tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779136.post116592139498195980..comments2023-10-10T13:31:24.972+00:00Comments on Waking Hereward: Bob PiperAlfiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04135869751268396259noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779136.post-1166512097435236882006-12-19T07:08:00.000+00:002006-12-19T07:08:00.000+00:00I think toque is spot on in most respects. I don't...I think toque is spot on in most respects. I don't think I have unpleasant 'tactics' but I suspect part of the problem has been that I tend to react (over react?) to people who engage in vitriol in the comments section, and it has led to the site becoming unpleasant at times. I do find myself attacking most things politically, including New Labour, for which I have little more time than other social democratic reformists.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure, however, where you think the plot was lost 'over the last few days'. I posted a fairly innocuous image which was then taken completely out of context by half a dozen wannabe Iain Dale Tory bloggers and made into something 'racist'. If even YOU believe the gibberish they wrote, heaven help us all. Again, toque is correct, the image was not racist and not offensive to those wioth the brains to see it in context and think a tiny bit.<BR/><BR/>However... given that I have had nearly 400 people e-mailing or posting in the comments box asking for me not to give up blogging, including two of the fine bloggers you mention, it cannot quite be the piece of spiteful vindictive shit toque makes it out to be.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7779136.post-1165934921567504892006-12-12T14:48:00.000+00:002006-12-12T14:48:00.000+00:00I think Bob's politics have become more and more d...I think Bob's politics have become more and more despised as the Government has gone on. Basically he has few allies, he finds himself attacking everyone, including New Labour, then feels obliged to defend them. He's become a extremely vindictive, and because of that the minstrel graphic was just a good opportunity to beat him was his own stick using his own unpleasant tactics.<BR/><BR/>I doubt that any normal person found it offensive or racist. In poor taste probably, definately, but given that it was Cameron that he was attacking most people, even most Conservatives, should be prepared to overlook poor taste. No, this was very much a personal attack on Bob and what he stands for. At least it was for me, having been on the receiving end of his taunts.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.com