Curiouser and Curiouser

Matt Best at Courage of Conviction decided he liked our M.C. Escher posting at first, but then quickly changed his mind when he was informed that he was wrong about who wrote it.

To be fair, Matt wasn't the only person to judge the post based on the authorship. Somebody posting under the name "Mark McKinnon" also weighed in with the assumption that the post was by this Christian Muniz, and used his preconceived notions about Christian to criticize the relevance of the post.

(N.B. Mark seemed also to judge the post based on the fact that Matt linked to it, saying it was "filled with harsh criticism." That doesn't quite ring true - the post in question wasn't critical of anybody, and those prior weren't particularly harsh, either. The intent of exploring the commissioners' race is simply to raise underdeveloped questions for discussion. Eichelberger and Gunnison both appear to be strong candidates with good bases of support, and this blog simply finds the race to be interesting. We'd certainly appreciate clarification on the finer points if we're getting things wrong.)

Even in the blogosphere, we all judge opinions based on the agendas they're perceived to advance, rather than on their own merits. Still, it's odd to see an innocuous posting embraced and then rejected so quickly. Matt is a fan of upsetting the apple carts, but if he really can't be bothered to evaluate substance, he should make sure to do his own fact-checking before posting.