Re: Great group!(Paul)


MarkRRose wrote:
> The Watch Dog wrote:
> > MarkRRose wrote:
> >
> >>Devlin Tay wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> >>>
> >>No, what makes you a liberal is that someone trolled the newsgroup and
> >>you immediately defended the troll and continue to defend the troll (to
> >>the death) over those who would dare persecute him as he plays you for a
> >>fool.
> >
> >
> > Consider the possibility that Devlin did not, on the basis of his mild
> > post, consider him a troll. That doesn't make Devlin a fool, just
> > somebody who (perhaps, like me, on the basis of life experience)
> > disagrees with your assumption.
> >
>
> And when i'm proven right (although I think i have been already) will
> you admit fault in any of this, or are you still too busy looking from
> your pedestal?
>
>
> > If Tyler is secretly laughing, I couldn't care less. Even if Tyler is
> > actually Pat Robertson, I still defend anyone's right to say "Hi, I'm
> > 33 and I'm gay" without getting attacked for it.
> >
>
> And this is what makes you an extreme Liberal...or a naive fool, one or
> the other. You defend his right even though it's a joke he's pulling on
> you. You really don't see where you're a fool in any of this?

Well, if he's pulling a joke on me, I haven't seen the evidence (which
is so obvious and clear to you). But even if he is, or thinks he is -
as I said before, if someone "jokingly" convinces me of something I
find totally innocuous and bland, I can't be bothered to feel like a
fool for it. It's his problem, not mine. If Tyler had said "I'm 33 and
the reincarnation of John the Baptist," I would indeed feel foolish if
I didn't suspect a joke or psychotic personality disorder. But all he
said was "I'm 33 and I'm gay." If he meant it as some sort of a
malicious joke, I don't think it reflects on me in any way that I just
didn't notice.

When people walk up to you wearing a crucifix or a Star of David, do
you immediately assume that they're trying to "trick" or "get" you in
some way? Do you get as outraged and angry as you've been here? You
complained earlier about people who try to "push their God on you," and
that I understand. But surely merely wearing an indication of one's
faith doesn't go quite that far? Tyler didn't say everybody ought to be
gay ("worship my God"), and he didn't post pictures of himself having
sex. He... said he was 33 and gay.

By the way, what did you mean by the comment about the police and
criminals? Everyone who has ventured an intepretation has incurred your
wrath for getting it wrong, so there's nobody else I can ask about what
you meant by it. So I'm asking you. Quite politely.

.

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