Stones Cry Out

Nicely done. Let us leave off worshiping at the alter of the almighty "how I feel about something".

Great post! Dismissing the content of someone's ideas in favor of the passion behind them has long been a pet peeve of mine.

Here's my two cents:

http://whatstherumpus.blogspot.com/2005/02/late-night-channel-surfing.html

". . . For Garofolo and her ilk, "commitment" will always be more important than content. As I listened to Garofolo's earnest little pronouncements, I was reminded of a certain poster that used to annoy me. This particular poster hung in the faculty restroom of the high school where I taught, and said something like,"It doesn't matter what you believe or don't believe, but whether you care or don't care." The stupid thing bothered me so much that I wrote out the words on my classroom chalkboard and asked the girls in my Freshman Honors English class to tell me what was wrong with the statement. Molly, one of my brightest students, raised her hand immediately and nailed the answer. I don't remember what she said verbatim, but she used the classic example to illustrate her point (four letters, starts with N, ends with I, Garofolo thinks George Bush is one). I wonder what would happen if I tried that little experiment with a classroom full of Janeane Garofolo and her activist celebrity friends. Would they "get it" as readily as Molly did? What do you think? Anyone? Anyone?