BLACKLISTED! by Steve Nadis
Some months ago, I wrote an article about the military. I tried to reach a general and a colonel for comment. I never heard back from the general and the colonel canceled our interview after we’d set everything up. I didn’t think anything of it, figuring these people were busy. (Who isn’t? Plus the fact they had a war to “prosecute.”) But now I hear from someone in contact with them that I’d been Googled and stuff turned about suggesting I was anti-war (which is not true; I’m just anti THIS war), which is why they wouldn’t talk. It’s kind of sad to hear they’re not confident enough in their positions to be able to talk to someone who might have another point of view.
But it also made me realize that there are consequences to what I do; putting this stuff out there for all the world to see–even though I assumed just a handful of people were looking–has its risks. I may have a hard time speaking to some military types, should a situation like that come up again. And I can forget about joining the White House Press Corps (never my ambition), at least until our current leader is rightfully deposed.
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15:12:14
Maybe if you stick to more substantive issues like muffins and shorts, this kind of thing won’t happen. On second thought, given our current leadership’s mental acuity, perhaps not.
Once again, Windfall, you’re absolutely right. I should write about the big issues–burnt muffins, holely shorts, and the like. I have a mandate to do that. But occasionally I feel like goofing off, which is why I ended up writing the aforementioned puff piece on "the conduct of war."