I feel like I just betrayed my progressive ideals. I did what had to be done. I know it's for the best, but I feel like I should go take a crying-game style shower now. What did I do that was so horrible? Find out below the fold.
What did I do that was so unthinkable?
I joined Redstate.
Please don't hate me.
Why, you may ask did I join the website of the uninformed and unsociable? As some of you may have read yesterday, I wrote an entry about how I'm doing my senior thesis on participation in local government. I got a few resposnes, but I felt like I needed more. I thought that maybe it would be useful to get a more conservative view of the situation, so I cross-posted on Redstate. I edited out my information and the references to Kossacks, but it's the same content.
It's not that I want to support redstate and conservative bloggers, but I do need more data, and I need to guard against accusations of being biased. I'm not actually expecting alot of responses from that site. I feel like it's enough to ask them for their input, but it's alright if they don't care to give anything. The important thing is asking.
I must say though, I know understand better why there aren't more conservative bloggers. Redstate is awkward, hard to use, and centered entirely around front page posters. There are no mid-day threads, no open forumns. They don't even have a mojo system! Also, the whole foaming at the mouth thing is kind of a turn off. Anyone know where I can get some cheap rabies shots?