Confession Box

bbro • Dec 23, 2017 10:05 pm
I tried to search, but it doesn't work on mobile browser. I need to tell someone what happened last night, but I figured a confession thread for anyone would be a good idea.

If this already exists, feel free to merge and/or delete



So, I am staying in an unfamiliar place. I am relying on my phone to get me back to my room. I got drunk last night. My phone battery was dying, so I asked a bartender if he could charge it. He said yes and "plugged" it in. I got it back with 1% battery and no idea how to get back to my room. Someone drew me a map, but I still got lost.

Apparently, drunk me decided to go to a fire station and pass out. I wake up surrounded by people and I'm sobbing, cold, and wet (it was raining). I remember telling them that my phone died and the bartender didn't care. Please don't call my parents. Please don't arrest me. Am I in trouble.

I wasn't in trouble or being arrested. They charged my phone enough to find the address of the place I am staying. Drove me home. I woke up with a swollen and bruised elbow. More bruises are appearing. I am considering therapy in the new year. I know I am a binge drinker type alcoholic. This scared the crap outta me. I had to tell someone.
sexobon • Dec 23, 2017 10:49 pm
https://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=33221
xoxoxoBruce • Dec 23, 2017 11:05 pm
That's bad bbro, you're really vulnerable to all kinds of at least trouble, and worse danger, in that condition. You have to work on the binge drinking, and take a wing person with you who you can trust to watch your back.

Also, keep your pants up, skirt down, and come home from school in a group. :crone:
bbro • Dec 24, 2017 12:11 am
xoxoxoBruce;1000789 wrote:
That's bad bbro, you're really vulnerable to all kinds of at least trouble, and worse danger, in that condition. You have to work on the binge drinking, and take a wing person with you who you can trust to watch your back.

Also, keep your pants up, skirt down, and come home from school in a group. :crone:


I know, I know. I just don't have a wing person. My reasoning is that I expected the bartender to be human. He was shitty. I need to be better. I need to find fun outside of the bar (working on it). I'm actually happy drunk me chose the fire station, though. Safest place to be.

Gonna send them a gift basket. Stip laughing. Yes. Seriously
sexobon • Dec 24, 2017 12:35 am
Could it be that the bartender just decided you needed a wakeup call and declined to make things easier for you?

In any case, I carry a couple of fully charged spare batteries along with my phone even though I'm not someone a bartender would mess with.
captainhook455 • Dec 24, 2017 1:08 am
Thirty five years ago I was a drunk, then a period of 11 years while working at Walmart. I haven't drank too much in the last 6 years.

I went to two rehabs and a part time one. I also liked coke. That didn't work. So I moved to SE NC to get away. This was in 89. Must be something to do for a living here. There wasn't.

I didn't do drugs anymore, because I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me. However this didn't stop me from drinking.

I would frequent different convenience stores for my 12 pack of Old Milwaukee. I didn't want to go to the same one everyday and they would think I was a drunk.

I would drink 8 cans and have 4 left. The third day I didn't have to stop.

I tried going to church. I caught a ride with the 2 preachers. They thought I was asleep in the back seat and were discussing how much tithes they could get out of me. The only thing I got out of that church was one of the preachers sister. She fucked my brains out.

I got married for 3 yrs that worked for a while.
My 2nd wife trained me like a monkey. A little at a time. Now I like next to never drink.

I am retired and my one vice is weed. She puts up with it cause I get mellow as a jello and she still has good pussy.

This is my confession. I am not proud of it I promise you not. Also I have never told anyone what I just told you guys.
limey • Dec 24, 2017 6:38 am
Bbro, Bruce gives sound advice, but without a wingman you must at least ensure your phone is fully charged before you go out to get, er, fully charged ...
But, yeah, I started reading your story fearing where it would end up ....


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
bbro • Dec 24, 2017 4:45 pm
@sexobon - if so, then he's an asshole.

@captainhook455 - thanks for sharing

@limey - I agree with Bruce, too. I am very VERY lucky it ended as well as it did. My phone was charged when I left initially. I am not sure why it died so quickly. Instead of waiting that long, I need to leave earlier.

