Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Seven
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> HarryLime wrote: > >> The True Melissa wrote: >> Michael Pendragon wrote in article <1787058813>: >> >>> >>> The True Melissa <thetruemelissa> posted: >>> >>> Michael Pendragon wrote in article <1786978462>: >>> I'm sorry to have to say it, but a bigger part of that illusion >>> is the foulmouthed flaming. I understand your anger. I completely >>> and totally get the anger and frustration. It creates a >>> misleading first impression, though. >>> >>> Definitely! >>> >>> Will Donkey picks fight with people specifically so that he can play the victim. >>> >>> He's not trying to fool other members so much as he's trying to fool himself. >>> >>> As long as Will can convince himself that everyone here is a >>> "malicious troll," he can dismiss any negative comments his >>> poetry has received as trolling. >>> >> >> >> Exactly. Everyone has to be a troll so that he remains perfect. >> >> >> >>> He had me fooled (and defending him) for three years. >>> >> >> >> Heh, I remember defending him to you. :-) >> >> It's a life cycle, I guess. >> >> >> >>> And it's easy to see why it works -- after all, for the past 25 >>> years A.A.P.C. has pretty much been one guy defending himself >>> against a bunch of "trolls." >>> >>> It takes a while to recognize that the "trolls" are actually >>> the members of a group that his been run into the ground by a >>> jackass. >>> >> >> >> The FAQ is helpful. It's easy to see why he didn't want me to >> read the FAQ (or talk to you) and kept pushing the old one as >> "official" somehow. >> >> >> >>> Those of us who are still here are only here to laugh at >>> the Donkey. >>> >> >> >> Well, I was hoping for poetry, but I've given up now. :-) There >> is still some poetry on Usenet, but it's elsewhere for obvious >> reasons. >> >> >> >>> Which makes us the "trolls" and Will Donkey the victim. >>> >>> The weird thing is that it's actually a win-win situation (not >>> the best win-win, obviously, but a win-win all the same): Will >>> Donkey gets to be the center of attention and we get to have >>> some fun making sport of him. >>> >> >> >> I think that's true of most people who feed trolls. They enjoy >> the idea that they're important enough to attract detractors. >> I've seen many different narcissistic types bragging that >> everyone is obsessed with them, though the time spent on them is >> very little. >> >> >> -- >> The meek shall inherit, we're told, >> But I'm not so easily sold. >> For supposing they should, >> It would do them no good -- >> They'd lose it at once to the bold. > > > > The upside is (as you know) that a large number of the A.A.P.C. poets can be found posting and discussing their poetry in the "A Year of Sundays" Facebook group. > > So A.A.P.C. does live on... just in a different forum. And no Donkeys or Dunces are allowed. This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709194663#709194663 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655