I've been opinionated since the day I first arrived on JU (OK, so I didn't exactly get off to a stellar start with the "Mary Kate" article, but hey, it's still the number one). I've tried to be reasonable and respectful in many of my writings, and have tried to put out an insightful, quality product.
Lately, though, I've noticed that former regulars are avoiding me like the plague, and those who comment are commenting as if I'd committed some sort of personal offense against them. I've even drawn a "parody" blogger who has made their articles a continual barrage of attacks against me personally.
This may be just part of the life cycle of JoeUser, and maybe it will all pass over in time. But I can't get over the feeling that I seriously offended a great number of individuals on the site. If so, understand that no offense was intended. My "Feminism vs. Female Supremacy" post, for instance, was not meant to belittle career women, and, I believe that a close read of my words should make that clear. it was, rather, to point out that there is a difference between feminists and female supremacists, and to stick up for women who CHOOSE traditional roles. Make no mistake about it, I don't want ANY woman to be confined to a traditional role because it was FORCED on her, but I also don't want to see women belittled and browbeaten into the career path if that's not what they want.
I'm starting to wonder if this is all because of something I said. Maybe it is. Or maybe it's just that many of my readers have found "lives" and thus have little time to respond.