{"id":19817,"date":"2011-01-11T13:53:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T20:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=19817"},"modified":"2011-01-11T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T20:53:54","slug":"o-wad-some-pow%e2%80%99r-the-giftie-gie-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/o-wad-some-pow%e2%80%99r-the-giftie-gie-us.html","title":{"rendered":"O wad some Pow\u2019r the giftie gie us &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have it on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.robballen.com\/viewpost.aspx?postId=4517\">good authority<\/a> (on the Internet, so it must be true!) that I am &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Another lefty, railing on a topic he does not understand.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Clearly the type that there are high odds against &#8220;any comments that contradict his point of view actually getting past moderation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Someone who replies with &#8220;smarmy fact-free &#8216;rebuttal'&#8221;s.<\/li>\n<li>A guy who won&#8217;t let &#8220;facts get in the way of his emotion-driven opinion that makes him feel good and superior about himself.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The sort to block &#8220;any comments that are anything more than a very mild disagreement&#8221; from my blog.<\/li>\n<li>A person who uses &#8220;convoluted logic to explain away anyone elses conclusions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have it on good authority (on the Internet, so it must be true!) that I am &#8230; &#8220;Another lefty, railing on a topic he does not understand.&#8221; Clearly the type that there are high odds against &#8220;any comments that contradict his point of view actually getting past moderation.&#8221; Someone who replies with &#8220;smarmy fact-free &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/o-wad-some-pow%e2%80%99r-the-giftie-gie-us.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;O wad some Pow\u2019r the giftie gie us &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-personal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50147,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/dont-drink-the-water-and-dont-read-the-comments.html","url_meta":{"origin":19817,"position":0},"title":"Don&#039;t drink the water and don&#039;t read the comments","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Apr-15 9:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Bottom line: if you are going to have a comments section, whether it is a personal blog or a major media site, you have a responsibility to moderate the comments and decide what you are going to let them be. 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