My Thoughts on Comments

The following comments are from the ThinkProgress article on the Margaret Sanger controversy. ThinkProgress is a American political blog, run by lawyer Judd Legum, so it is a very reputable blog. The comments range from really well written to confusion and overall incorrectness. This controversy stems from the recent Planned Parenthood arguments, as well as highly-edited videos, that conservatives don't want to support, so some of the light shining in this "scandal" is also purposefully intended to be negative.

This comment I found to be credible. Victoria seems to keep a level head and just point out the conflicting views of the conservative critics. They want the bust taken down, yet still continue to support other racist "idols", like Civil War heroes. She demonstrates that Margaret Sanger shouldn't be protested against for one part of her life when she has achieved much for birth control. By comparing her to past "heroes" of the United States, she uses logic to denounce the protest. This commenter wants the bust to stay put.

This comment I found to be non-credible. Bob Boag complains and is very sarcastic during the 3-sentence rant. He doesn't seem to separate Margaret Sanger's era from today, and thinks by supporting her, that people wish to eradicate blacks. He links the racism directly to birth control, which is his opinion, but it is also a separate thing for women in general. The tone of the comment is off-putting, and there is definitely a better way to go about explaining his view point. This commenter wants to have the bust taken down. 

This comment I found to be credible. Kristie uses reason to compare Margaret Sanger to other leaders in American history, just as Victoria did in the first comment. Not everyone in American history has been perfect, especially as times and view points change and develop in societies. She calls out the critics and connects the dots for them by using the same common sense that Victoria did in comment 1. She uses logic to express that the bust should stay up. 

This comment I found to be non-credible. Not only is it too short to give a complete opinion, but what is there does not relate to the article's main issue. It is not about what exhibit the bust is in, although fighting for women's rights would fit in the Struggle for Justice exhibit, it is about the bust being shown at all. Critics don't want it up because it sends the wrong message about racism, yet those same people also honor Civil War heroes despite their racist views. This user is actually replying to comment 1, and the user seems to want the exhibit taken down. 

Reflection

After reading Casey and Isaak's blog posts about their thoughts on comments, I feel better about I had analyzed mine. Casey analyzed her chosen comments in kind of the same way I did, but I liked her layout a lot better. Mine tended to be short paragraphs, but hers were nice little split up sentences. Isaak also had an awesome analysis of "Deflategate" comments, and I liked the fact that the screenshots also included the comments around the ones that were analyzed, as it gave a bit of context.