--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > What about "Assumes that anyone disagreeing with > their position is > > either ignorant, stupid or deliberately obtuse."? > > What about, "Acts passively agressive and > disingenuously politically correct"?
<LOL> As opposed to aggressive? Very well. You are assuming that I aimed that at you? You're one - but so am I! At least about the ignorant and deliberately obtuse part -- but no one who reads and understands the Killer B's is stupid. (And now of course I am assuming that your comment is directed at me.) You want it from both barrels? OK. I will depart from my customary 'gentle persuasion,' which apparently you find so objectionable - although I clearly poke fun at myself constantly (*and mean it*). 1) You deliberately continue to taunt people, even when it's clear that they don't understand your "sarcasm." 1a) You frequently step over the line from sarcasm/irony to genuine meanness -- or you truly do not understand how much of a bully your writing makes you appear. 2) Your stated wish for a society that 'promotes pleasantness' for as many as possible (IIRC) is in direct contradiction with your frequently hostile on-list writing (hostility which is not merely *my* perception, as a perusal of the archives of the past two months will confirm). 2a) This confuses people who might like to consider you a friend, and contrasts with your efforts to be helpful, frex in answering technical questions, or genuinely funny, as in "amorphous blobs." 3) You will not allow people to 'back off' from a dispute, but instead try to re-engage the 'hapless victim' in an escalating war of words - which you seem to want to win quite badly. 3a) This leads to a cessation of attempts to communicate on the part of the 'hv' <cocks head to listen for the "good riddance!"> - or deflection via excessive silliness (which I of course have resorted to multiple times). 3b) Escalation in the form of personal attacks is your particular forte, when you appear to wish to humiliate 'the enemy.' Graciousness in 'winning' apparently is superfluous. 4) Laughing at oneself is IMHO one of the most human attributes - you should try it every now and then. Is that straight-forward enough for you? <no smiley> Erik, you clearly have many good attributes and your contributions to List discussions are varied and insightful. But your on-line bullying is excessive, unnecessary and, quite frankly, demonstrates either a nasty streak of cruelty or an abysmal understanding of human nature. Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
