To TJ Simers... who has long been one of the few reasons to pick up the LA Times... for naming names and speaking his truth.
And Ken Turan... for speaking his truth, even if he smeared the internet and not the real source of ugliness in his own yard.
And to the LA Times readers... a committed group... who spoke their own truth this morning.
Beyond my own smugness, the interesting lesson here should be that people looking to find problems have become really good at finding problems. But thinking beyond the immediate moment to the bigger picture... to the longer term picture... and not just trying to ride the internet snark train... is harder and requires some getting used to. Saying whatever you think when you think it is okay for civilians. But it is not okay for professional writers who have readers. We have a responsibility. Every one of us, online or off. And perspective is part of that responsibility.
Unfortunately, the result of this push back against a guy like Patrick is likely to be him trying to rationalize why he was right and others were wrong for years to come, with films and actors and whomever he associates with the smack back to pay the price of his futuresnark.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2009/02/a_shout_out.html