Perhaps this version will make more sense:
The reason I kept posting was because of you. Posting was a good
thing for me.
Got it?
"Does what you wrote that I quoted above describe
my having gotten my points across?"
No. But if you had related to what I wrote in the way I expected,
you might have thought "Yes I got my points across also, even though
the discussions were difficult". That was my expectation in writing
it. That it would piss you off never crossed my mind.
"My problem with you, Curtis, was (and is) your
> gross intellectual (and even factual) dishonesty.
>
> With people like you, it's never entirely clear
> whether they're *intending* to mislead and deceive,
> or whether they've done such a snow job on
> themselves that they genuinely believe their own
> misrepresentations. So I'll have to give you the
> benefit of the doubt on that point."
Excellent example of why it was so hard to continue posting on AMT.
Very condescending and unfriendly. Starting a sentence with " people
like you" is demeaning and rude. You have no reason to call me a liar
and someone who has done a "snowjob" on themselves, whatever that
means, based on what I have posted here.
My problem with you, Curtis, was (and is) your
> gross intellectual (and even factual) dishonesty.
I invite you to show me where I have been intellectually or factually
dishonest in my posts here. Or perhaps an area where I am doing a
"snowjob on myself".
(I mention for the sake of anyone else reading this that it is only
with great restraint and effort that I do not take the phrase
"snowjob" into the gutter for a field day. Great restraint...there
are so many funny ways to use it...!)
...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues"
> <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > My meta comment on my feelings about the value of our previous
> > > > postings was meant as a positive . Rick had it right.
> > >
> > > Sorry, but I don't buy it. If you're interested in
> > > knowing why, I'll tell you, but I suspect you're not.
> >
> > I was surprised when you reacted so strongly to my message.
> > It was not meant to offend you, quite the opposite.
>
> Here's what you wrote:
>
> "Nice to hear from you Judy. I look back on the AMT days as an
> important experience for me. There were times when I felt
> misunderstood and very frustrated, but that stressful dynamic was the
> reason I kept at it so long. It was incredibly useful for me to
> articulate my thoughts about the movement in such detail, and it never
> would have happened without me being so pissed off at your messages."
>
> Please explain the basis on which you believe I
> should have taken this as a sincere compliment.
>
> I thought
> > you could relate to what I was saying. It must have been
> > frustrating for you on AMT too, but I assumed you are happy you got
> > your points across in the end.
>
> Does what you wrote that I quoted above describe
> my having gotten my points across?
>
> > I often stated my opinions on AMT in a way that was disrespectful
> > of you. I admit that. I often felt disrespected by your posts.
>
> That was par for the course on alt.m.t, and it
> wasn't the problem as far as I was concerned--
> except for the many occasions when your disrespect
> involved outright misrepresentation of what was
> going on in the discussion.
>
> My problem with you, Curtis, was (and is) your
> gross intellectual (and even factual) dishonesty.
>
> With people like you, it's never entirely clear
> whether they're *intending* to mislead and deceive,
> or whether they've done such a snow job on
> themselves that they genuinely believe their own
> misrepresentations. So I'll have to give you the
> benefit of the doubt on that point.
>
> Before I sent this post, I went back and reviewed
> some of our exchanges on alt.m.t to make sure I
> wasn't being unfair to you, that I wasn't
> remembering your participation as worse than it
> actually was.
>
> To the contrary, it was considerably worse than
> I had remembered it.
>
>
>
>
>
> But
> > almost 9 years later I think of it as an interesting time in my life
> > and it had value for me.
> >
> > So if you want to tell me why you reacted to my post like that I
> would
> > like to hear it.
> >
>
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