I suppose writing "It's not because I don't agree with you..it's because you are being a stupid ass and pulling conclusions out of your(probably copious) butt." would not earn me points on the tolerant-meter.
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Nov 05, 2010 7:42:11 am PDT #3861 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
msbelle - Nov 05, 2010 7:45:03 am PDT #3862 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think I could work on expressing disagreement without name-calling. Civility shouldn't equal agreement.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2010 7:46:50 am PDT #3863 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I could work on expressing disagreement without name-calling. Civility shouldn't equal agreement.
Yeah.
Also, asking "What the fuck is wrong with you?" isn't name-calling, is it?
§ ita § - Nov 05, 2010 7:47:49 am PDT #3864 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Also, asking "What the fuck is wrong with you?" isn't name-calling, is it?
Depends where you put the stress in the sentence.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 05, 2010 7:49:48 am PDT #3865 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, asking "What the fuck is wrong with you?" isn't name-calling, is it?
Depends where you put the stress in the sentence.
It's posts like this that make me love us.
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2010 7:50:58 am PDT #3866 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I've found that the way to combat all that crazy stuff is to repeat it back as a question, detailing precisely what they are saying, "So you're telling me that the president is spending as much on a trip to a country where you can live on $10 a day easy as the GDP of a mid-size country? And this is something you really believe?" and if they say yes, there is no point in arguing. If we can't agree on facts, well I don't know where to go from there.
Theodosia - Nov 05, 2010 7:55:10 am PDT #3867 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Another lovely "factoid" I've come across lately is that Obama has increased the size of the US government by 22%. I didn't get a chance to question this assertion, but I'm betting that the "growth" would have to include the army of temporary Census workers, and probably also counts all the auto workers when the companies were bailed out. Or they just pulled the percentage increase out of their ass, maybe.
Jesse - Nov 05, 2010 7:55:34 am PDT #3868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"Yes. everyone is entitled to their own informed opinion, but no one is entitled to their own facts."
This. People can be as wrong-headed as they want, IMO, as long as they can back it up.
Hil R. - Nov 05, 2010 7:56:44 am PDT #3869 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Another lovely "factoid" I've come across lately is that Obama has increased the size of the US government by 22%.
My first question would be how they're measuring "size" of government.
tommyrot - Nov 05, 2010 8:01:06 am PDT #3870 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My first question would be how they're measuring "size" of government.
Maybe Obama responded to one of those spams - you know, that say, "Increase the size of your government naturally!"