Posted on 08/31/2015 4:10:15 AM PDT by don-o
We call them horseapples in Texas, and yes the horses eat them as do the squirrels and deer.
Those are merely gossamer whispers of color, wrapped and layered around a hard pillar of something far more frightening: the heartless interest of an excited sociopath.
I just peed myself. You surely write for sure. Or someone. Kidding aside that was astute and kinda scary.
(Addressed to the phony gator) You are aware, I presume, that you are deliberately painting an "outlaw" picture of yourself? The bold lone wolf, No Clubbed, defying who you name as rulers of the road? It's a fascinating sort of projection taking place, one more reason why I am interested in what moves you personally. It sounds as if you are in fact drawn to that culture of the outlaw, but haven't yet made that decision to leap into what you truly want in life.
At best, Gator is an elitist motorcyclist who sneers at the kinds of guys who "need" clubs and thinks himself infinitely superior. That is at BEST, and it is also in my opinion the least likely to be true.
Most likely, Gator is a full-blown liar, judging by the claims made in his/her posts (I think Gator's probably a woman, just based on a hunch). The things Gator claims to "know" about bikers, let alone clubs versus "gangs," are sideways from what my own lifelong peripheral but ever-present, consistent, and widely varied experiences among biker folks has been. Gator's "insight" based on claimed experiences is also amazingly predictable, scripted off of a familiar Hollywood template and/or romanticized LEO public relations input.
Gator is like a guy who claims expert status and experience in baking apple pies and making really excellent pie crust, and then talks about how kneading the pie dough is so important.
In such a case, a certain number of folks would immediately spot the total phony and from that point on simply give that person lowest priority in terms of attention and feedback. I confess that I rarely read Gator's posts -- very early on in these discussions I figured it was a waste of time and pretty much all I know of what Gator says or posts is by osmosis through what posters whose input I regard as worthy of my time reply to, or say about, Gator.
I do post to Gator occasionally and often include him/her in a courtesy ping. But when Gator addresses posts to me -- I reserve my right to skip them, though I do sometimes let Gator know that she/he is talking only to him/herself, from my POV.
Agreed! RT is something, isn’t he! Glad he’s here.
Thank you for the very kind words. It helps me feel better since TexasGator took me into the alley and rolled me. I’m still confused and forlorn, but now no longer bereft of recovery.
Love the tag.
Want you to see this, eff him. Hope you are online as this will not last long.
My ex wanted to kill my ass.
TG is a pain.
“As a Freeper, I enjoy bait and flame wars with them occasionally”
And so far I haven’t taken the bait ...
noun: flame war; plural noun: flame wars
an argument between Internet users who repeatedly provoke each other with personal attacks through e-mail and other forms of online communication.
I wrote: I confess that I rarely read Gator's posts ... pretty much all I know of what Gator says or posts is by osmosis through what posters whose input I regard as worthy of my time reply to, or say about, Gator.
So how do I know what Gator says/claims?
1. I USED to read Gator's posts along with everyone else's. Her/his comments became predictable, repetitive, and clearly a waste of time so I began to skip them.
2. I DO regularly read words from Gator's posts when they are excerpted in posts by the many FReepers I respect and whose input here is valuable to me.
3. On occasion, when Gator's excerpted words are so over-the-top ridiculous that it prompts me to respond to "all" with an observation about them, I will RETURN to the original post by Gator, and read the whole thing so I am sure of the context of the excerpted words before I respond. This is true for the half-dozen other authoritarian jackboot drones here whose posts I rarely read anymore except through osmosis, as well.
The thing about dog crap on your shoe is that one only needs to smell a very tiny amount of it to know what it is. That's the same approach I take to the likes of Gator when contributing ideas to these threads on FR.
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