In several conversations online recently I’ve run across an interesting attitude amongst some of the Cincy based blogger community. It happens to be one I cannot agree with at all, namely that we should only focus on the positive in our blogs. What a wonderful, positive thought that is. Its also enthusiastically wrong.
The idea that one can be a part of a community by overlooking that community’s flaws is complete BS. If you care about your neighborhood/city/area then you should get off your behind and get involved. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. (Whatever those problems may be.) If you simply sit and parrot the stories of the positive then you are doing a disservice to yourself and those around you.
Think about it. What truly kills corruption? What reveals issues that need to be addressed? What generates dialogue? People who are not afraid to face the ills of their community and talk about them, that’s what.
Cincinnati is my home now, and I intend to be a good member of the community here. That means that I will not hold my tongue as I discover negatives. Doing so would only enable their persistence. This is our home, let us all have the courage to keep trying to better it.
So what do you think? Should Cincy Bloggers only focus on the positive, and if so why? For myself I cannot see anything good coming of willfully ignoring the negative. Self Deception is never a good thing IMHO..
-Loki, CincyVoices Founder
Additional: I hope to be blogging on a more regular basis now that I cam starting to recover. I got pneumonia during our trip to New Orleans and have been fairly beat down for the past few weeks
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