--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote:
I got your point but that wasn't what interested me. > > Pissing you off IS Barry's sport. And vice versa, despite > > your framing your posts in a more elevated light. This > > framework is your trap, unless of course you are just > > having a rollicking good time. But viewing content meant > > to piss you off as "important and in desperate need of > > correction", > > You're quoting whom here, please? Misleading punctuation, sorry. That was NOT a quote at all, I was trying too connect it all as a phrase. Quotes was the worst choice. Should I use parenthesis? I guess I really didn't need anything to covey what I wanted. > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > But here's the real reason I dug up this post of > > > Curtis's again. He wrote: > > > > > > > If you take off the "malicious Barry" glasses for a > > > > moment, and knowing his writing style, you might just > > > > conclude that Barry enjoys hyperbole and finds it > > > > entertaining to take an extreme perspective and watch > > > > people react to it. > > > > > > With regard to my "Alternate Universes" theme in which > > > I noted the similarity between the tactics of right- > > > wingers and FFL TM critics, I was amused to read a post > > > from Atrios on his blog this morning that references a > > > Washington Times story about Snowmageddon. > > > > > > The story concludes, "Those who value freedom should > > > thank Mother Nature for her sense of humor, undermining > > > the case for global warming one flake at a time." > > > > > > Atrios comments: > > > > > > "The stupid or evil/stupid or lying debate is always made > > > a bit more complex when conservatives rush to embrace the > > > stupidest arguments. It's so stupid that they can't > > > possibly believe it, but it's also so stupid that it can't > > > possibly convince anybody. Maybe this kind of thing is > > > just in the 'pissing off liberals for sport' category." > > > > Now you are catching on. > > Um, but you aren't. > > Read the above again--from the top--and see if you can > figure out the point I was making. > > > Pissing you off IS Barry's sport. And vice versa, despite > > your framing your posts in a more elevated light. This > > framework is your trap, unless of course you are just > > having a rollicking good time. But viewing content meant > > to piss you off as "important and in desperate need of > > correction", > > You're quoting whom here, please? > > > > > guarantees that the next 10 years around here will look like the last 10. > (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) >
