There were some good points offered in between those insults, and sadly the attacks too often drowned them out.
Look, I don’t support Deval Patrick. And I think a lot can happen over the next month. Shockingly, since I support another candidate, I think there are real questions about his campaign, his proposed policies, and his chances of winning.
For that, I get called names. It’s frankly nauseating. An attempt to bring in historical comparisons is dismissed as a lengthy sermon.
I don’t understand the rush to ad hominem attacks. You’re leading in the polls!! What else do you want? Fact is, many people are not going to like Deval, and many many more people will not like him if he wins the primary.
And if Patrick wins, people who supported Reilly and Gabrieli will be expected to knock on doors, donate money, organize functions, and hold signs for him. So cut out the personal attacks, please. If you don’t want to read any criticism or questions, avoid them. But cut the flame wars, already. Playground insults only forestall post-primary unity. Given past campaigns, I think it’s pretty clear that we can’t afford this.
Would you like to join my class action suit? Run a hairbrush through that scary guy’s hair? (Attempt at humor to lighten the mood.)
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Sabutai, it’s clear your feelings are hurt and you’re upset. I’m sorry for that. For my part, that was really not my intention, but I did bristle at the Kool-Aid comment. We can really disagree on things without that stuff.
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You’re right; we can’t afford this. As an olive branch, one (former middle school) teacher to another, I offer you the quintessential middle-school noogies. Please. Let’s not fight. Swear on it.
Of your four insults:
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“childish” – refers specifically to the Kool-aid snark, which you did invoke. Fair game.
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“meaningless” – also refers, specifically, to Kool-aid.
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“drunk” – a text search reveals that that word was on the thread, however, I don’t think it referred to you. looks like a scratch.
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“babbling” – although that label was offered by someone else, I did find your insinutaion that I was defending Chris Gabrielli because I was a Deval supporter completely untenable.
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Bottom line, I’m not sure you’ve got a case. Productive discussion is a two-way street.
alas, i clicked on the link because i was sure the topic was either Mel Gibson, Patrick Kennedy, or a Vanity Fair profile of the pre-born-again George W. Bush….
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Like wrestling a pig. Don’t do it. You’ll get muddy and the pig likes it?
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Like here
Do you mind changing the title of your post? It’s breaking the margins of the sidebar.
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Just add some spaces in between your elipses.
Elipses are my punctational weakness…some people love dashes, other overuse semicolons. Me? I’m an elipses addict.
That’s much better.
I couldn’t figure out why my screen was all screwed up this morning.
I guess us Content Rangers were asleep at the switch. Note to everyone: please remember our Rules of the Road and note that BMG strives to be a place where everyone is welcome to discuss: Bush supporters, Massachusetts Republicans, Libertarians, all shades of Democrats, etc. — give us 10 minutes and we’ll turn you blue … even if it is from holding your breath to prevent your head from exploding while you try to follow the Rules of the Road. Civility is the rule. We don’t want a Howie Carr idiot machine.
I’m not sure you read all the links for context here.
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Perhaps the individual who posted this diary should examine his/her own propensity to label those s/he disagrees with as “Kool-Aid” drinkers before impugning the resulting reactions of others. Rather than apologizing for the maltreatment this individual perceives s/he received, you might have simply reminded everyone–including this diarist–that we reap what we sow. That would have been the fair thing to do.
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So Screw You!
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And the Bus You Drove in On!
Please elaborate. I don’t follow.
But I referenced the title of another post, written by a Deval Patrick supporter…or is “Kool-Aid” a term that only one side gets to use?
I really hate the term. Surely, you know the origin of its current despicable usage: Kool-Aid
and Deval is this groups ‘God of the Week’.
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What is most distinct about this group is their feelings of moral and intellectual superiority.
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The Deval campaign is a great place to showcase their hypocrisies. So keep pointing them out. People like me follow what you are saying and it is irritating this group.