I am definitely considering therapy. I don't see any reason for me to drink for the next few months, anyways, since I'll be training for something. Perfect reason to dry up for a bit.
Gravdigr • Dec 24, 2017 5:06 pm
Apparently, drunk me decided to go to a fire station and pass out.


Partying. You're doing it right.:thumb:
Gravdigr • Dec 24, 2017 5:26 pm
It's looking more and more like it's gonna be a Sunny-D-and-vodka-type of Stressmas.

Merry Stressmas urrbody!
sexobon • Dec 24, 2017 6:06 pm
Gravdigr;1000828 wrote:
Partying. You're doing it right.:thumb:

Not so much if you're doing it alone.
Gravdigr • Dec 24, 2017 6:10 pm
Nah. It just takes a little extra effort.
sexobon • Dec 24, 2017 6:20 pm
You can believe that if you want.
Gravdigr • Dec 25, 2017 1:52 am
Why would what I believe, or why, or how I, or anyone else, chooses to party make a difference to you? Or to anyone else? What's wrong with partying alone?
sexobon • Dec 25, 2017 2:28 am
In the safety of your own home it may not be a problem; but, the context of the OP was ETOH impairment in public places without someone to cover your six. It's unsafe and that's not doing it right. That's doing it stupid. That's why bbro got hurt. It may be worse next time. Past drunken behavior is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future drunken behavior. Luck can run out.
Gravdigr • Dec 25, 2017 3:19 pm
Why ya gotta shit on things, man? Why ya gotta take a post, no two posts, that anyone, ANYONE, could see was straight fucking humor, and shit on it like some diarrheal safety nazi?

And why didn't you say any of that last post before ya shit on mine? Ya didn't say anything of the like. You said 'show us your bruise'. That shows your concern for her safety, and what you thought of her injury.

Do ya ever ask yourself when ya wake up in the morning, "What am I gonna shit on today?", or do ya wake up and just start shitting?

I have enough shit in my life, I don't need yours, or anybody else's for that matter.

Git back in ya fuckin' box.
sexobon • Dec 25, 2017 10:21 pm
That hasn't worked for you anywhere else and it's certainly not going to work for you here. If you don't like it, hit the road Jack.
xoxoxoBruce • Dec 26, 2017 12:19 am
Oh stop it. :rolleyes:
zippyt • Dec 26, 2017 12:50 am
grav , never argue with an idiot , they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
Griff • Dec 26, 2017 9:38 am
Back to bbro's situation, some of us are not good at booze. 11 years ago I decided to take control of that aspect of my personality. We each have to find our own way but for me it was stopping, period.
sexobon • Dec 26, 2017 10:45 am
One of my additional duties as a SF medical specialist in the military was Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program Coordinator for my unit. I assisted with enrollments, monitored progress, and made recommendations to the command on who should be retained in the military and who should be discharged based on their progress; or, lack thereof.

I've not found making light of; or, treating people in those situations humorously to be useful. When it happens, it seems to mostly come from those in a similar situation who resent the initiative and progress others are making. I won't hesitate to redirect it back to a serious note.

zippyt;1000899 wrote:
... never argue with the experienced, they will come down to your level and beat you with your own idiocy.

fify

Bbro is showing some initiative. Try not to dilute that.
Gravdigr • Dec 26, 2017 3:42 pm
sexobon;1000896 wrote:
That hasn't worked for you anywhere else and it's certainly not going to work for you here. If you don't like it, hit the road Jack.


Name three places "that" hasn't worked for me.

And how did you know my name?
sexobon • Dec 26, 2017 4:05 pm
*In the first place ...
In the second place ...
and
In the third place... * :crone:

*You like to get hammered.*

I can disagree with you without it being about you.
Glinda • Dec 27, 2017 1:05 pm
The hell, people? Smoke a bowl. Chill!

My drinking story: Way back in the '80s, I went on a pub crawl with some coworkers. I remember going to two or three bars, then the next thing I knew, it was 2 a.m. and I was in the back of a cab that had just brought me to my flat. Apparently, I paid the driver, as he let me go without any argument, but my wallet was completely empty. Don't know if I drank all that money or gave it all to the cabbie.

Nevertheless, my coworkers apparently never knew I'd blacked out - no reports of me acting crazy or doing anything out of the ordinary - but I sure as hell knew. I knew that I was incredibly fucking lucky, and incredibly fucking stupid. I never told anybody about this (until now).

