12-11-2012, 07:59 AM | #226 |
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yes.
he fed on darkness. I used to do that, too. it's much nicer out here in the light. not so mushroom-y, dank and depressing.
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12-11-2012, 08:27 AM | #227 |
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lol you girls are so dramatic.
G'night!
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12-11-2012, 08:33 AM | #228 |
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12-11-2012, 09:42 AM | #229 | |
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I think I have a handle on why, where he came from, how hard he worked, and the smart choices he made, to get his comfortable lifestyle. And from eating all those dead rugby players. Ibby is another matter, he seems to be developing a habit of telling me what I can and cannot say, or even think. Hommie don't play dat.
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12-11-2012, 09:58 AM | #230 |
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He was not attacked by the same people who now attack Ibby for the same thing, except maybe you.
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12-11-2012, 10:06 AM | #231 |
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No, spirited arguments but I don't attack anyone, except rkzenrage.
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12-11-2012, 10:07 AM | #232 | |
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I didn't see Merc get a free pass. I saw him get embroiled in arguments that ended up with lots of people telling him off. I know I had a go at him many times over stuff he said. In particular stuff he said to Ibs.
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12-11-2012, 10:32 AM | #233 | |
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But that is what creates our own personal reputations. It also has to do with respect for another Dwellar. If Ibram asks to be called Ibby, is that so different than Brianna asking to be called Trilby, and for us to use pronouns in sync with their names ? If it is so difficult make such changes in our vocabularies ? If that is so hard, should we assume there's more going on than just resistance to PC ? With regards to what I "think", it seems to me that is exactly what Ibby is trying to change. First, I don't assume that it's Ibby that needs to be changed by me. Only with changes in my thinking will the changes follow in my own social behaviors, regardless of the current version of PC. |
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12-11-2012, 03:58 PM | #234 |
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It's not drama, it's imagination.
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12-11-2012, 05:40 PM | #235 |
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12-11-2012, 06:17 PM | #236 | |
To shreds, you say?
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12-11-2012, 08:53 PM | #237 |
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If she chose Bennington, I'd have supported her in that. Every kid needs to find a place that serves her needs not her parent's. It didn't meet her academic needs. She's pretty conservative in her lifestyle choices, despite being very liberal politically. Her perception that the drug culture was pretty serious also turned her off.
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first of all, the "hammering" is just a figure of speech, taken from the proverb I quoted, and taken from the tone of many of the posts addressed directly to Ibby. there's been plenty of hammering. As for the justification to "hammer", I offer these reasons. First of all, I'm entitled to express myself just as you are and she is. And we do all express ourselves around here. When that expression takes the tone of repeated, argumentative telling how to think and act, "hammering" is an apt description. Next, speaking for myself, I felt some of the things Ibby said were wrong, and I wished to correct those things. For example, being intolerant of intolerance, but refusing to accept the idea such a position perpetuates the very thing she says she's trying to stamp out. Also, characterizing others, mercy in this case, as a one dimensional caricature, "an asshole" based on a subset of his words, while at the same time having a well established reputation for rejecting others' judgements of herself, claiming such labels were unfair characterizations. Another thing, rejecting the idea that allies are helpful, wtf? Making bigoted statements about the bigotry of others. Stuff like this. So. It's hammering to the extent that our respective positions are in strong opposition to each other and it's justified because I care enough about Ibby and the subjects at hand to speak up. As for the actual point I was trying to make, I don't think Ibby's interested in learning from me and others on these kinds of points. She's got a ton of input, and she's assessing it, and she's finding my input wanting by comparison. I can not shape her iron until she's ready.
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First of all I'm not convinced there are that many subdivisions. Shit, everyone is a little different from everyone else, but everybody doesn't get to whine if people don't follow their personal set of rules. At least not and be taken seriously. Second, I only know a couple people that fall anywhere in the spectrum, that I know of. The ones I do know is because they told me, and none asked for special treatment. We get along just fine without following any of Ibby's guide to acceptable behavior. Quote:
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12-11-2012, 11:50 PM | #240 |
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TheMercenary might come back if a certain someone nominates him to be a moderator.
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