Comments on: End Socializum in Amerka Todai!

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:09:51 +0000

Now, see, Aquinas Dad, if you knew anything about the Tea Party or had bothered to find anything out instead of insisting that Greg and only Greg spoon-feed you the information, that would be blazingly obvious. Poor you.

By: Aquinas Dad

Aquinas Dad — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:58:36 +0000

Come back from a trip and, oddly enough, my questions remain unanswered. Stephanie, your attempts to answer for greg are appreciated, but don’t explain how a group of commenters are suddenly identified as Tea Partiers, nor why Greg concludes they are ignorant.

DuWayne,
If that is what passes for eloquence where you were educated, I am sure you have a PhD in… something interesting.

By: DuWayne

DuWayne — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:15:50 +0000

Good fucking grief. AD, having just read through this entire thread (I like a good trainwreck now and then – especially when stressed) I can only conclude you’re a fucking moron. And an asshole – unless you’re actually stupider than I am giving you credit for. Of course you’re a social conservative, which means you like to stick your nose into other people’s business – by definition, a complete fucking prat.

Bigoted? I will admit to having a prejudice against and possibly even being bigoted against wilful fucking morons who believe they should have a right to control my life, because they don’t approve of who I might happen to be. Fuck you, you pathetic little twit. Who the hell do you think you are, to decide how people should or should not describe ignorant fucking idiots?

And here’s a tap from the cluestick: people who don’t believe in having the fire department put out fires, deserve to be mocked. They are complete and utter fucking morons who don’t particularly understand how fire works – how fires spread. If my neighbour’s house burns, it is entirely possible that wind could drive fire into mine. Or the neighbour on the other side’s home. Even where houses are quite a ways apart, there is often a risk to others. Fire does funny things sometimes – even travelling underground, given the right conditions (a fire that started with a single car burning, that was extinguished ended up burning down a nearby abandoned house, after it flared back up from soldering deep in peet rich soil).

Slack jawed fucking idiots, who deserve to be called out as slack jawed fucking idiots. And here you come, to show that whether of the same stripe or not, you’re a slack jawed idiot.

By and by and because you have annoyed me, I would just like to point out that parents who actually engage in apologetics for the Catholic church are creepy.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:31:46 +0000

Ah, ignorance:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/13/phosphate-ban-dishwash-detergent

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:26:22 +0000

Aquinas Dad, try going back to comment #3. If you still can’t figure out who Greg is talking about, the problem is your admitted ignorance of teabaggers, not Greg’s answer. You’ll need to fix that if you insist on participating in modern American political dialog.

By: Aquinas Dad

Aquinas Dad — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:18:31 +0000

Greg,
I am puzzled. I will admit to being thick_headed, but I still don’t see where you identified who you called those slurs nor where you directlyy responded to my point about education, etc. All I am asking for is a simple answer to these? I can’t post much of anything right now but ‘why wan’t he answer?’

By: Aquinas Dad

Aquinas Dad — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:12:41 +0000

Stephanie,
I am asking Greg to answer because Greg made the statements I have questions about, not you. If I asked you a question I would also wait for your response, not the conjecture of another commenter. While you may assume you know Greg’s inner thoughts, I do not share that belief.
And such antagonism! You don’t even know me.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:09:55 +0000

AD, aka “Stephanie”, I’ve stated my case and addressed your questions.

My original post was not what you thought I should write and you didn’t like my answers, so you are trying to shape what I say and how say it. If you really need to direct how and what I blog, I suggest you get your own blog!

Oh, wait, you have your own blog! This could be a good opportunity for you to write an entire post explaining how I’ve got it all wrong and I’m an unapologetic bigot, etc. etc. Over there. On your blog. That’s what it is for, right? Post the link here when you are done.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:48:13 +0000

The question, Aquinas Dad, is why you feel the need for Greg to answer the questions directly, particularly when I’ve already answered them? Frankly, when Greg has already answered at least one of them? And why you don’t have anything to say on the subject you really wanted to discuss, if only someone (who, incidentally, had to be Greg) could pound your misapprehensions out of you?

The broad availability of miseducation does not keep it from being a tool to reinforce ignorance either. The analogy between creationism and economic theorization that specifically rejects empirical evidence still stands, as does the other types of ignorance I listed. Did you want to acknowledge those, or are you still looking for the local alpha male to pat you on the head?

By: Aquinas Dad

Aquinas Dad — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:36:11 +0000

The post above is mine – I apologize, but my logy connection must have weirded out my posting.