Depends. Are you focused on perceived issues with the person talking about the issue or on the object of that issue? If it is the former, then there is more self-examination to be done, I would guess.



Why does this rile you so? It doesn't bother me at all because I know that I enjoy all sorts of privileges (and for the record, she notes her own in the post I'll link to below) and that sometimes I have to have these things pointed out to me to make sure I don't say/do some really stupid things, because that really could damage working relationships with students from different backgrounds.



Thing is, sometimes one "wars" for reasons that aren't obviously harmful, but which end up being so. Charity begins at home and before I tell anyone that they need to reform, I best make sure I'm trying to reform myself. Her comments make me think but they don't make me react because I consider things beforehand. I suspect part of the issue here is unfamiliarity with the months-spanning discussions on her blog. I've been following it since June or July and she discusses more than just one or two topics. I don't always agree with them, but then again, I don't always agree with myself after a period of time

There are two main paths to go from here: 1) Consider why the reactions are occurring and do something about it, or 2) Shrug it off. Being irritated and doing nothing leads to what? That's not for me to answer, except for myself alone.



If you're reading her Twitter conversation (and I presume some of her discussions with me), you might have noticed that often there is a lot going on there that is not based in anger or frustration. I think she'd be an interesting person to talk global literature with, as there aren't too many who discusses Twain and Nabokov and their writing vis-a-vis Tolkien.