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To: Barnacle; Cronos
Some posters cannot make it through the day without affirming their ability to irritate others. They feed off anger and pain. It is their "natural manure" (as Mr. Jefferson said in another connection).

If you pay attention, you will find that there is a scarcity of argument or dialog in their discourse. Instead they make up insulting words and use them perseveratively. They pronounce statements, but do not back them up with source or reason. They respond to disagreement with put-downs like "hogwash". They do not recognize any obligation to back up their statements, but profess that they are their own authority. "Having the last word" - even if it's only a word of abuse, is often very important to them.

When their manner of discourse is criticized they will blame the pain they cause on their victims by
(1) asserting that the statement of, for example, Catholic opinion is so provocative that they cannot restrain themselves from responding; and
(2) arguing that posted words have only the power their reader gives them.

The obvious contradiction between these two propositions escapes their notice.

When they are treated as they treat others, they comment on the unfairness and cruelty of such treatment and then proclaim with self-conscious nobility that to be targeted for such abuse is meritorious.

Verb. Sap.

161 posted on 03/03/2008 5:38:05 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg

Hogwash.


176 posted on 03/03/2008 8:12:35 AM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Mad Dawg

Astute analysis.


209 posted on 03/03/2008 6:03:56 PM PST by Barnacle (Reagan Republicanism R.I.P.)
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