Happy Blogroll Amnesty Weekend

The inimitable Jon Swift reminds us that this weekend marks the first anniversary of Blogroll Amnesty Day. Read his piece for the full story.

When I went looking around for a picture to accompany this post, I came across hundreds of images for the fine group, Amnesty International. I didn't want to trivialize their work by including one of their images in a snarky blog post, so I ended up with the one you see here. It's from a site called Mexica Movement, and I urge you to check it out. It's serious stuff.

Now, I'll just note that I'm not trying to trivialize the positions and grievances of that site by using one of their images. I made a similar point earlier in this blog with this political commercial.

But my only other viable choice was one associated with the kind of reactionary wingnuts who're so terribly afraid of brown people, and who needs that shit? Besides, I think this pilgrim graphic is actually pretty good snark itself.

Anyway, all of this has been serious preface to a decidedly non-serious topic, namely that folks like me with shitty little blogs should link to others who also have shitty (and non-shitty) blogs for the simple purpose of boosting each others' traffic and learning about each others' points of view.

That's a good idea, and one that I incorporated when I started this blog, and even wrote about recently here. I'm particularly proud of the graphic I Photoshopped to go with that one.

Anywhoozle, I'm adding an entire new blogroll to the right called "Lefties I Love," in the spirit of Blogroll Amnesty Weekend to go along with the list of sites that directly inspired me (Fighting teh Good Fight); the ever-amazing G-list Wingnuts who've earned my scorn and ridicule; the folks I disagree with who aren't wingnuts (Surprising Myself); and the self-explanatory "Non-political Things I Like."

So, starting clicking and go exploring. And like any good whore, my proposition is simple and straightforward - I'll blogroll you if you'll blogroll me, and we'll both be happier for it.