As has been demonstrated in a few recent polls (or any quick perusal of the comments of our favorite anti-gun blogs), the primary audience for gun control bloggers appears to be gun rights supporters. Yet, the authors still persist in the idea that they are writing for a vast silent majority.
I propose that we organize a multi-day boycott of their sites. For, say, a 72 hour period, nobody visits or comments; dump them out of your RSS feeds; don't link to them. In fact, it'd be even better to do it for a week, but it would probably be harder to keep cohesion together for that long. A few days will get the point across. Once the 72 hours are up, feel free to catch up, comment away, and link to the latest garbage.
I doubt that the results will ever become public. However, we know that they look at their pageview counts. They will know the truth, and it has got to be demotivating to see your number of hits drop by 98%. Then they'll really know just how many of the "silent majority" are reading. I'm guessing its single digit readership in most cases.
Right now, I propose 1 April ("April Fool's!") for the start of the embargo, unless someone can come up with a better or more symbolic date. In any event, it will probably do us good to take a break from reading the nonsense. I know I took a mental health break myself and it was good for me.
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How about April 1st (April Fool's Day) through April 15th (tax day/buy-a-gun day)?
ReplyDeleteI don't go to any of the anti-gun site/blogs period. I don't have time to waste my time with them. My life is busy enough without worrying if an ostrich with its head in the sand will listen to reason or not.
ReplyDeleteI'm in,and passing it on.
ReplyDeleteAlso Keep the date, its a good one!