Response to a Puzzling Comment
Today I received this comment from Katie on my March post 10 Things Cleveland Should Be Proud Of:
IVE LIVED AROUND CLEVELAND MY WHOLE LIFE AND THERE ISNT ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT ... IVE BEEN TO NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO MYRTLE BEACH AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WE DO AND WE DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CLEVELAND IS IN A LITTLE BIT OF A RUT BUT IT IS BEING TURNED AROUND. IF YOU KNOW THE CITY....AND I MEAN REALLY KNOW THAT CITY THERE ARE A TON OF GREAT RESTAURANTS AND A REALLY GOOD NIGHT LIFE. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. SO BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE OUR CITY GET TO KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO DO HERE. WE HAVE THE GUND , JACOBS FIELD, THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, THE SCIENCE CENTER, BEAUTIFUL TOWER CITY WHCIH IM SURE YOU HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. GROW THE HELL UP AND WORK ON YOUR OWN PROBLEMS AND GET A LIFE BECAUSE ITS REALLY PATHETIC THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A FRIGGIN WEB PAGE ABOUT HOW BAD CLEVELAND IS. [etc...]
While normally I wouldn't respond to something like this, I'm a bit puzzled as to how anyone could think this site is about how bad Cleveland is. Anyone who knows me knows I am fiercely proud of and deeply in love with Cleveland, I love my "really bad" Cleveland vowels, and I love the fact that I am probably the only one on the Jersey Shore who knows what a) a treelawn is and b) goes into a Polish Boy. I'm actually saddened by it a little, because anyone who's read this post in its entirety, as well as this post and this post and this post and this post, would know how much I champion Cleveland and all of its many, many undervalued assets.
That said, I want to point out that I can - and you all should as well - appreciate the fierce spirit that went into this comment - the attitude of "don't you dare say anything bad about Cleveland, because it's great and I love it." I've had many similar exchanges with people here on the East Coast, including snapping at a coworker that they had no right to say anything bad about Ohio because they'd never been there.
So Katie, I'm sorry if you misinterpreted the intent of this site. We're really on the same side, and I'm so glad there's at least one other person out there who seems to love Cleveland as much as I do.
Keep loving it. It needs you.
IVE LIVED AROUND CLEVELAND MY WHOLE LIFE AND THERE ISNT ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT ... IVE BEEN TO NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO MYRTLE BEACH AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WE DO AND WE DONT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CLEVELAND IS IN A LITTLE BIT OF A RUT BUT IT IS BEING TURNED AROUND. IF YOU KNOW THE CITY....AND I MEAN REALLY KNOW THAT CITY THERE ARE A TON OF GREAT RESTAURANTS AND A REALLY GOOD NIGHT LIFE. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. SO BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE OUR CITY GET TO KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO DO HERE. WE HAVE THE GUND , JACOBS FIELD, THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, THE SCIENCE CENTER, BEAUTIFUL TOWER CITY WHCIH IM SURE YOU HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN IN AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. GROW THE HELL UP AND WORK ON YOUR OWN PROBLEMS AND GET A LIFE BECAUSE ITS REALLY PATHETIC THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A FRIGGIN WEB PAGE ABOUT HOW BAD CLEVELAND IS. [etc...]
While normally I wouldn't respond to something like this, I'm a bit puzzled as to how anyone could think this site is about how bad Cleveland is. Anyone who knows me knows I am fiercely proud of and deeply in love with Cleveland, I love my "really bad" Cleveland vowels, and I love the fact that I am probably the only one on the Jersey Shore who knows what a) a treelawn is and b) goes into a Polish Boy. I'm actually saddened by it a little, because anyone who's read this post in its entirety, as well as this post and this post and this post and this post, would know how much I champion Cleveland and all of its many, many undervalued assets.
That said, I want to point out that I can - and you all should as well - appreciate the fierce spirit that went into this comment - the attitude of "don't you dare say anything bad about Cleveland, because it's great and I love it." I've had many similar exchanges with people here on the East Coast, including snapping at a coworker that they had no right to say anything bad about Ohio because they'd never been there.
So Katie, I'm sorry if you misinterpreted the intent of this site. We're really on the same side, and I'm so glad there's at least one other person out there who seems to love Cleveland as much as I do.
Keep loving it. It needs you.
posted by Christine Borne at 5:51 PM
2 Comments:
Scary.
And at least you know better than to type in all capitals... I think it was a troll.
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