! Tip top advice for blog rampers.
There is a fun piss take on Unenlightened Commentary about blog styles that always makes me smile.
http://fountain.blogspot.com/2009/04/laffaire-smeargate-blogosphere-responds.html
Geoffrey Payne said...
31 Jul 09 at 8:50 am
Roughly the same advice for winning the Apprentice.
Incidently I always thought you never knew what you were talking about.
chris g said...
31 Jul 09 at 9:59 am
Ermmm….This is not what Yaro Starak teaches on his award winning blogging course. He is ofcourse one of the world’s top bloggers…
Some good stuff in there though…
Nick WsN said...
31 Jul 09 at 10:24 am
Excellent post Charlotte (rule 4). Iv just started up my own blog (here is the obligatory plug, which is also an adaptation of Ewan’s rule 11, ) and I will make sure that it operates within the parameters that you have created. I shall tatto the rules onto the inside of my eyelids.
http://www.whatsnextpm.blogspot.com/
nicola clubb said...
31 Jul 09 at 10:35 am
I am going to argue your point 10, I am not a proflic blogger on politics, but I’m sorry you do not have to be a member of a party to blog on politics.
In today’s political world, one where we have the politicians being arses in some cases keeping an independent view point across all the parties is a far better idea, as in some areas i support the parties, but in others i do not.
Take ID cards, i hate the idea (Idea came from labour, I love the fact the conseratives want to scrap it, (I am not a conserative party supporter, I favour more a lib dem approach, but i now long longer support them either)
Another item, Immigration, I am sorry it should be jobs in Britian for british citizens, not foreigners, but labour seem to be very pro foreigners. The BNP not, (But i agian do not and will never believe in all the BNP policies).
I am a writer and have been working on a political novel centred around the election of an independant, to all outside control, leader to the position of Leader of one of the cities on my world. He is fighting a very pro company and corporate based system (very similar to the one we seem to have here)
Charlotte Gore said...
31 Jul 09 at 12:41 pm
Hi Nicola,
You should know that I totally agree with you – you shouldn’t have to be a member of a party to write about politics – in fact my ‘number one’ vote in Iain Dale’s thing was for someone who isn’t a member of anything.
The whole piece is tongue in cheek, so don’t worry
Praguetory said...
31 Jul 09 at 1:06 pm
You’ve been reading Madsen Pirie’s how to win every argument.
Charlotte Gore said...
31 Jul 09 at 1:11 pm
I haven’t, but I love the cover
If anything it’s probably influenced more by dim memories of watching the Colbert Report.
Praguetory said...
31 Jul 09 at 1:18 pm
I recommend the book to any blogger who wishes to get under other people’s skin.
Dick Puddlecote said...
31 Jul 09 at 4:23 pm
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Wild applause. A perfect article, best of the year so far I’d say. So very true … especially #4
Shane Greer said...
31 Jul 09 at 11:12 pm
Funniest thing I have read in ages!
Miller 2.0 said...
2 Aug 09 at 11:10 am
This is SUCH a good post.
OllyDeed said...
4 Aug 09 at 5:34 pm
All points duly noted.
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill said...
1 Oct 09 at 12:01 pm
I think you’re trying to be funny but the kind of career damaging smears and threats to family and loved ones that Tim has had to put up with is a long way from what you describe.
Hope it never happens to you and that some one doesn’t piggyback on it in order to make a weak joke.
Charlotte Gore said...
1 Oct 09 at 12:06 pm
I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone that this Top 10 is a piss take, that it’s mocking Derek Draper’s hideous attempt at blogging – who did, in fact, pick a fight with Tim Ireland for free publicity.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 10:47 am
“I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone that this Top 10 is a piss take, that it’s mocking Derek Draper’s hideous attempt at blogging – who did, in fact, pick a fight with Tim Ireland for free publicity.”
1. What utter rubbish. Even if this claim did hold water, Iain Dale or Paul Staines would’ve made a far better example.
2. I would further argue that even if you managed to successfully argue that Draper knowingly attempted this to an equal extent with all three of us, you would’ve done well to choose a better example for your “piss take” than a man who was being smeared as an obsessed, mentally ill stalker and paedophile at the time while hinting that “a little bit of research is all it takes to discover the buttons to push”. (We’ve not met socially that I recall, but you seem like a really pleasant person, Charlotte.)
3. Amazingly, I care what “complete strangers” think when I am being smeared as an obsessed, mentally ill stalker and paedophile.
4. I also get mildly irked when I also have to deal with random attacks later prompted by your “piss take” (that you claim was “obvious to everyone”) while a gang of thugs are busy publishing my home address alongside any ammunition they can pick up from blogs attacking me. How nice of you to make that list of attackers longer and have them fish out what they thought were some appropriate buttons to push (for no other reason than to make a little joke, you claim).
