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Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"The "video is using humor to make a point about a business topic?" Would that pertain too to a video that features violence against women? One in which a Ku Klux Klansman in a hood was ranting and starting talking about the benefits of Twitter? Could I post a video here in which an Islamic radical was about to behead someone and suddenly started speaking about blogging. I'm exasperated. The video presents no relevant informtion about blogging. It uses "shock value" and I guess it's done it's job. I'm shocked."Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"I respect people's rights to have different and divergent viewpoints, my only question remains: what value does this present to the small business owner? Bizsugar's mantra is "share small business news and tips." Does this video fill any of those criteria? How?"Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"I must say, as my final comment on BizSugar, the use of this article here has cut too deeply. It is not humorous. It has caused pain and grief to people I know. My wife. Our houseguest Rochelle. My mother. Me. Some of my regular readers. many or all of whom lost relatives and ancestors in the Holocaust. It was a bad decision to submit this video to this site, but an even poorer one to allow it to appear here. I cannot in good faith and conscience continue to participate here. Will my readership go down without BizSugar? Certainly. But sometimes you have to take a stand and this is one of those times. Yoni"Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"Mr. Tristan, It is your post with almost 70 comments. After two weeks and so many comments, it would be nice to see your updated response. It seems that any attempt to get a dialogue going on your Youtube page (where you instructed viewers to leave comments), is rapidly squelched as comments that offer differing opinions than "Wow Tristan, you are a genius. LOL!!!) are quickly deleted??? Yoni "Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"T.J., Hi. I will begin by agreeing with you on one big point. BizSugar is a cool community. I too have had my issues with the site on occasion, but for the most part, I have found it a good site to meet people, give and receive feedback, gain readership etc. Had I not seen great benefit, I would not have hung around here for well over a year logging in throughout the day, learning, commenting and voting. Another thing I will readily agree with: BizSugar is not condoning what Hitler did. I will also agree with you, conditionally, that one would have to boycott most of the Internet if he or she disagreed with these types of posts. But the fact is that Google, Facebook, etc. have no real moderation. There is freedom to post whatever you want. I guess I see this site as being somewhat different in that it is a business site. Articles and posts here should/need to be relevant to business. I'm still at a loss, as I feel many of the commentors here are, as to what this post had to do with business. On the BizSugar "About" page: "What kinds of stories do you accept? Anything that would be of interest to owners and managers of small to medium-sized businesses. Business news, strategies, tips and trends are always a good bet." The "trends" part is the closes i can get to with Tristan's video, but does BizSugar really believe that a trend of Hitler is worthy of publication and exposure on its site? Boycotting, though I don't consider myself boycotting this site, rather I am walking away, has long been a tool for showing one's displeasure. Catholics boycotted NBC and the advertisers on Saturday Night Live after Sinead O'Connor's "parody" of the Pope. Muslim's have boycotted many media forums for the way the Prophet Mohammed has been portrayed (and they have gone far beyond boycotting), and yes, Israel, my home, has been the target of many boycotts by people who disagree with some of the policies. I am still at a loss as to how this post made it through, and just to play devil's advocate for a moment I must ask: Would a parody of Jesus on the cross have made it through? Believe me, as a Jew and a person of tolerance and sensitivity, I would have been among the first to voice my outrage. _Would a parody of the Abu Ghraib prison have made it through. I doubt it. _A parody of David Duke in his KKK robe and hood? Nope. _A parody video of an 18th century slave ship in which the captain discovers blogging? I would have left the site over that for sure. _A parody of Bin Laden discovering blogging while another plane hit the Towers? _Pol Pot? _IRA bombers in Ireland? The fact that the video shows Hitler, SS officers, swastikas, a Gestapo officer, etc, is just one aspect of why this video is painful and evokes rage, disdain and opens wounds. The fact that it has nothing to do with business is another aspect. It has no value to a businessperson, it offers no tips, no advice, no principles, no how-to. It simply mentions the words, "blog," "blogging" and other keywords. One of the things that angered me most is the reason why Tristan stated he posted it in the first place: to drive traffic to his site and to have "fun." As an afterthought and something not relevant to Bizsugar, it pisses me off that he is deleting comments on YouTube that disagree with his views. I don't really see myself as picking up my toys and leaving. I have tough skin for the most part. As most who live in my country I have answered the call to serve and defend. I have had my blood spilled, I have witnessed brains, livers and hearts splattered in streets and the walls of busses and I see a man who lives 2,000 kilometers from here denying the holocaust and calling for a second one. Does Israel and do Jews have a patent on suffering? Heck no! But we live with the memory every day that six decades ago, half of all Jews were slaughtered like dogs and they happened to be killed by the monsters in Tristan Higbee's "Funny" video. In that context, in the context of my own family members who were slaughtered by the Nazis, and against the backdrop of the anger that many of my regular readers have expressed, I really have no choice but to leave this site. But I do so, as you stated so well, in the context that BizSugar is a cool site. Unfortunately it is a cool site that made a decision that I can't dismiss. Yoni "Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"Still looking/hoping for a decent response to this as are, I presume, a lot of the commentors below are, many of whom were active members of this site. All it needs to be, just my suggestions, is a follow-up post from BizSugar, a re-writing of submission guideline...or you tell me. If that is too much, here are some suggestions, any of which can be cut and pasted into a follow-up comment: 1) It was a stupid thing to post and in retrospect probably shouldn't have been included. 2) The submission guidelines will be revamped to ensure that blatantly hurtful and offensive content does not appear in the future. 3) In retrospect and with hinsight as 20/20 we have decided that there was a compelling business-related reason for this post to appear. 4) Freedom of speech reigns supreme here, and as a result, in the future, anything goes. It seems to be a common thread from those who took offense to the video that no logical, valid reason has yet been provided as to why this apperared in a business site such as this. General opinion seems to be that "it is a populate MEME" does not suffice. A lot of active people have walked away from the site and yes, in terms of voting and commenting, it seems that there is a tangible effect. I, and others I presume, are just waiting for that elusive answer or explanation, one that seemingly might never come, as to why this happened? Yoni"Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"Citizen Soldier, Yeah, I get it now. But thanks, since I'm such a fuc$ing moron, I'm glad I have such a wise person as you spelling it out. I get it: BizSugar, blogging, Adolf Hitler. Gas-chambers. Mengele's experiments on twins. Executions. Relatives I should have if they hadn't been murdered and baked in ovens. Hah! Now I get it! Hilarious. Jacka$$!"Subscribe
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Hitler Finds Out About Blogging [VIDEO]
"Good point Duncan! It could happen again. The formula? Terrible economic conditions, unemployment, deprivation...add a charismatic leader...mix in scapegoat-ism and dehumanization. It happened in Bosnia. It happened in Rwanda. It can happen."