Having no idea what happened that night was enough to sober me right the hell up, and I've never repeated the experience. Oh, I still drink, but very little and very responsibly. Bud is my go-to party favor. Oddly enough, I seem to be consuming less and less of either/both as a matter of course. No telling why, as I have enough money to buy what I want and I work from home these days, so I could partake any time I like, but I just don't seem to that much anymore.

I suppose getting older has something to do with it. My biggest vice these days is taking long afternoon naps. ;)
bbro • Dec 27, 2017 3:25 pm
@Griff - yea, that might have to be the way I go, too. At least when it comes to drinking alone.

@Glinda - thanks for sharing. Sadly, this isn't the first time and none of the others scared me enough. I think waking up surrounded by cops and firemen may have done, though

I do have a fitness goal I am trying to reach by April 14th, so that could be a motivator to stay sober. After that, I'll have to find something new. Hopefully something hiking related. I am also focusing on paying off my credit card next year, so I won't have much fun spending money, so that will be good, too.

Thanks all
Gravdigr • Dec 27, 2017 3:43 pm
sexobon;1000933 wrote:
I can disagree with you without it being about you.


You can believe that if you want.
Glinda • Dec 27, 2017 3:59 pm
bbro;1000959 wrote:

@Glinda - thanks for sharing. Sadly, this isn't the first time and none of the others scared me enough. I think waking up surrounded by cops and firemen may have done, though


I hope so. My experience was nothing compared to waking up with random bruises and finding myself in a fire station (a good choice for a landing spot, though), but man, not knowing what the hell I did for hours scared the pee outta me.

Please be careful!
Gravdigr • Dec 27, 2017 4:09 pm
Glinda;1000954 wrote:
The hell, people? Smoke a bowl. Chill!


Smoking pot is probably waaaay dangerous for a reglar ol' suhvillyan. Idk, I've only been smoking it for 37 years, but, one of noboxeS' additional duties as a San Francisco medical specialist in the military was Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program Coordinator for his unit, he'll tell ya all about it. He won't help ya, but he'll tell ya about it. Show him ya bruise. I don't know why his dick needed a program to abuse drugs and alcohol, but, there ya go.

Maybe he drummed up business for the program. Y'know hang with the guys. I know hanging out w/noboxeS would make me abuse drugs and alcohol. After just a minute, prolly.

Myself, I didn't need no program, nor no stoopit old coordinator. I became an alcohol and drug abuser on my own. And I did it the old fashioned way. I unned it.
Gravdigr • Dec 27, 2017 4:12 pm
xoxoxoBruce;1000898 wrote:
Oh stop it. :rolleyes:


Ok.
sexobon • Dec 27, 2017 7:45 pm
You'll always be my favorite little girlie man, cupcake.
bbro • Dec 27, 2017 8:34 pm
Glinda;1000961 wrote:
I hope so. My experience was nothing compared to waking up with random bruises and finding myself in a fire station (a good choice for a landing spot, though), but man, not knowing what the hell I did for hours scared the pee outta me.

Please be careful!


Thanks. I will try.
Glinda • Dec 27, 2017 9:21 pm
Gravdigr;1000963 wrote:
Smoking pot is probably waaaay dangerous for a reglar ol' suhvillyan. Idk, I've only been smoking it for 37 years, but, one of noboxeS' additional duties as a San Francisco medical specialist in the military was Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program Coordinator for his unit, he'll tell ya all about it. He won't help ya, but he'll tell ya about it. Show him ya bruise. I don't know why his dick needed a program to abuse drugs and alcohol, but, there ya go.

Maybe he drummed up business for the program. Y'know hang with the guys. I know hanging out w/noboxeS would make me abuse drugs and alcohol. After just a minute, prolly.

Myself, I didn't need no program, nor no stoopit old coordinator. I became an alcohol and drug abuser on my own. And I did it the old fashioned way. I unned it.


Heh. ;)

Weed's pretty much innocuous. Actually wildly beneficial in plenty of ways (and surely more ways that we haven't discovered yet).

FYI, for two years during my absence from The Cellar, I worked at a recreational pot store. They hired an old lady like me because I know a few things about it, knowledge gained from several decades of personal study.

