Girl Blogging Part 1

Silencing tactics when it comes to blogging sort of contradicts the purpose of having a blog. In the case of blogger who was harassed for stating her opinion and had to be silenced, the harassment ruined her freedom of self-expression which is what a blog offers.

In the case of DABA, the thing about the internet is that it's hard to know when a person is being sarcastic or just poking fun. The fact that they got in trouble for doing something that they thought was funny is wrong. Radio DJs make prank calls and they don't get fired if they offend someone, people have a good laugh. They're not silenced, instead they are urged to keep the pranks going, to go even further to make the jokes or pranks funnier and edgier. The radio like magazines, television is a media, and I believe that blogs are part of the media. A small blog could be compared to a zine, and bloggers should have the same rights as journalists.

To truly be able to express oneself in complete anonymity would be to not tell anyone who the author of the blog is and keep it that way. If they threaten the blogger without knowing who they really are, there is no way to hurt them or turn them into their boss or anyone of higher authority. I would say that this is the way to go for someone who is thinking of writing or writing about something that they know is controversial. Bloggers should not feel like they should hold back their opinions, like they should censor their thoughts. I believe that we have the right to say what is on our mind, no matter how many people are going to be offended.

There shouldn't be repercussions for stating ones opinion, there should only be the feeling of freedom not fear.