Like the local news channels that have special weekly or bi-weekly segments, such as “New Yorker of the Week” or “Good Samaritan,” I’ve decided to include a regular “Suck It” post. Because, well, I’d like to say it will give you warm fuzzies or renew your faith in humanity but I can promise neither, only that perhaps I’m telling someone or something to “Suck It” that you wish would as well. (Please feel free to email me suggestions for things you’d like to “Suck It”…even if it’s ME). So what has me all hot and bothered like Martha Stewart without minions? Bloggers who refuse to sign their work!
What do I mean? Well, I’ll give you an example: there’s a local blog here in Park Slope (I’m not going to name them because quite frankly I refuse to give them any traffic) where they discuss the inconvenience of children in the neighborhood. This is not really my main frustration, since I can only assume that they have had some sort of frontal lobe damage to move to a neighborhood that is nationally known as “stroller mecca” and expect it to be kid-free. NO, my problem is that they refuse to disclose who they really are. They give only their first names and no pictures. Well, ain’t that brave! If you have a point of view and you’re taking on a whole group of people have some – pardon my French – balls! Anyone can write vitriolic prose in the anonymity of their own home. If you really trust and believe in what you have to say (and certainly if you are putting down an entire population of folks, aka parents) have the courage and the – dare I say it – humanity to OWN it!
It worries me a little that we are able to go into our private spheres and post such public messages without ever having to really face the person or people we are disparaging. Put your full name and, hell, even a picture. Geez, if you have a blog then respect yourself and your readers enough to let them know who you really are. So Suck It you damn scaredy cats – you know who you are.
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