O.k., so maybe it wasn't as obvious as I thought, Michael.
As I saw it, I called Ralph Nader a left-wing extremist nut. (Words I
still stand by, by the way.)
You then called me out for "name-calling."
At that point, you went on in using a few more words to call me basically a
right-wing extremist nut.
To wit, you wrote:
>> > I'm sure you would
>> >probably have no problem letting businesses poison the air, water, land,
>> etc.
>> >until they destroy the ecosystem that supports us, and kill us and
>> hundreds
>> >if not thousands of other species in the process. I'm sure that that
>> doesn't
>> >bother you at all, even though the thought of two people of the same sex
>> >having relations does bother you.
Do you understand what you wrote Michael? Right up there in living color
Michael you said that it *doesn't bother me at all* to see you and I both
die in an environmental catastrophe, as well as the extinction of
thousands of other species.
Then, after calling me a nut, you blithely admitted that you really don't
have the first clue as to what I really think! Specifically, you wrote that:
>> >Now, I admit that I don't really know your stance on those issues,
>I was discussing policy in that paragraph. The policy of the Republican and
>Democratic parties (which people would have seen had you not snipped the
last
>line midsentence).
Sorry Michael, but I don't see what you are driving at. Your very first
sentence began with "I'm sure you would." You made it very clear in your
opening statements you were including me within your own caricature of the
two major parties. If the intent of your post was an indictment of
nameless officials in the major parties, you did an excellent job of
disguising it as a personal reply to me for the first half of your message.
> It wasn't meant as a personal
>attack, but I dare say your comment about *all* greens being "lunatics" was.
It seems to me that someone who is so concerned about proper quoting should
be a little more careful with what he quotes. Did I say "*all* greens"
Michael? Or did I refer to a very specific organization, namely The
Greens/Green Party USA. Allow me to refresh your memory:
> Even worse, many of his supporters come
> from The Greens/Green Party USA, and those people are flat out lunatics,
> with almost no understanding of economics, or good governance.
Michael, my point was the following...... You seemed rather pissed off
that I called Ralph Nader an "extremist nut", because of the way I view his
policies. Yet, you seemed unable to connet your own views of my opinions,
and your views of the major parties, to the same course of logic. In
other words, before your condemn my disdainment for the political views of
Ralph Nader and The Greens/Green Party USA, you should take some time to
reflect on how you have expressed your opinions on the views of
conservatives, and adherents of the two major parties.
JDG
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John D. Giorgis
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