Great Expectations
One of the goals of this blog is to facilitate and cultivate intelligent dialog. The state of political and social debate in the United States is an ‘us vs. them’ screaming match. Everybody is talking, but no one is hearing. The best (or worst) example of this inane communication can be found on countless blog forums throughout the web.
It is my great hope that BackingIn.com will foster intelligent and insightful commentary and conversation among its readers. To that end, I reserve the right to remove any post that contain the following:
- Hate speech
- Obscenity
- Vulgarity
- Name calling
- Slander
- Useless nonsense (e.g. ‘First!’, ‘Should have bought a Mac’, ‘M$ sucks’, ‘Obama is an expletive’, etc.)
- Use of the terms ‘netizen’, ‘blogosphere’, ‘interwebs’, etc. (just kidding, but seriously don’t use these words)
I believe in the Constitutional right to free speech, but there is a mistaken notion on the web that free speech grants all those who visit a blog the right to post anything they want. It doesn’t. Free speak entitles you to start your own blog and say anything you want. Below is what I hope I will read from commenters:
- Fact checking with citations
- Well thought out opinion
- Constructive criticism
- Grammar and spelling corrections. Some think this is a waste, but I welcome it. Just be kind, please! I bruise easily.