5. Your post was also prominently linked to by Iain Dale, who loves to pretend that I attack him for no reason while manipulating others into attacking me. Again, thanks for producing such useful ammo as a passing whimsy.
In short, even if this was intended as a joke (and not one at my expense) it was in extremely poor taste and so poorly timed as to make any reasonable person suspect that you might’ve been kicking someone while they were down (or just not giving a flying fuck about the consequences of your actions).
dizzy said...
19 Nov 09 at 11:11 am
Hear hear Tim! Charlotte, how dare you not be fully up to date on everything going on in Tim’s life, have you not managed to read the entire Internet every day yet? N00b! EVERYONE knew what was going on with Tim when you wrote this! What’s more Charlotte, as a weblogger, you have a responsibility to know, comment, and provide opinions on everything ever happening in the world ever at any given moment. If you don’t then it can only be because you have a deliberate agenda against the given topic. Some people don;t have sense of humours you know Charlotte and frankly it’s so obvious you should have known the entire contents of Tim’s current online problem that your post can only possibly be part of a wider attack on him. You disgust me!
This comment was brought to you by the letters S and B, and the words “sarcastic” and “bastard”.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 11:29 am
Kind of you to drop by and misrepresent my position and the entire situation, Dizzy/Phil. Thanks. Hey, do you remember having a go at me for daring to prove you were wrong about a certain MP sock-puppeting when you were in the middle of some form of domestic difficulty (that you certainly weren’t blogging about)? Probably not something you’ll want to talk about (and fair enough) just something to keep in mind.
Even if Charlotte took this shot at me without reading my site (i.e. without knowing the full facts of my confrontation with Draper, for example, or without knowing of these repeatedly reported attacks on me spanning months), I would hope she could at least recognise after the fact that her timing was unfortunate.
dizzy said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:23 pm
Wow Tim. That’s one impressive response. Not only have you again repeated your inference as a stated fact that I said someone was sock-puppeting when I didn’t; you’ve also appeared to do a “I know you split up with your ex-wife and I’ve kept quiet about it, just remember that” type comment.
On topic though, why should Charlotte recognise anything? The reality is that she wrote a very funny post (months ago) in which she made an entirely amusing passing reference to you based on her observations of your behaviour when you go all rabid about something. You then acted true to form, and you even came back to it almost two months later for the last word. Talk about irony.
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:30 pm
Oh come on Dizzy, this is cunty, even for you, you attack Tim with a sarcastic, spiteful comment even though his current predicament is not pleasant one at at all and expect to come away from it looking good?
That is pretty daft, even for you.
dizzy said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:37 pm
Actually I attacked him for getting on his high horse and suggesting that Charlotte might actually be “kicking him when he’s down” and acting as if she ought to be aware of everything going on with him before mentioning his name and it appearing in Google Alerts.
Regarding Tim’s “current predicament” I’m not 100% sure what it is further than some randoms threatening to post his address online and him saying it had happened. I would read his blog more but I find it too difficult to separate the truth from the wild speculative conjecture.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:39 pm
Oh, I’m sorry… you repeatedly *implied* that the MP was sock-puppeting. And you were wrong. I did not mention your ex-wife. I even made it clear that there should be no mention of your ex-wife IMO, to make it clear I had no plan to use it as leverage, just to counter your ridiculous misrepresentations.
As for the timing of my comment, I was in no position to defend myself at the time (which is part of the issue) and only recently became aware of this ridiculous defence Gore appears willing to stand by.
You also undermine your proclaimed faith in my ability to go “rabid” at the drop of a hat when you are so obviously trying to pick a fight and throwing so much into it.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:46 pm
A) Repeated with highlights for the benefit of Phil Hendren:
“In short, even if this was intended as a joke (and not one at my expense) it was in extremely poor taste and so poorly timed as to make any reasonable person suspect that you might’ve been kicking someone while they were down (or just not giving a flying fuck about the consequences of your actions).”
B) I can understand ‘Dizzy’ not wanting to look too closely at what has been happening recently, as it is very similar to a stunt he pulled himself and would rather not admit to anyone, not even himself (i.e. knowingly using personal, ex-directory data in an attempt to intimidate me into silence).
Now, if we can keep this personal beef out of this thread, I would like to allow our host the opportunity to answer for herself.
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill said...
19 Nov 09 at 12:54 pm
Dizzy:
Sorry, your excuse doesn’t wash with me, it is an act of bad faith that you’re carrying out and of spite.
Tim has every right to be on a bloody high horse, the treatment he has received at the hands of these cretins, tacitly supported by a raft of bloody idiot bloggers, is a disgrace that shows a loss of all perspective and decency.
Which is exactly the trap you’re falling into, especially by doubting the veracity of his claims, it just makes you look like a cruel, myopic idiot. It is how one treats one’s ‘enemies’ that speaks most about the man and your words speaks volumes.
dizzy said...
