This is bad news
Anchoress had decided to swear off of politics for a while:
"I’ve decided that if I’m going to keep blogging, I’m going to have to leave off writing or reading about politics for a little while, because it’s all making me sick."
Anchoress writes on a variety of topics, so this isn't going to stop her blogging. But her political posts were what attracted me to her blog in the first place. She rarely follows the crowd, adding a unique voice to the right side of the blogosphere. And when she's of a mind to rant, nobody rants better. Even when I disagree with her opinion, she challenges me to think from different perspectives - something I feel contributes to the health of the blogosphere and in sore need from more bloggers.
This particular rant is no exception, as she spares neither side of the debate:
"There is a terrible toxicity to our political and social exchanges - there is little real thought and lots of shrieking going on, lots of noise, little real discourse and precious little honesty. There is no way to debate because - no matter which side tries to get serious - a well-thought-out discourse is immediately shot down by the other side with a one-line-sneer, usually a specious one, that distorts or misdirects and never allows a thought to go forward. The disrespect between “sides” is staggering, and completely unproductive."
While I would wish for her to reconsider, I understand and sympathise with her distaste with the nastiness that passes for politics nowadays.
Anchoress, I'd like you to know that your political commentary will be missed around here. If it's just for the summer, please make it a short one.
