How to get banned from a LA blog (or how to destroy LA according to LA blog editors)

In LA if you don't like kissing ass, things can happen. No big things, because no one in LA who hangs out on a computer for longer than two hours a day will actually do anything like confront you in person, at least not in a substantial way.

"How are you?" blogger whose mother (she is a complete slumlord though) you just insulted greeting you in a slightly cold way.

As if you care that they don't like you. If you did care you wouldn't have posted that thing, right?

But say you want to just get banned outright. It's not hard AND it's kind of funny. Editors of LA blogs like sending you odd emails.   They are sort of similar to the letter that your boyfriend wrote to you in the seventh grade when you broke up with him in the middle of summer school, because you met someone better (you know like someone who was in high school,)  but they are usually tinged with a much more hurtful whiney tone.

"You're banned for being a big meanie pooh troll," LA blog editor.

So what's mean? What is a troll? What's a big meanie, pooh-pooh?

Here's a guide for you:

Labels that get you banned from LA blogs and what those labels mean

1. Becoming a troll, a troll is a person who doesn't agree with a writer on a blog.

"I am pretty sure you're wrong," about to be banned troll.

2. Getting labeled as "not nice." A "not nice" person is a person who doesn't agree with a writer on a blog or a commentator that regularly kisses the writer (or writers) of the blogs ass (or asses.) If you don't agree and you comment on the open comment section, you will get banned.

"You lifted that piece on Watts straight from Wikipedia, you just added the word fuck.   Dude, here's the link, here is your post," a soon to be banned 'not nice' person.

"Shut up, you are just being 'not nice' you are ruining the joke. Look at the picture of the fat black lady, isn't that funny? Fat ladies are funny, fat black ladies even more funny and we can't be racist our editor is black. Black people can't be racist, so shut up," a nice person.

3. Getting labeled as "impolite."  An "impolite" person is a person who doesn't agree with a writer on a blog and states it in a way that is sarcastic and possibly makes the writer of the blog look foolish. It is slightly different than "not nice" because "impolite" comes mixed with sarcasm, either way do that more than twice and you will get banned.

"When did the Eastside move to Los Feliz, oh I get it. You define LA's center as the place with the largest concentration of white people, anything east of where their parents live (the rich ones, the poor ones in Tujunga don't count) is the Eastside, so silly of me to forget that the rest of the cultures in Los Angeles are just fun things to mock on 'hip' blogs," a soon to be banned impolite person.

4. Getting labeled as a "bad person." A "bad" person is a person who doesn't agree with a writer on a blog and that person is moralistic or an ideology liberal. Meaning if a person has an Obama sticker (or Hillary) sticker on their blog, and you view yourself as liberal you must agree with everything that person states, even if it's completely fucking stupid. If not, you are a "bad" person. A bad person sometimes gets labeled as sexist or racist. They don't necessarily have to use a slur to be viewed as a racist or sexist, but if the if the writer (who is usually channeling god or goddess) blogs on a topic in regards to sex or race or class and you don't agree with them, well since they are channeling god you are a bad person. Bad persons must be banned.

"I find hip hop misogynist, not that you can't like it, but I have an issue with it," a soon to be banned bad person.

"That is urban culture. Don't you get urban people of color's culture? Hitting and objectifying women is completely fine, no I would never be cool with someone calling my mother or a sister a bitch, but if you're Latina or African-Ameican it's cool. Objectifying is relative. I know all about it I went Africa, I speak Spanish and I have an Asian girlfriend. I know all about minorities and what they think. They are interesting creatures. You must hate minorities. What a racist bitch you are," a good person.

4.5 A "bad" person can also be an "impolite" person that goes and then makes a public statement on their own private blog about the idiocy of a person on a LA blog. When that person googles themselves, well you're going to get banned AND you will be slapped with a label of "bad person."

"Why did you write that about me," good, polite person.

"Why are you googling yourself you egomaniac. I mean really like three people read my blog? Are you like insane or something? Oh yeah you are…" a bad AND impolite banned person.

So this is how you get banned on LA blog. It's fun.

I think that in LA blog editors are under the false impression that if no one talks about or comments on a topic then that thing won't happen or at least the consequences of that thing won't happen. I'm not sure what kind of Star Trek rule that comes under...

I'm not one of those people who wears glasses and keeps making references to movies (or books,) that only people who understand what gaming is has seen.

Someone gets shot in Old Town Pasadena, Silver Lake or downtown according to the prime directive of the internet if you don't mention it or write about it in a way other than "this is a very random freak of nature thing" then the repercussions won't happen.

In positive happy internet world you can not tie anything bad in Los Angeles to the economy, racism, sexism or anything else manmade, because if you do not only are you being negative, you actually are making things happen.

It is words that make unpleasant things happen. That's why people like banning people, for the good of the rest of LA and the world in general, so that bad things won't happen.

At least not to the good and polite people who aren't banned.

By Browne

Comments

[Laurie Avocado]

Not sure who banned you from what, but I am sure you're wrong about the Meeting of Styles. It wasn't some nice neighborhood lady who wanted Molina to get rid of the murals, but realtors from Fuller Lofts!

[Browne]

I think I have to be fair and let you know Laurie that in general I don't engage in debate on my open comments section. I'm happy if other people would like to, but I don't. I mean I said what I said and that's pretty much all I have to say on certain topic, unless we're making jokes. My comment section is for people who read the posts of Shametrain/ The Bus Bench to comment.

I'm glad you comment, but if you're waiting for an actual reponses directly related to a comment, that's probably not going to happen.

I feel it's wrong to sit and "debate" with commentators when you already have a forum. State what you state, state it clean make an opinion and let it go.

Though I maybe inspired by certain comments, if they are especially rad or insightful.

Browne