Mixed Message on a style blog Re: the MC Incident
In a post titled “Link Love” by Nubby Twiglet, the second to last item reads:
“• This (now infamous) Marie Claire article about the author’s disdain for fat people set off a huge fire storm with over 3,000 comments.”
I suddenly felt upset. I go to this blog for it’s design & style tips and I generally love her links…so I felt compelled to comment:
Hi, doll. Just wondering why you chose to link to the Hate-filled Marie Claire article written by the ignorantly misguided Maura Kelly in your link-love post? There’s a reason her post set off a fire storm: targeting a single group of people with hate is not okay! It really is that simple.
notblueatall: Linking to an article does not mean that I agree with the writer’s views — I am simply trying to provide a variety of content to my readers. I didn’t say that I agreed with what was said in any way — I don’t. I’d heard about the post all week and wanted to see what everyone was talking about and I am sure that many of my readers did as well.
I understand your wanting to share a variety, I blog, too…but when you include a hateful article in a post titled “Link Love†it sends a bit of a mixed message. I love your blog, but was surprised is all. Rock on!
She has not yet responded to my last comment. I don’t think that she will.
Your thoughts?
I agree that “Love” should not have been used to present that link. It was poor choice on the blogger’s part. Of course if it says “Love” then we think you agree or like the things in the links.
I half expected to post this and have people tell me I took it wrong or read into it too deeply. I am so glad that you got the same message that I did! Thank you!
I totally agree with you. The term “Link Love” is specific. It means you love the links and what is being said.
I agree with your logic as well. If I saw “love” in response to a link I would just naturally assume that the blogger agrees/loves/like/is okay with the link’s content.
Yay! Thank you!