Kesher Talk

You might be an Idiotarian if . . . Read both the post and the comments. Thank you, Meryl, for wading in and injecting some sanity into this, which encouraged other, uh, sanitarians to come out of the woodwork. (A sanitarian is a subclass of anti-idiotarian who shows up in blog comment sections where particularly boisterous anti-idiotarians hang out (lgf and DailyPundit come to mind), injecting little doses of sanity whenever they get too worked up.) I could sign onto just about everything in E. Nough's original post - after reading many of his comments over the last few months it's clear he is also a sanitarian.

UPDATE: I've been informed that "sanitarian" has a prosaic meaning not entirely at odds with my description, but not dead on either. Oh well, back to the drawing board. This is a real and important role in the blogcommentosphere - I've seen it on several occasions turn a Neanderthal mob repeating inane Rush-like drivel into a passionate discussion where real information can be exchanged. We need a word for it. Bloggers should be trained to perform this role, sort of like UN peacekeeping forces (that work).

posted by Judith @ 9/03/2002 03:09:01 PM