Birthers: Fringe or Base?

[John_Many_Jars]

scuse me is this the sex with black chicks thread

[JM1]

Depends how old they are.

[Lum]

I like this thread! It’s exciting!

[Pogo]

Now, beyond that, I’m sorry if I was rude to you off the bat with respect to my opinions of your strange (to me) ethical boundaries in terms of what’s fair play in P&R. This back and forth is pointless.

Alright, cool enough.

[Andy_Bates]

Then I used it to make fun of Andy.

See, was that so hard? You spent four pages frantically defending yourself instead of just admitting that you were trolling. I’m past the age where insults like that bother me, but I thought I’d point out your lame schoolyard tactics. Frankly, most people usually stop thinking like that in their 20s, but I’m sure you’ll grow out of it eventually.

Now I think what happened is that this triggered the allergic reaction we sometimes have to having personal information used in an argument, and I accept that this is a reasonable response even if I don’t think my particular example crosses any boundaries that weren’t left behind ages ago.

Apology accepted.

[Lizard_King]

See, was that so hard? You spent four pages frantically defending yourself instead of just admitting that you were trolling. I’m past the age where insults like that bother me, but I thought I’d point out your lame schoolyard tactics. Frankly, most people usually stop thinking like that in their 20s, but I’m sure you’ll grow out of it eventually.

Apology accepted.

No apology was offered to you. My apology was expressly to Pogo for overreacting to his criticism, and the initial point about your age was obviously intended as mockery and addressed as such whenever I discussed it. Like all effective mockery, it works best when founded on a grain of truth, in the question of age relative to how you are perceived. That’s what spurred the subsequent debate.

The only thing that is difficult here is processing to what extent you are actually divorced from reality and to what extent merely an asshole.

[Lizard_King]

See, was that so hard? You spent four pages frantically defending yourself instead of just admitting that you were trolling. I’m past the age where insults like that bother me, but I thought I’d point out your lame schoolyard tactics. Frankly, most people usually stop thinking like that in their 20s, but I’m sure you’ll grow out of it eventually.

Apology accepted.

No apology was offered to you. My apology was expressly to Pogo for overreacting to his criticism, and the initial point about your age was obviously intended as mockery and addressed as such whenever I discussed it. Like all effective mockery, it works best when founded on a grain of truth, in this case the surprisingly contentious question of age relative to how one is perceived. That’s what spurred the subsequent debate.

The only thing that is difficult here is processing to what extent you are actually divorced from reality and to what extent merely an asshole. In the end, an unimportant distinction.

[John_Many_Jars]

i think black chicks are y’know because

[Kolonial]

I’m past the age where insults like that bother me, but I thought I’d point out your lame schoolyard tactics. Frankly, most people usually stop thinking like that in their 20s, but I’m sure you’ll grow out of it eventually.

So what you’re saying, if I’m understanding you correctly, is that you’re rubber and L_K is glue?

[Andy_Bates]

My apology was expressly to Pogo for overreacting to his criticism

And since my criticism was the same as his, I appreciate the implicit apology. Again, thanks.

[madkevin]

Man, you are really desperate for an apology from LK, eh?

[Lizard_King]

And since my criticism was the same as his, I appreciate the implicit apology. Again, thanks.

Your capacity for self-delusion remains astonishing.

[Andy_Bates]

Man, you are really desperate for an apology from LK, eh?

No, I just appreciate that he conceded that he was just trolling, and that he considered it reasonable for me (oh, excuse me…“Pogo”) to call him out for using personal information where it wasn’t warranted or relevant. It would be impolite to not thank him for such an apology.

[Lizard_King]

No, I just appreciate that he conceded that he was just trolling, and that he considered it reasonable for me (oh, excuse me…“Pogo”) to call him out for using personal information where it wasn’t warranted or relevant. It would be impolite to not thank him for such an apology.

Trolling troll trolls while talking about trolling. You think the pleasant compromises of rational discourse can protect you after you devote your internet persona to undermining them. There simply isn’t a stronger argument for what I said being justified than everything you’ve posted since.

[Brettmcd]

Your capacity for self-delusion remains astonishing.

Your ability to become more childish and insulting with every post you make is even more astonishing. It must be a skill you work on quite a bit.

[Lizard_King]

Your ability to become more childish and insulting with every post you make is even more astonishing. It must be a skill you work on quite a bit.

How appropriate, you fight like a cow.

[madkevin]

It would be impolite to not thank him for such an apology.

Especially when they’re imaginary.

[Andy_Bates]

You think the pleasant compromises of rational discourse can protect you after you devote your internet persona to undermining them.

I’m sorry, I’m the one who needs protecting?? You’re the one who acted like an idiot for four pages, and then when Pogo completely owned you, you came back on your knees with, “Um, gee Pogo, I guess you were justified in your response, and I’m sorry I was so rude to you! Can you ever forgive me??” I almost got whiplash from watching you backpedal so fast.

There simply isn’t a stronger argument for what I said being justified than everything you’ve posted since.

I get your post-facto rationalization for what you did, but since you already admitted that you were trolling and I was justified in my response, I’m willing to let it go with your apology. Let’s just put it all behind us.

[Lizard_King]

I’m sorry, I’m the one who needs protecting?? You’re the one who acted like an idiot for four pages, and then when Pogo completely owned you, you came back on your knees with, “Um, gee Pogo, I guess you were justified in your response, and I’m sorry I was so rude to you! Can you ever forgive me??” I almost got whiplash from watching you backpedal so fast.

That’s almost exactly not what happened. Congratulations.

I get your post-facto rationalization for what you did, but since you already admitted that you were trolling and I was justified in my response, I’m willing to let it go with your apology. Let’s just put it all behind us.

No. You don’t know what most of the words in the paragraph you wrote here mean, and even if you did you would just lie about it.

[Andy_Bates]

That’s almost exactly not what happened.

Oh, right, of course. Very convincing. You went from “how twisted over you’ve become in this misguided vendetta” to “I accept that this is a reasonable response” in, what, a page or two? But right, that totally wasn’t you begging Pogo for forgiveness.

No. You don’t know what most of the words in the paragraph you wrote here mean, and even if you did you would just lie about it.

Oh, is this an age thing again? I’m older than you, so I don’t know what certain words mean? I get that you’re trying to whitewash over your apology with faux-insults, but please, try to make them at least semi-convincing. “Oh no, LK doesn’t think I know what ‘post facto’ means! I am wounded, good sir!”