Sue: “One of my favorite Mark Twainism’s:
‘Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be – a Christian.’ Oh, that’s right, this is out of play.”
Any Mouse: “There is a lack of diversity here. Why? Because the host has decided to avoid topics that create heated debate.”
DFO: You two are kidding, right? Did you read yesterday’s threads? We had global warming, a first-edition, controversial Muslim cartoon, the local supermarket mag controversy (with SI cover) — and that was all before noon. In the comments section, I was trying to hold off Bearable Bob with one hand and guide a debate about Idaho’s marriage amendment with the other. Very few things are off limits here. Passionate debate is welcomed. But incivility is not.
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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