Sidebar: "Convenient Morality"--Follow-up on Andrew Shirvell

Well, looks like the proverbial defecation has finally hit the propeller with Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan Attorney General's employee who was targeting/stalking Chris Armstrong, young University of Michigan openly-gay student, which I talked about in a previous post of mine (to the effect that this Shirvell must be in the closet to be doing something like this).  Shirvell’s closed down his blog (probably to keep Mike Cox, the AG, from reading any more of it!) by allowing invitation-only access. It seems Mike Cox has suspended him and Facebook has some pages defending Chris, one of which ("Fire Shirvell") had a friend count approaching 10,000 the last time I checked. I’ve put my two cents in comment-wise that I think this Shirvell could be a genuine danger, and I hope Chris gets the protection order he seeks in court.

Sidebar: Get a Clue, Drew (Updated)

Some of my friends tell me to lay off Bryan White on this blog because it appears I may be “obsessed” with him. Well, I don’t see it that way, this blog was started to counter his. It was not an indictment of him, and I try not to be unduly judgmental. I don’t think of him as a “bad” person, I just don’t agree with him. I also appreciate PolitiFact and feel Bryan is trying to undermine them (and am looking forward to his supposed “objective” evidence of their left-wing bias). As I’ve progressed in this, however, I’ve also come to the conclusion I should try to diminish the emphasis on his blog in favor of other issues that interest me.

Yesterday something came to my attention  that will compel me to decrease that emphasis even more. It was on CNN’s AC360 and what really struck me was how blogs can be used against others in despicable ways. It was happening “close to home” in Michigan as well—I am a University of Michigan alumnus and my primary residence is in Michigan.