They say that as long as they spell your name right, then there is no such thing as bad publicity. Well, they got my NAME right, but didn’t quite get the DOMAIN name right. Eh. But since it happened, I went ahead and bought mscdavid.com a few hours ago and forwarded it to davidmsc.com…shoulda done it long ago. Read the whole article - the journalist did a good job of talking with numerous mil-bloggers and presenting different sides of the Leonard Clark case.
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The bottom line, from my perspective: military bloggers are no different than most other bloggers - if a blogger says negative things about his employer on his blog, then the blogger can expect repercussions. It’s happened often enough to became almost hip and has even spawned a verb: dooced. And when your employer is the US military, the repercussions can be significant. It’s part of the deal when we raise our hand and take The Oath: yes, we have freedom of speech, just like all other citizens - but there are a few limits on such speech, and criticizing the President or otherwise disrupting “good order and discipline” definitely crosses the line. Phil, also quoted in the article, has some good insight explaining why this policy is necessary.
August 5th, 2005 at 11:36 pm
Good article! *claps*
You are just a popular guy out here in cyberspace.
August 6th, 2005 at 12:36 am
Yeah… I’ve read a bit about all that mil-blog stuff… guess you just have to be careful and use common (?!) sense, eh? Go ahead, Dave and click on my “Geo”.
August 6th, 2005 at 5:22 am
No such thing as bad publicity, indeed.
Now that you’re famous, will you still remember the little people?
August 6th, 2005 at 6:02 pm
We’re constantly being told that anywhere from 80% to 90% of the “troops” support this administration, and this war. How can we be expected to believe that, when anyone who critizes either of them can be disciplined? How can we POSSIBLY know how many soldiers DISAGREE with Bush and his war, when they have to be afraid to speak the truth? You guys are the ones who actually see what’s going on, there - yet, only those who agree with it, dare tell us how you feel. And this administration is NOT below using this apparent total agreement, to convince the American people that their policy is worthy, whether it’s an accurate assessment, or a scam - while the public is kept totally in the dark.
August 7th, 2005 at 2:39 am
Lemme tell you something, Herby…most of the troops that I work with support the goals of the Iraq war.
And frankly, it doesn’t matter whether 30% of the troops or 90% of the troops agree — we follow orders. It is not our job to make the policy — only to execute it.
August 7th, 2005 at 7:51 am
They have since corrected your domain name. You must have influence! Very impressive, Dave.
I’ve been surprised all along that the military allows its soldiers and personnel to blog at all; especially those stationed in war zones. At least one man’s violation has not led to repercussions for all military blogs.
August 7th, 2005 at 9:23 am
It wouldn’t matter if you’d said that 100% of the troops support the war, Dave; the Herbmeister will just come back and argue that they’ve all been brainwashed by the evil Chimpy McBushitler Halliburton machine. It is literally impossible for such people to entertain any thoughts that do not conform to the leftist talking points of the moment.
Good comeback anyway, though.