--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.)
