Blogging is like knitting?
Ok, I concede. You are correct. Blogging is like knitting. They are both crafts or hobbies which aren't terribly lucrative. I get it. It doesn't make $$$ in your world, therefore they are both irrelevant to you. But here is the problem with that thinking.
If craftsmanship has fallen by the wayside in this country (and it has), and blogging is a waste of time, then one would presume the comparison contrast to knitting was a gibe against both knitting and blogging. In other words, in your world both are a waste of time.
See, you are right, they are meaningless to people who have this type of world view. This type of short-sighted, 'Stay-the-Course' mentality. Content, yes the content that fed your anemic mind, was written and crafted by academically inclined people. It didn't just jump off your textbook in class magically and it doesn't just appear on your computer screen for your amusement to debate while you stand at the time-clock.
The irony here is that most prefer homemade cookies rather than packaged, processed cookies. Most, also would prefer a beautiful, hand-knitted sweater that was infused with soul, love and care, as opposed to one made in the far east in sweat shop. Most also would prefer to read a blog that was crafted by a live person.
P.T. Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute."
