tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2967496854796005830..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Rob dismisses Native resistance?!Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-37496555291828236722009-09-01T05:28:23.125-07:002009-09-01T05:28:23.125-07:00A much more direct route than any taken so far on ...A much more direct route than any taken so far on this topic would have been to simply contact me - D. Miranda - and ask me to clarify my comments. I would have been happy to respond in more detail. <br /><br /> Rob, despite your professional and personal work with California Indians, you still seem more interested in scoring points than actually having a dialogue, a conversation in which information is exchanged and appreciated. <br /><br />My original response on D. Reese's blog was, indeed, off the cuff and brief - I was making a point, not writing a dissertation. If you'd bothered to look up who I am and what my work is, you'd see that I have spent my adult life doing just the kind of scholarship and time-consuming research you accuse me of NOT doing; that, in fact, this is not about research, scholarship or scoring points for me at all - THIS IS MY LIFE. I am here to honor the ancestors by telling their stories as best I can, in both poetry and academic-speak, to as many audiences as possible in the hope that the mythology surrounding them can be deconstructed, and their truths can be told. <br /><br />Yes, this is your blog and you have the right to say whatever you like. But, as a human being who says you honor and value truth and accuracy, why not engage in a dialoge rather than a diatribe? None of us is always right. None of us always has The Truth. Life-long learning is a process that is true peace-keeping, not statements of absolute Wrong and Right. I'm glad you're willing to take hours to research your comments, and to check up on mine. But don't lose sight of the bigger picture: this is about human beings. Not scoring points.Deborah A. Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136626366265702694noreply@blogger.com