Re: BTW, Johne...

And now I've been unfriended again (by another Birther, no less) because of
my extreme language.

Earlier, I wrote this:

The real issue isn't the topic of this post. The topic of this post is
> whether pursuing the real issue will harm the GOP in the upcoming
> presidential election. I think there are more practical issues to debate.
>
> I'm not saying the real issue is or isn't valid. I'm saying it's a
> tangent. The President is now the President, and has a body of work to
> critique and an agenda to promote.
>
> I think it is far more important to field a strong GOP competitor, and
> right now, we've got nothing, no strong fiscal Conservative to rise up and
> lead us. That's a far bigger problem in my very pragmatic mind.
>
> (I'm consistent in this opinion, btw. I thought those who thought W. stole
> the election from Gore were silly, and I think those still chattering about
> Obama's birth records are silly. The reality is that W. /was/ President, and
> Obama /is/ President. Whether either of those things /should/ have occurred
> is water under the bridge. Obama is vulnerable enough based on his track
> record and lack of leadership ability. He's got charisma to spare, but is
> kind of incompetent when it comes to actually running the country.)
>
> imo, ymmv
>

Did you catch the insulting language spewing out of my potty mouth?

Bryan Davis: Silly? Okay, Johne. I didn't think you would stoop to insults.
> Good-bye.
>

Color me boggled. I laughed, and then wrote something genuinely insulting. I
mean, if I'm going to be unfriended, may as well make it worth my while.

<sarcasm>Insult? I don't think that word means what you think it means,
> #Bryan Davis. I can see thinking that calling someone a thin-skinned
> slack-jawed birther is an insult. I can see being offended if I said you
> were a dolt, a simpleton, a loose-boweled canker-lipped troglodyte. Those
> would be insults. I'm relieved to be unfriended. I shudder to think the
> offense you might have imagined by wishing you 'good-day.' I might have
> offended your tender sensibilities by my mere existence had you not acted so
> quickly. Worse, I might have bought one of your books and thus tainted your
> pockets with filthy lucre. Unfriending me so blithely has wisely spared you
> the indignity of any of this wretched interaction.
>
> If you're going to take offense at a tepid, benign word like 'silly,' I
> genuinely shudder to think how you can possibly fare out in the real world
> where much harder folks might express much nastier opinions. God bless you
> out there, #Bryan Davis. You will surely need divine protection if your
> delicate reality is so very brittle.</sarcasm>
>
Sadly, as I sat there and looked at the post, I thought better of it and
deleted it. But good God, give me an effing break. Lord spare us the
indignity of being referred to as 'silly.'

Johne Cook
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On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Johne Cook <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is where I'm not remotely surprised.  ;) (btw, how hard is it to keep
> a discussion on-topic? Turns out, it's /impossible./)
>
> Johne Cook
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>
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 8:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   That Facebook guy who defriended you for suggesting people be
>> reasonable in their disagreement?  Turns out he is a rabid "Birther".  In
>> light of your recent Facebook comment, I thought that was kind of amusing.
>>
>>  Thom
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