Wow, I can't believe it's taken me this long to become a thread subject. Thank you thank you thank you. You really like me!
> I wouldn't want to offend you after all the care you > have taken not to hurt anyone's feelings, but there's a rumor > that you are an alter ego of an established list member. A few minutes ago, I started trolling (ahem) through past list messages looking for examples of rhetoric at least as intemperate as mine. After a couple of minutes, I had these recent examples: > Those who idintify themselves along that one-dimensional insipidity only advertise that they are idiots. (Brin) This, in response to Americans who think the two party system is A-OK. But shouldn't they all be ideots? > The latest, attacking Kerrey's war record, shows just how biliously crazy [the right wing] are. (Brin) Wow, it's been a bad newsday for this quote, hasn't it? Waiting breathlessly for Brin's "biliously crazy" post about John Kerry. > All of which is to say that we are due for an insane season of outright lies and incredible character assasination. These friends of ous (remember that!) on the right are ill, folks. So don't hold it against them that they MUST see all opposition as hateful, evil, filled with lust for utter destruction of every decent human value. (Brin) This, in a post about how awful it is to demonize your political enemies. > Of course what a snot nosed kid whose idea of being poor is having to eat raman for diner for a few nights because his allowance ran out early wouldn't understand is that (pensinger) I think he was referring to me. It's hard to tell. Doug's not articulate, but he does try hard and he always wants to sit in the front of the short bus. See, the point was, but is no more, that I was going to go through all the last few weeks of posts and point out the hundreds of cases where the pet posters said things in language at least as intemperate as mine, but they got a pass. But I'm easily bored and a few dead fish in this barrel were enough to make me want to stop plunking and start drinking. (Yes, of course, I was going to exclude everything The Fool says. Without doing that, not only would this be the longest post ever, but it would probably exceed available server storage.) Anyway, the fuckit factor quickly outweighed the funny factor, so contrary to my initial intention, this will not be longest message ever posted to the Brin list. Why the hell should I do your research for you, you lazy liberal layabouts? Here's a helpful hint though: the fastest way to find your own mouth-foaming is to search for posts with the word "Bush" in them. Or "Brin," surprisingly. Am I saying here that you are a cozy little clique that resents the intrusion of newcomers? A little bit, but you're no worse than any high school pep squad suspicious of the new smart kid. Am I saying here that y'all have double standards? Well, kinda, but that's not that big a deal either. You're snotty when you criticize snottiness. You're aggressive when you criticize aggressiveness. Unfortunately, you're not clever when you criticize cleverness. Really, I've never seen a group of people so slow to get a joke. Y'all thud. So what exactly am I saying here? Pissing on hothouse flowers is my hobby. If the tinkling noise on your craniums drives some of you to suicide, that's fine with me as long as I do it before you vote for Kerry. After that, I don't care if you live or die. Mike Lee Islamic Moderate
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