Auntie Glinda sez: If you don't want to smoke, don't smoke. If you do (and you're of age), do. It's all good. :cool:

[SIZE="1"]But blackout drinking . . . . is something different altogether.[/SIZE]

*sparks up some high-CBD UW*
sexobon • Dec 27, 2017 9:38 pm
You may have mentioned something like that before ...

[ATTACH]62806[/ATTACH]
Glinda • Dec 27, 2017 10:49 pm
sexobon;1000978 wrote:
You may have mentioned something like that before ...

[ATTACH]62806[/ATTACH]


Ah-hah! Not sure how long ago I stopped regularly visiting The Cellar. Thanks for keeping me honest!

;)
Gravdigr • Dec 28, 2017 3:09 am
sexobon;1000972 wrote:
You'll always be my favorite little girlie man, cupcake.


Aw, thanks, Gomer.
captainhook455 • Dec 28, 2017 9:21 am
Mighty interesting thread. Yay Glinda.
glatt • Dec 28, 2017 10:15 am
sexobon;1000978 wrote:
You may have mentioned something like that before ...

[ATTACH]62806[/ATTACH]


Creepy stalker move, dude.

Maybe you think you are teaching us a lesson on how much we should share with one another?
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 11:41 am
Now you're just blowing smoke out your ass.

I liked the picture when it was first posted, that's why I remembered it. Seemed it would be a pleasant reminder since she brought the subject up again.
DanaC • Dec 28, 2017 1:57 pm
I remember that pic!
classicman • Dec 28, 2017 2:22 pm
glatt;1001013 wrote:
Creepy stalker move, dude.

??? I know I haven't been around much lately, but this seemed very uncharacteristic of you, glatt.
sexobon;1001023 wrote:
I liked the picture when it was first posted, that's why I remembered it. Seemed it would be a pleasant reminder since she brought the subject up again.

Ahhh, a simple explanation.
DanaC • Dec 28, 2017 2:36 pm
??? I know I haven't been around much lately, but this seemed very uncharacteristic of you, glatt.


It's the festive season - there has been much bickering and bitching and general butting of heads around the Cellar
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 2:49 pm
I'll tell you right now, despite my username, there isn't going to be any make-up sex with these guys.

I don't swing that way.
DanaC • Dec 28, 2017 3:05 pm
Tbf I think we're all a little relieved about that Sexo. There's been a sufficient amount of cock swinging already in this thread.
glatt • Dec 28, 2017 3:13 pm
classicman;1001046 wrote:
??? I know I haven't been around much lately, but this seemed very uncharacteristic of you, glatt.


Maybe I read it wrong. Maybe not.

I've been noticing a pattern with sexobon where he saves up personal information about dwellers and then seems to attack them with it. Maybe that's not what this was.
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 3:15 pm
DanaC;1001057 wrote:
Tbf I think we're all a little relieved about that Sexo. There's been a sufficient amount of cock swinging already in this thread.


That can happen when there's a confession clinic; but, not an argument clinic.
Griff • Dec 28, 2017 3:24 pm
I clicked the button on that post to give glatt the heads up. It looked like stalker noboxes work to me. Prove me wrong by not being a shithead and driving Glinda off.
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 3:44 pm
Glatt,

I don't save up anything. The Cellar saves it. I just have a good memory. If someone doesn't like the way I apply my recollections, they're free to challenge the validity of the application. I do; however, expect the challenge to be more than - they just don't like it.

Griff,

Why would Glinda be driven off by a picture she posted? It looked like good times to me.
classicman • Dec 28, 2017 3:45 pm
classicman;1001046 wrote:
??? I know I haven't been around much lately, but ...



Aaaaaaaand ... I'll go back to not posting much. Thanks for the reminder.
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 4:01 pm
Wait, wait, don't leave yet. You didn't confess to anything!
bbro • Dec 28, 2017 10:05 pm
sexobon;1001073 wrote:
Wait, wait, don't leave yet. You didn't confess to anything!


This thread was a mistake.
sexobon • Dec 28, 2017 10:24 pm
Nawwwwwwwww. It just drifted a little. You see, we had a confession thread last year and everyone is all confessed out. You did good getting it out there though. Feel free to update us here.

