After reviewing Nick's material about blogs, I especially liked Teemu Arina's perspective about how blogs are a way for people to connect and reflect on their experiences with others. It's not only a place for people to express themselves but it also has potential to teach others. If only there were peace and love groups who would take advantage of blogging like hate groups have but in all honesty, who would read their blogs? Blogging isn't just expressing your ideas but it's also entertainment and sometimes enlightenment. I think blogging should be a way to relate beyond our prejudices and see what a person has to say without preconcieved notions.
I've read an assortment of blogs from various Native Americans on my local newpaper's website and I was astonished at the different posts. Many people had responded to the recent news of the ASU incident in condolences to the victim. However other posts attacked the Navajo Nation and our local government for what happened. My hometown was also made out to be a violent place with crazy people because the individual who committed the crime was from there. It was frustrating to read the blogs because it was all blown out of proportion but it was really just a group of people making a connection and reflecting on their experiences. Blogging is really sorting through the junk and the bogus information to build connections.
