I have no reservations about gratuitous castigation — it’s fun, therapeutic, and meant without personal injury. But I hit the pause button when there’s an unexplained deviation. And ironically, the castigation that follows often becomes more interesting than the deviation. Wood’s recent histrionics are the deviation du jour.
I’m friendly with the vast majority of FReepers, and I respect their views — not interested in starting nor engaging in puerile arguments. But I am curious about the dissenting perspectives as I often fail to understand the rationale. I suppose my ambivalence towards Wood’s remarks could be considered equally as enigmatic.
I noticed you started trouble upthread, and that doesn’t come for free — lol.
> doesn’t come for free
haha all the know-little newbies have really diluted this place; genuine hardasses are rare now! I guess I kind of miss some of the really hard punches that could be dished out here.
> dissenting perspectives as I often fail to understand the rationale.
My observation is that they are not much different in cause (though in magnitude) from what you get out of an actual leftist, which is extreme shallowness. Not as shallow here, but shallow indeed, and minus the highly-rehearsed talking points. Not nearly as bad as a real leftist, but certainly not improving the “signal to noise ratio” here.
Kind of “business as usual” “conservatives.” Totally dying breed.
MAGA.