A note of thanks and Testosterone, Personalities, Individualism and Subject Matter May 16, 2007
Posted by reformedville in : Ethnicity , trackbackFirst, I would like to thank reformedblogs.com for the forum in which to catalogue various posts of mine from different blogs throughout this past year. I have intentionally been a tad slow about it, since the posting “counter” on the index page could lead to the false impression this is some kind of a race or competition to have the most posts.
Edited acknowledgement to reference by former Little Geneva
In concert with the consolidation of my blogs, one of those blogs was heavily involved in a dispute with some kinists early this year. In reality it was more of a dispute among individuals that ’devolved ‘. It happens. You get people who are passionate about their feelings and causes, theology, etc. and raw emotion can overflow. Enough said. The unfortunate side effect is that you never really discuss the original issues, and it just becomes a dispute among individuals talking past one another.
I noticed that the former Little Geneva blog has posted a link to Reformedville and had noted that I had taken a sociological interest in studying the underlying concepts behind Kinism (as well as other forms of ethnic segregation). While I did not agree with their observation on all points, I felt the treatment was fair and “prodding enough” to open discourse in the future. I appreciated the lack of harsh rhetoric, and the straight disagreement noted on points, as to what they ”perceive my position to be”.
Most of the references in their post, I believe, was to The Irony of Kinism.
This reply is not intended to exhaustive or complete in any way; but I did wish to acknowledge what I considered to be ” a fair enough” reference to this blog by R. Jamison on the linked post. I have noticed that they provide no way in which to contact them or respond to their blog, so I guess you just email a known Kinist to respond. I believe that is a weakness of their new forum if they are truly looking for discourse.
It has been my theory in blogging that it is not necessary for you to agree with me, nor I with you, but that we honestly examine the positions and their ramifications. If we can at a minimal get others to consider the issues instead of just going through life with preconceived notions, our blogging is worth the effort. John Balliet
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