Ignorant journalism

On this link, Derrick Knutson shows us the main problem that naturists face, ignorance.

Knutson does not take one moment to fathom why he needs to report that " One angry correspondent...". Who makes naturists angry? Well ignorant journalists do. He starts by saying "... I wrote a column about certain individuals in the locker room of the gym I frequent who take an awful lot of time to put their clothes on after working out -- as in the time it takes the rest of us to work out." then goes on about how these people are all old.

Well, so what if they are, perhaps they have the learning and wisdom that he lacks. The view of youth seems to be that image is everything, clothes, cars, houses and even partners are seen as fashion accessories, all contributing to the all essential image. Step outside of that image and the person's basic insecurity becomes apparent. Knutson's insecurity shines through his writing. Why on earth should people not be nude, we are all made in the same basic design, what is he hiding? I doubt he knows himself, he is simply following the always dressed meme and assumes that is correct without further thought. To me, that is very basis of ignorance, keeping an opinion without thinking why.

To his credit, he did write that "However, it's been an eye-opening look into another world." but then spoilt it by writing "The column's now posted on a sort of nudist underground Bulletin Board." Underground? That implies shame, being hidden. No Mr. Knutson, you have the wrong idea, it is not underground, the only reason we have to act with circumspection is because of a tiny minority of people who are willing to expose their ignorance by making fun of innocent harmless people going about their daily lives without any threat to anyone.

He wrote "Besides, thanks to the Internet, more lobbying comes in every day from what I think of as the Nude Party.". A fascinating insight from a journalist, what do they imagine a newspaper is, a vehicle for the straight unbiased reporting of the news? Of course not, as a journalist, he is a professional lobbyist, someone who touts a certain view. Just like us naturists.

It is nice that he rounds off his piece with "I think it's been good to get this all out in the open. Our readers have gotten a peek into the nudists' world, and the nudists have been exposed to my writing and opinions.". I hope it helped him to be less ashamed of his body, but I doubt it.