19 Nov 09 at 1:18 pm
I didn’t “repeatedly” imply anything Tim, you made an inference from a comment that was actually implying something else, and it was you that has “repeated” it. On the phone number stuff, stop talking bullshit, I have been very open on multiple occasions on my blog and others, I posted your area code and number in two cryptic comments too annoy you, not to make you go silent. It worked.
Now, back on topic about what you said in relation to this post and being in no position to defend yourself at the time. The post was written on July 30th, you linked to it and name checked Charlotte on the 30th September from your blog. She replied to many of the comments the next day, October 1st. You then carried on blogging and twittering all through October and half of November and then suddenly resurrect it and start trying to link it to what has happened to you when it has bugger all to do with any of that and was merely Charlotte making a joke about how someone wanting to get noticed in political blogging might go about it.
@David, you said – “Tim has every right to be on a bloody high horse, the treatment he has received at the hands of these cretins, tacitly supported by a raft of bloody idiot bloggers, is a disgrace that shows a loss of all perspective and decency.”
That as maybe, but it has sweet bugger all to do with this post which appeared a day before Tim stopped blogging over the summer, and months before any of this stuff about home addresses appeared. You, like Tim, are conflating two complete different things and trying to link them up. It’s bullshit.
Charlotte made a gag. Tim has thinskin. Simple as that.
Daniel Hoffmann-Gill said...
19 Nov 09 at 1:21 pm
Dizzy:
You are ridiculous aren’t you? You published someone’s phone number?
And even presented with evidence you can’t get control of yourself for even a few moments and show some level of dignity or civility?
dizzy said...
19 Nov 09 at 1:21 pm
Oh yes, and I’m buggering off now. Nothing more to add. I hope that Charlotte doesn’t bother gracing Tim with a response though.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 1:44 pm
Daniel: In Dizzy’s mind, he published it in two parts (in two consecutive comments, commanding that I *** off), so that doesn’t count – and, to him, that I would let it get to me just shows how ‘thin-skinned’ I am. I’ve no intention of revealing more, but the detail would reveal the height of hypocrisy from Hendren, and he knows it.
As for the rest, he can rattle off as many dates as he likes, it doesn’t change the fact that he admits he doesn’t know or won’t acknowledge half of what’s been going on, and so cannot speak with any authority or credibility on what I might or might not be facing at any given time or make any judgements about when I might reasonably think it a suitable time to do anything about this post and Gore’s later excuse.
The smears/attacks started well before summer, and LED to the summer shut-down, closely followed by hahaha a post hahaha suggesting that people hahaha do “a little bit of research” to hahaha find which buttons to push and hahaha pick a fight with me.
Which buttons would those be, then? Because at the time I was objecting to false claims that I was aligned with Draper, in the pay of Tom Watson and/or the government as a smear-merchant, stalking various women/bloggers, molesting children, and off my nut if I dared to complain about any of it. Charlotte? Any comment?
Charlotte Gore said...
19 Nov 09 at 2:03 pm
I don’t read bloggerheads. I’m not aware of Tim’s personal circumstances.
I don’t accept the accusation that people have attacked Tim because of this blog post. It’s patently obvious to all that this Top 10 is actually the ‘Worst 10′ things a blogger can do. I’m sorry that Tim feels that there is a link.
My advice on this subject, as if this needed spelling out, is NOT to pick fights with Tim Ireland. Leave him alone.
Tim Ireland said...
19 Nov 09 at 2:13 pm
I don’t read bloggerheads.
So you expressed an opinion about me (and your judgement on what happened with regards to Draper) based on what exactly? If your answer involves what other people say, then I should warn you that people like Phil ‘Dizzy’ Hendren knowingly continue to host accounts of my behaviour/conduct that they know to be false.
I’m not aware of Tim’s personal circumstances.
These were public attacks that I blogged about and others blogged about (some in their own special blind and biased way, but all the same). It was not personal in the sense that you would have no way of knowing about it, other than maybe making a judgement about (and having a go at) another blogger without even reading their account(s).
I don’t accept the accusation that people have attacked Tim because of this blog post.
Prepare to accept the accusation, and let’s take things from there.
Dry08 said...
19 Nov 09 at 3:55 pm
Well done Charlotte, it’s been accessible, down to earth, (mostly) non-partisan politics.
Tim Ireland said...
20 Nov 09 at 11:33 pm
Do I need to repeat the bit where I produce evidence that someone has attacked me because of this blog post, or do I simply have to make it clearer that this is your cue to accept where you might be wrong in your previous comment?
Sorry to be a bother, but…
Charlotte Gore said...
23 Nov 09 at 1:13 pm
Nope, let’s end it there. You’ve said your piece, made your position perfectly clear, people can judge for themselves.
Tim Ireland said...
23 Nov 09 at 2:01 pm
My position? It’s reality that conflicts with your assertions, not my position. Yet you refuse to acknowledge this and maintain that this is a harmless, well-meaning joke.
I don’t think I could wish for any clearer sign of bad faith.
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