Incredibly complex and heavily-invested relationship for two people who have never met, I must say. And the value for you appears to be "saving the world by outing Barry, day by day"? Kinda thin, I would think, but that's your choice and not mine.
You equate *right-wingers* with phoniness and dishonesty, it would appear. Seems rather pejorative of you, frankly. I thought "right-wingers" were supposed to be the bigots on the planet? Bigotry in its essence is categorizing people by one shared trait and then assuming that they share many other, undesirable traits as an inevitable result of that one shared trait. "Everyone knows that all blacks are thieves, liars, etc.", or "All Jews are skinflints and tax cheats, etc.," or "All right-wingers are phony, dishonest hypocrites." I'm quite sure none of these statements are true, and my certainty comes from direct experience of people who contradict those statements. Tom Pall, on the other hand, would probably hold the first two to be true. You sure you want to be in his "proud to be a bigot" camp? Although you did qualify it with "most", so I guess there is a slender ray of hope for those of us who believe both in being fiscally and personally responsible (which is how I define "right-wing") and in being quite authentic in our personal relationships. And, no I do not much care for George Bush, so please don't let your "all right-wingers love George Bush" bigotry kick in, either. No one speaks for me or decides for me other than myself. I appreciate your obvious intelligence and wit, but your zeal gets to be a bit much, at times. Maybe it's just too painful for most people to be "authentic" with you for very long because you give them an in-depth laundry list of everything that's wrong with them now or has been wrong in the past, or that will be wrong with them in the future? --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'd say your comment clues me more into your dislike for him than > > his comment clued me into anything other than he really likes > > Paris. > > Think for a moment about how he'd be likely > to react if somebody indicated they thought there > was something wrong with him because a city (or > anything else) they liked didn't appeal to him > (not to mention suggesting he'd really never > been there). > > > You clearly really don't like him, but that's hardly news. Why > > do you bother sniping away? > > Because I don't think there's any excuse for > being a phony, dishonest hypocrite. Life is tough > enough when everybody being is as honest and > authentic as they can possibly be. > > Same reason I don't ilke Bush and most right-wingers, > as it happens. > > Feels good? You're a jilted ex- > > lover? He got your sister pregnant? He got your brother > > pregnant? :-) > > > > Or is he just so much like you that you can't stand the thought > > that something he might say could be more insightful or more correct > > or more enjoyed or more whatever, than the corresponding one- > > upmanship which you feel compelled to deliver? > > There's an interesting, loving, insightful human > being under all that phony armor that for some > reason he is terrified of letting himself be. > That person leaks out around the edges from time > to time, but then the armor slams shut and the > phony takes over again. > > > I have to say, from the outside, it sounds like you > > used to be married to each other, got emotionally fused, the > > relationship self-destructed, but you and he have never > > managed to really separate. On the other hand, maybe you've > > never met each other, although that seems rather unlikely. > > Never met. We've both been regular participants > on alt.m.t for more than 10 years. > > I am by no means the only alt.m.t'er who feels > this way about Barry, just for the record. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
