Revisionizationing

            I’d like to challenge J-Child’s definition of the blog. His opening, in which he sarcastically declares that the blog is the answer to all his readers’ problems, I don’t think, should be so sarcastic. In my opinion, the blog truly can be the answer to all the reader’s problems if they decide that it can be. J-Child then says that the reason the blog does not seem to need to be taken seriously is because it was so easy to make. I’d like to say that the easiness of a task can be a sign of its importance. Some of the most natural things in life are the most pertinent. One good example of this occurrence is the simple task of eating. We don’t try to eat: we just eat. Eating isn’t less important because of this effortless. It brings us life and because it brings us life, it has to be easy.

J Child then makes the comparison between a blog and a “surf kneeling below royalty”. I dissent from this metaphor by saying that actually blogs have now become such a simple and relevant means of communication that they are the royalty. The “accessibility and roughness of a blog” is only present because blog writers feel it necessary to dictate their philosophies to their surfs in a way that is relatable. I will give it to J-Child that he at least sees these characteristics as valuable, but his degradation of the blog’s rank is incredibly limiting in regards to this new medium’s great possibilities.

            I chose to counter my first blog because I figured that I was still easing into the art of blog writing, therefore, there must be concepts to challenge. It was a very effective way to understand what I wrote in a deeper way. Even though I was disagreeing with myself, I felt like I was extending my thoughts, connecting them to a greater understanding.