Ghostiger,Jul 8 2005, 03:09 PM Wrote:He is more right than you guys will admit.
Its one thing to make posts mocking conservatives on issues or even particular personalities.
Posts were the joke is simply to call them "dummies" etc how ever are rude. Such jokes belong in a truely liberal site, where people just want to rip on enemies.
Would you guys think this thread was funny if it used the word "gay" or "muslim" in place of Republican?
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Well, in response to the VN thing, well, I work/have worked at VN for close to 3 years now, so, :PPPPPPP
My apologies though, the editing of my first post changed it dramatically, the reference to Ashock was edited out, and I forgot to put it back in. Let's just say the irony of Ashock complaining about how mean everyone is to conservatives, when he was the first one to start laying into people in the thread, definitely hit the wrong button. Either way, what I said definitely went beyond a lot of lines, so I edited it out.
In response to the "if it were gays/muslims" comment, if it was in a good, fun innocent spirit, I would find it just as amusing. People really, really need to loosen up. I know between Doc, Pete, and Occhi, nothing's been left sacred on these boards anyway. :P
Honestly, I'm just kinda pissed that some knee-jerk reactionary immediately pops up whining "waaah everyone attacks republicans waah waah" as soon as anyone makes a joke about republicans. Had Doc put Democrats at the end of that, I would have thought it just as amusng. The thing is, if Doc had put Democrats at the end of it, I think all of us know that Ashock's "righteous indignation against Republicans/conservatives being mischaracterized" would have mysteriously disappeared.
Basically, instead of arguing the points, is just attacking the person. I think http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/attack.htm would be appropriate, no? (In an ironic note, I got that site from someone's sig at LL)
EDIT: Took out some inflammatory language