tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post3823956058160279192..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-50141454948050786682007-08-01T09:41:00.000-07:002007-08-01T09:41:00.000-07:00I also note your cheesy nazi pal B-ron is lying ag...I also note your cheesy nazi pal B-ron is lying again, and insinuating that I am "homophobic" when I am not. Like most bogus "liberals" he mistakes his ENDLESS ID POLITICS for like some type of thinking. <BR/><BR/>He's a psycho, man. Not a progressive. hear me yet? I suspect he's in Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Associated Baptist White trash Hicks for Jeee-sus or something. I don't think he canJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-7702843027823685052007-08-01T08:16:00.000-07:002007-08-01T08:16:00.000-07:00Cool. You draw the line somewhere. I also noted Gr...Cool. You draw the line somewhere. I also noted Gruntonious's latest decoration (er, distraction) on NW: not sure what he intends, but like many confused rightists (and emotional leftists as well), he continually commits the fallacy of <B>false dichotomy </B>(sort of what you meant by "Us. vs Them"---so Waters relies on a fallacy for his tune). Otherwise known as "either, or" fallacy. In fact if Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-77819202342755252962007-07-31T21:32:00.000-07:002007-07-31T21:32:00.000-07:00"I hope when he starts stumping for Mitt Romney yo..."I hope when he starts stumping for Mitt Romney you will consider canning him..........."<BR/><BR/>Deal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-2914484874315961222007-07-31T19:43:00.000-07:002007-07-31T19:43:00.000-07:00Really McMax, I am through posting, or even trolli...Really McMax, I am through posting, or even trolling on NW. I am pretty burnt out on blogging altogether, but have a few days of free time, and have been indulging. Blogs are mostly hype, and overrated as a type of serious writing. <BR/><BR/>BlogSpeak itself tends to be colloquial, imprecise, and generalized, chockful of fallacies: that's the nature of the beast. Bierce termed slang "the grunt ofJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-59572584413502433222007-07-31T17:47:00.000-07:002007-07-31T17:47:00.000-07:00The Cheka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka The ...The Cheka: <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka<BR/><BR/> The early KGB, organized by Lenin, Trotsky, young Stalin, after the October Revolution. Nasty Red cops. Ended the freedom of the press; cracked down on dissenters (including leftist and socialist ones), began the purges and gulags, and in fact after the attempt on VIL"s life, started to kill people. Yeah's it's a bit of "hyperboleJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-23458644621844358672007-07-31T17:26:00.000-07:002007-07-31T17:26:00.000-07:00'...you, with your "he will never again taint my s...'...you, with your "he will never again taint my site,..."'<BR/><BR/>'tis poor form to place a paraphrase in quotes, is it not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-62961873423207685512007-07-31T17:16:00.000-07:002007-07-31T17:16:00.000-07:00Better hecklers than , well, Nixonian stoners. If ...Better hecklers than , well, Nixonian stoners. If you note, that was posted in the comment box following a post (pointing to Brad something hacking the vote , etc.) which has no quotes, and the language appears to be written by JoanOfArconius but when clicking to the site, the language is found to have been written by Mr. Brad. While it is only a comment box, and only attached to another of St. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-56980750992752388282007-07-31T17:01:00.000-07:002007-07-31T17:01:00.000-07:00What's with the "cheka" stuff? I can't find it on ...What's with the "cheka" stuff? I can't find it on urban dictionary. I do like Czech culture- but I don't think that's what you're going for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-6017700466057864432007-07-31T16:59:00.000-07:002007-07-31T16:59:00.000-07:00"Being called a nazi or xtian (when one is neither..."Being called a nazi or xtian (when one is neither) IS harrassment."<BR/><BR/>Yep. I know how that feels. Same with fraud, stalinist, hypocrite, narcissist, Nixonian stoner (I like that one)... the list could go on for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-60661804217516778852007-07-31T16:55:00.000-07:002007-07-31T16:55:00.000-07:00Well, maybe this will be taken as crossing into "h...Well, maybe this will be taken as crossing into "hostile and offensive," but I hope not. Your latest accusation of plagiarism falls far short of the mark. <BR/><BR/>"NO quotes, and original writers/URLs not credited = plagiarism. Not that that has ever bothered Joan of Arconius."<BR/><BR/>Not only was the excerpt placed in a quote box, but it was preceded by: "By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-38037655552058045102007-07-31T16:33:00.000-07:002007-07-31T16:33:00.000-07:00In terms of hits, I suspect the Cont. average is c...In terms of hits, I suspect the Cont. average is close to that of NW (regretfully I have had to purge a few Cont. renegades who were prone to quoting their favorite Broadway musical as support for political ideas): of course you do have one poster at NW, BiPolar-onious (Abbie Hoffman and Heinlein: ahhh yeahhhh!) responsible for what 90% of the daily Deep Thoughts who sort of skews the data. <BR/Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-70504021670114867222007-07-31T13:39:00.000-07:002007-07-31T13:39:00.000-07:00"...It's rather amusing you post here, and we aren..."...It's rather amusing you post here, and we aren't posted at NW..."<BR/><BR/>I expect to be canned as soon as I get hostile and offensive and loyal Contingencies posters feel harassed and threatened by my behavior. Should they email you offline saying that this Max guy is driving them nuts I will not be surprised to find my posting rights forfeited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-83553303851000188892007-07-31T13:31:00.000-07:002007-07-31T13:31:00.000-07:00De nada. It's rather amusing you post here, and we...De nada. It's rather amusing you post here, and we aren't posted at NW, isn't it. <BR/><BR/>Btw, I doubt all that "trolling" is mine. Yes when I see a spammed-in Jack Handy-like Deep Thought of the Day from your fave Visionious, I have on occasion written something critical. I can't believe you allow Visionious and other NWers to continually invoke their favorite, preacherly-like weighted-words (Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-33898369176890429352007-07-31T12:56:00.000-07:002007-07-31T12:56:00.000-07:00Glad you liked it.Glad you liked it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-88503082337194276032007-07-31T12:33:00.000-07:002007-07-31T12:33:00.000-07:00The points on Xtianity were also sort of puzzling,...The points on Xtianity were also sort of puzzling, since both Hillary and Obama have done nearly as much biblethumping as the rightists have. Secularists are, I believe, sort of faced with a difficult choice in this next Prez campaign. Edwards sort of appears to be secularist, and one might say the Jeffersonian choice, but I don't think the Demo hive will go for him, certainly not in urban areas.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-91765114446431557592007-07-31T10:25:00.000-07:002007-07-31T10:25:00.000-07:00I realize that it wasn't intended to be some profo...I realize that it wasn't intended to be some profound political statement. But then hardly anything on DU is. Obviously as an argument it carries no weight (but it should be noted that the straw-man fallacy is rather common to blogland---the blog-hack creates imaginary scenarios or characters and then attacks them, instead of the real issue). <BR/><BR/>As satire it's sort of juvenile, or at leastJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-7546530993271156382007-07-30T22:17:00.000-07:002007-07-30T22:17:00.000-07:00You touch on some good points but I think you migh...You touch on some good points but I think you might be taking the poster a little too seriously. Sounds to me like she's just having some fun pretending to be the standard American idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com