tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post6940800382534591994..comments2024-03-19T02:19:59.665-07:00Comments on Centerpointe Communicator: 2014 League City election picks for City CouncilCenterpointe Moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10895145672338559659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post-59728671473727331942014-11-11T06:38:09.717-08:002014-11-11T06:38:09.717-08:00In that particular case, I agreed with the author ...In that particular case, I agreed with the author and so the author's motivations were not an overriding concern to me. My love for the Tea party approaches negative infinity, but this was a point upon which many of us could agree. I personally believe that some of Ewend's campaign actions were unconscionable. Centerpointe Moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895145672338559659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post-11982629652109181092014-11-06T07:55:13.557-08:002014-11-06T07:55:13.557-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062852884327894958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post-68615010188549503092014-10-22T08:15:34.334-07:002014-10-22T08:15:34.334-07:00Point of clarification based on initial feedback I...Point of clarification based on initial feedback I received on this post (with this kind of blog, most people prefer to provide private feedback rather than post here in the Comments section, so that is what I am drawing upon) -<br /><br />Yes, I realize that my assessment above is blunt. The opposite of "blunt" tends to be "politically correct". I believe that political correctness is nothing more than a diversional scourge upon the Earth. Furthermore, I believe that League City has not done a danged thing to deserve political correctness from me or anyone else. Politics was a blood sport in League City long before I got here, and it will be a blood sport long after I'm gone. I'm not making any more extreme an editorial contribution here than what many others have done via other outlets. <br /><br />In fact, I hope I'm doing a little bit better. Rather than attacking candidates on the basis of their political philosophies as has become the useless and twisted norm in our post-political-correctness world, I would rather speak frankly in terms of what I perceive are their apolitical strengths and weaknesses. Political attacks can only lead to one result: conversational stalemates. Strengths and weaknesses evaluations, even if not agreed upon by others, instead lead to additional questions and contemplation and maybe even improvement. <br /><br />So that is why I approach these issues in my chosen tone. As a writer, I never set out to produce the editorial analogs of selfies - there's no incremental value in that; it would be a waste of my time and yours. I set out to identify a niche that nobody else was acknowledging so that I could make a practical contribution to filling the resulting perceptual hole (it's a dirty job, but someone should be doing it). And I do get feedback along those lines - people say things like, "I don't know why you're doing this, and I don't particularly enjoy what you're doing - but I have to admit that it does bring something new to table, an element that nobody else around here seems to be in touch with." Amen to that. Centerpointe Moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895145672338559659noreply@blogger.com