If you want to read others' confessions: https://cellar.org/showthread.php?p=969843#post969843
xoxoxoBruce • Dec 28, 2017 11:44 pm
bbro;1001112 wrote:
This thread was a mistake.

Definitely not.:headshake
Glinda • Dec 28, 2017 11:53 pm
Nobody is driving me off. I don't mind that sexobon remembered/reposted my pic. I don't work there anymore. My name isn't really Glinda (and the name I go by isn't my given name, either). I've had an unlisted phone number for 25 years. I live at the end of a gravel road that's at the end of a gravel road way out in the woods, so finding me isn't easy even if someone does know my address.

My wonderfully protective neighbors keep track of traffic on my private road, I have four working video cameras around my property, and I keep a loaded Mossberg by the front door.

If there's any stalkering going on, I don't see it being very successful. But even if somebody should come after me here, my odds of survival are pretty darned good.

;)
glatt • Dec 29, 2017 7:55 am
Well, my apologies to everyone. Including sexobon. :)
Gravdigr • Dec 29, 2017 2:11 pm
bbro;1001112 wrote:
This thread was a mistake.


No, I'm preeetty sure I'm the one who ruined this thread.

It's a gift I've been blessed with. Like Alzheimer's, or arthritis.
Undertoad • Dec 29, 2017 2:53 pm
sorry to hear about your arthritis but this is the wrong section for it, try Health
Glinda • Dec 30, 2017 1:30 am
Undertoad;1001158 wrote:
sorry to hear about your arthritis but this is the wrong section for it, try Health


:p:

Confessions

More Confessions
Gravdigr • Dec 31, 2017 11:46 am
This 'Health' thread...

Does it have air conditioning? Is it four wheel drive?
Glinda • Jan 1, 2018 10:33 pm
Gravdigr;1001241 wrote:
This 'Health' thread...

Does it have air conditioning? Is it four wheel drive?


Does it have enuf fuckin' cup holders!?!?!

:D
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 1, 2018 11:52 pm
Nope, not enough so you gotta hold my beer and watch this. :blush:
Glinda • Jan 2, 2018 12:15 am
xoxoxoBruce;1001379 wrote:
Nope, not enough so you gotta hold my beer and watch this. :blush:


You're like a Boy Scout - always prepared. :D

As for me? I've got two 19-year-old vehicles. I have some pretty deep-seated issues with the GDMF cup holder situation. Oh yes I do, sir.

Image

The cup holders (such as they are) of my Volvo V70 station wagon are attached to the lid of the small console compartment. In order to open the console, there can be no cups in the cup holders. Brilliant.

Now let's talk about the ash tray situation. The floor-mounted shifter must be in Drive in order to remove and empty the butt-bin. Who empties their ash tray while they're driving?

Hello? :eyebrow:
Big Sarge • Jan 2, 2018 12:17 am
Confessions? I like chocolate ice cream.
Glinda • Jan 2, 2018 12:29 am
Rocky Road for me, please!

Image

And for those who enjoy vanilla bean ice cream, try this for a topper . . .

Image

I have now tried this flavorful vodka straight up, on the rocks, in coffee (YUM) and poured over vanilla ice cream (YUM YUM) and am even thinking about using it on pancakes instead of maple syrup. I do believe its uses are only limited by your imagination; it’s just that yummy. This vodka has definitely found a home in my bar.
Link
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 2, 2018 12:42 am
Glinda;1001384 wrote:


The cup holders (such as they are) of my Volvo V70 station wagon are attached to the lid of the small console compartment. In order to open the console, there can be no cups in the cup holders. Brilliant.


Two cup holders slide out of the dash. The right one is directly in front of a dash vent so you better hope it's blowing hot or cold to match your drink. The other one makes it difficult to do things like turn the key.
There are two more on either side of the wide console. The one on the left is exactly where 99.9% of the drivers knee would be, but it's removable from it's VERTICAL slide mount. The other side is removable also, from it's HORIZONTAL slide mount, but at least useful. :facepalm:
sexobon • Jan 2, 2018 1:50 am
aolcustomersupport;1001391 wrote:
Hello Readers,



If anyone is looking for email support services so you can easily read (linkie deleted by mod) from where you will get the solution for your query.




