I've seen some pretty disgusting things going on around here lately. Blatant and unabashed hate, hurtful and insensitive jokes, and just downright irresponsible blogging. Do you know who's to blame xanga?
Take a look in the mirror.
The common thread with almost all of these posts is the traffic that they get. Almost without exception, every inflammatory post I've seen this week has gotten at least 30-40 comments. Top blogs has been littered with them every day. They have spawned pulses, and response posts galore. We perpetuate the bullshit xanga. I almost didn't write this post because I feel that I may be doing the same. In the end, I just had to get this off my chest.
As we all know, Dan the Theologian made a very crass parody post of a fellow xangan's death this week. It was, in a word, deplorable. At first, I gave Dan the benefit of the doubt, because there was the chance that we were dealing with another fake death. However, once the death was confirmed (which it was a few hours after he posted), Dan should have removed that post and apologized.
But he didn't. Goodbye all respect for Dan.
As I watched the anger towards Dan grow to a fever pitch, I wondered for a moment how things would change around here. Dan had finally gone too far.
In the aftermath, despite a few "I hate Dan" posts and even a few "boycott Dan" posts, the truth of the matter is that Dan is the clear winner in all of this. He is laughing his ass off right now. So many people who claimed to be appalled and outraged by this incident will do nothing. They will be back to his site talking about Jon and Kate Plus Eight by next week. This too shall pass, just as every other trangression has before it.
We are broken xanga. We are broken beyond repair. We feed the negativity at a gluttonous pace.
- It's why people like Paul_Partisan thrive off of playing you like a fiddle. He knows this about you xanga. He knows it and he uses it.
- It's why people like DearRicky constantly find an audience when they want to victimize themselves for public consumption. People come and read about who is pissing on his head this week and are even foolish enough to reply, "Poor Ricky. They hate you because they don't write nearly as well as you!"
- It's why people like Le_Chose_En_Soi find sudden xanga popularity, when they finally burst and let out their anger. Yet they spend all year writing beautiful, heartfelt posts that go mostly unnoticed.
- It's why so many of my good friends have lost interest in this place.
Now as you can see, I am still here. You can take this as a sign that I am willing to deal with all of it. I do not expect it to change. I am not writing this as a plea to stop the xanga drama. I am not going to waste my time with that. The point of this blog is this,
Stop blaming Dan. Stop blaming Paul. Stop blaming Ricky and all the others. If you want someone to blame for all of the negativity that goes on around here, blame yourself. See how being honest feels for a change you hypocrites!
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