{"id":1069,"date":"2007-02-23T19:13:05","date_gmt":"2007-02-24T02:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2007-05-13T19:57:05","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T02:57:05","slug":"redfincoms-glenn-kelman-issues-a-non-apology-apology-this-is-what-it-sounds-like-when-pigs-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1069\/redfincoms-glenn-kelman-issues-a-non-apology-apology-this-is-what-it-sounds-like-when-pigs-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Redfin.com’s Glenn Kelman issues a non-apology apology: This is what it sounds like when pigs fly . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, good grief<\/a>…<\/p>\n

If Redfin.com wants to make peace with the real estate industry, all it has to do is hold up its end. If it wants to be a cowbird bottom-feeding parasite — defaulting on its responsibilities and disbursing that default as “savings” — it has to live with the contempt fully earned and deserved by cowbird bottom-feeding parasites.<\/p>\n

Glenn Kelman should take solace — or take a drink — or just take a nap — however. The contempt Redfin.com earns doesn’t originate in his inflammatory comments — even if these are really, truly, honestly, please-please-you-must-believe-me a real estate-specific form of Tourette Syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did any one of us make it through middle school without understanding demagoguery? If so, here are the review notes:<\/p>\n

The skinny kid spewing half-witted insults is a coward who is terrified of two things: That his posturing is ludicrous, and that you know it…
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Technorati Tags: blogging<\/a>, disintermediation<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oh, good grief… If Redfin.com wants to make peace with the real estate industry, all it has to do is hold up its end. If it wants to be a cowbird bottom-feeding parasite — defaulting on its responsibilities and disbursing that default as “savings” — it has to live with the contempt fully earned and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,5,27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-disintermediation","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-redfincom","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/290\/dissecting-glenn-kelman-of-redfincom\/","url_meta":{"origin":1069,"position":0},"title":"Dissecting Glenn Kelman of Redfin.com . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"From comments at Rain City Guide. 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