What can your service do for someone who can't read, can only write?
captainhook455 • Jan 2, 2018 10:08 am
Glinda;1001384 wrote:
You're like a Boy Scout - always prepared. :D

As for me? I've got two 19-year-old vehicles. I have some pretty deep-seated issues with the GDMF cup holder situation. Oh yes I do, sir.

Image

The cup holders (such as they are) of my Volvo V70 station wagon are attached to the lid of the small console compartment. In order to open the console, there can be no cups in the cup holders. Brilliant.

Now let's talk about the ash tray situation. The floor-mounted shifter must be in Drive in order to remove and empty the butt-bin. Who empties their ash tray while they're driving?

Hello? :eyebrow:

I do I do!
Glinda • Jan 2, 2018 2:11 pm
captainhook455;1001411 wrote:
I do I do!


Ever the contrarian! ;)
Glinda • Jan 2, 2018 2:13 pm
xoxoxoBruce;1001387 wrote:
Two cup holders slide out of the dash. The right one is directly in front of a dash vent so you better hope it's blowing hot or cold to match your drink. The other one makes it difficult to do things like turn the key.
There are two more on either side of the wide console. The one on the left is exactly where 99.9% of the drivers knee would be, but it's removable from it's VERTICAL slide mount. The other side is removable also, from it's HORIZONTAL slide mount, but at least useful. :facepalm:


See? Who designs this shit? :mad:

BTW, what sort of vehicle are we talking about here?
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 2, 2018 2:21 pm
'06 SSR.
Glinda • Jan 2, 2018 2:57 pm
Oooh! Fun!
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 2, 2018 9:58 pm
Daily driver, this is fun...
BigV • Jan 2, 2018 10:32 pm
xoB--smoke'em if you got'em.

And I agree with you glatt and Griff. You needn't justify your reactions to sexobon's post. I had the same reaction, creepy stalker, his protestations to the contrary notwithstanding. It fits well with his demonstrated behavior of several times in the past. It's also not a contradiction to explain it as an expression of his "good memory". I believe sexobon when he says he has a good memory, he's demonstrated that several times. It's just that the things he recalls and reposts usually seem to be examples that reinforce some negative point he's trying to make. It's often at the expense of the "remembered" poster. I struggle to recall any such blast from the past he's revived that has been celebratory or encouraging from another dwellar's past.

We all, well, some of us here, many of the frequent posters, do have long histories of posts here, a target-rich environment some might say. As for driving others off.... we're all responsible for our own reactions, and for our own boundaries. Different straws for different backs.

I don't think that's a lesson intentionally given, "watch what we post". You edit your own self, we all do. I do think it *is* a contemporary lesson of the truism that once you put something on the internet, it's never gone (unless it's my kid's homework...).

Caveat poster.
fargon • Jan 2, 2018 10:46 pm
I think that
aolcustomersupport is a robot.
sexobon • Jan 2, 2018 10:57 pm
V,

That wasn't a bad job of bringing up something from my past to reinforce some negative point you're trying to make.

But it wasn't great. Your memory needs work so you can recall more specifics. Maybe some Ginkgo Biloba. Check with your doctor first.
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 2, 2018 11:16 pm
Mostly creepy, but not all creepy. [/billy crystal]

There's a difference, a yuge difference, between dragging something up from the archives someone posted earlier, and bringing in information from off site about a poster, even if it was them posting it at another site.
I don't care if he has a great memory, keeps a dossier on each poster, or works for the NSA, if the information is already here, it's fair game.[/2 cents]

As a matter of fact, seeing it's election time, I considered digging up a post glatt made before being elected the first time, how he would,'t be able to log in from work so he'd only be able to be here part time on weekends. :lol2:
Yeah, I know technology changed, but it's still funny to me.
BigV • Jan 2, 2018 11:20 pm
So what you're saying is that you're a better creepy stalker than I am ?

That's great in my book.

Your efforts at verbal jujutsu aren't bad, just ineffective. I won't bother to invite you to try again, as I know you are unable to resist the temptation.
sexobon • Jan 2, 2018 11:27 pm
Some here use "stalker" like others use "extremist." The grandstanding always comes from the position that needs a crutch.