Knitting Blankets for Cats

A little over a year after The Rap Sheet fledged its way from under January Magazine’s wing and into the big ol’ world on its own, editor J. Kingston Pierce offers up his list of “five things that most annoy me about other blogs” including his number three: “The tendency to substitute opinions for facts:”

Just saying something doesn’t make it true, no matter what George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh might believe. The mere opportunity to vent your spleen doesn’t absolve you of the requirement to back up what you say with reason and substance. And putting your opinion IN ALL CAPS does not necessarily make it more credible.

YOU CAN READ PIERCE’S THOUGHTS ON THE TOPIC HERE.

(I dunno, Pierce: it seemed pretty credible with all that shouting going on, don’tcha think? Yeah, OK. Maybe not.)