My Thoughts on Comments

1. Reasonable Comments

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/why-were-finally-taking-down-confederate-flags#.rhDorQb25p

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/why-were-finally-taking-down-confederate-flags#.rhDorQb25p

2. Unreasonable

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/why-were-finally-taking-down-confederate-flags#.rhDorQb25p

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/why-were-finally-taking-down-confederate-flags#.rhDorQb25p

Fears and Anxieties 

Reasonable Comments: The first comment by DannyBonaducci  doesn't seem to be expressing a fear.  Instead he could be expressing a worry that the flag supporters wouldn't understand why some people wouldn't want the flag to be hung up when it means something different to them. He gives a detailed historical explanation and then he leaves his comment with a question expressing this inquiry . The second comment  by fallonw2 seems to be expressing the anxiety that the confederate flag could be interpreted as a flag of traitors  and disloyalty because they bring up the historical facts of South Carolina seceding and becoming independent of the U.S for a brief period of time.

Unreasonable Comments:  The first comment from Jed Riley expresses the fear of the public thinking that the confederate flag could be interpreted as a racist symbol and  in return they make a list of what it means to them. The second comment is funny and doesn't express any fears or anxieties because it's meant to be humorous but if it did it would be the fear that every time the subject is brought up the south gets distracted by good southern cooking.

Beliefs and values

Reasonable Comments:  The beliefs and values of the two reasonable comments are similar in that they both believe that the confederate flag is stemmed in racism and fallonw2 takes it further to believe that the confederate flag is a traitor's flag , and he brings in american values by claiming that it is against what America stands for.

Unreasonable Comments:  The beliefs and Values stated by Jed Riley are of  freedom , state's rights and southern heritage . The commentator clearly believes the confederate flag should remain as they list what the flag stands for. Xerxes McClassington  however believes that south Carolina is easily distracted and will push issues under the rug for a biscuit.


Credible Comments:  I found the comments made by DannyBonaducci and fallonw2  reasonable because they backed up their opinions with true facts from history without making baseless assumptions.

Lacking Credibility:  The comments made by Jed Riley  were unreasonable to me because they stated that the flag had never represented racism which is a lie because there are cases of many people and groups who display the flag in a negative way. If he had said some use it for negative persons but their are some who truly believe it is heritage then it would have been a more reasonable opinion. With Xerxes McClassington  however he /she makes a completely baseless though humorous statement.




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Reflection: From reading Olivia and Betsy's post it reminded me of why it's only good to read people's comments for a quick laugh and not for anything serious. People who don't have any prior knowledge on a subject can pretend to have authority or rant about it. However it also proved that  there are people who post comments that are backed with facts, and experiences keeping the comments credible and adding an even more informative touch on the topic at hand.

http://bvolk14.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-thoughts-on-comments.html?showComment=1441437217232#c8912873228397080602


http://owannuofa.blogspot.com/2015/09/my-thoughts-on-comments.html?showComment=1441436781382#c6344619284025690973