Yeah Joe don't you get it? If I don't understand what she has written it is my inability to understand her perfect writing. If she doesn't understand me it is because I am a bad writer. It is the Las Vegas of shame,heads she wins tails I lose!
She did declare you "not stupid." But before you break out the champagne I gotta warn you, that means that now if you disagree you are lying. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > For someone who prides themselves on understanding the > > > > written word so well and the intentions of the writer, > > > > I have to say...I have never met anyone with less ability > > > > to understand what I write. Every interaction is a struggle. > > > > > > That would be *so* much more impressive if it hadn't > > > been *your* misunderstanding of what *I* wrote--which > > > you've even acknowledged--that led you to start this > > > fight. > > > > > > It would also be more impressive if you were able to > > > point to anything that I misunderstood of what you > > > wrote, other than the fact that I didn't immediately > > > realize how completely you'd misunderstood what I had > > > said. > > > > > Classic. > > You know something, Geeze? I don't expect you to ever > have the guts to do this, but if you were to follow > one of these exchanges you leave your little yapyapyap > turds on, actually follow it closely from one post to > another, from the beginning to the end, so you > understood what was going on, you would be so > embarrassed. > > You aren't stupid. You just have a habit of making > snap judgments and insisting on sticking with them > no matter what. > > Curtis *did* misunderstand the point I was making. He > admitted it. Because he isn't the world's clearest > writer when he's dealing with a challenge (and not > just from me), I didn't realize what his problem was > for several go-rounds. > > And that wasn't his only misunderstanding in this > exchange. He's also not real clear on how rhetorical > questions work, even when he asks them, and even more > so when somebody else does. > > That's what makes his comment at the top so ironic. >