tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post5662786565576927049..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: Dodged a bulletEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-42989389639052776462010-10-23T11:48:47.960-04:002010-10-23T11:48:47.960-04:00Definitely agreed, and thanks, stras. I think all ...Definitely agreed, and thanks, stras. I think all of that is why I got so irritated with FB's original post--if someone's introduced to you and says "Well, I don't know anything about you, but judging from your name alone I think you're silly and juvenile, and it's your responsibility to convince me otherwise," how cool are you going to be with them?Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-19732680247357935522010-10-22T14:14:00.043-04:002010-10-22T14:14:00.043-04:00I found the entire exchange kind of shitty, not in...I found the entire exchange kind of shitty, not in a "why are mommy and daddy fighting?" kind of way - dear christ, if I ever start thinking of IOZ as a daddy figure just put a bullet in my brain right then and there - but because really, these are people who agree with each other on 99.9% of everything that matters, and are reduced to shrieking fits over relatively minor ideological differences which ultimately don't have that much practical impact anyway. It doesn't matter to the Afghan family getting incinerated in a drone attack whether capitalism is or is not separable from the state - they're really dead either way!<br /><br />I don't like the state, any more than I like capitalism, but I have no idea how to get rid of them. Fuck, I can barely manage my own life; why should I pretend that I know how to fix the world? But I do know that the U.S. government and its corporate owners are up to some really evil shit, and if I meet some like-minded lefties, I'm generally cool with them, even if they don't agree with every bit of my larger - and very fuzzy, and highly imperfect, and highly likely to change with new information! - picture of how the world works.strasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-44403605991806975912010-10-21T08:00:08.416-04:002010-10-21T08:00:08.416-04:00Justin, yours was one of the "best efforts of...Justin, yours was one of the "best efforts of others to make more of it" I was referring to. I liked your post quite a bit. I'll be emailing you later on today.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-85562971930453488822010-10-20T23:27:14.948-04:002010-10-20T23:27:14.948-04:00Ethan,
I tried to answer this in Ioz's comment...Ethan,<br />I tried to answer this in Ioz's comments, I found myself writing a ton, and just <a href="http://americancrackpot.blogspot.com/2010/10/whats-plan.html" rel="nofollow">turned out a post instead.</a> <br /><br />I'd like to hear any reactions you have to my post and subsequent comment thread. If you want to take it private, mccro8@gmail.comJustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924326177370725150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-13892743160785216232010-10-20T17:13:36.581-04:002010-10-20T17:13:36.581-04:00DNC: It was only tl;dr if the "d" stands...DNC: It was only tl;dr if the "d" stands for "did." Too long; <i>did</i> read about sums up how I feel about it.<br /><br />drip: I certainly hope somebody got something out of it. "I don't know and I'm too lazy to find out" bothers me <i>way</i> more than "I do know but I don't feel like explaining it." We can't <i>always</i> have the energy to explain the fundamentals to every bozo who wanders along thinking he's the first person to be dismissively ignorant of them.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-21160222069615440152010-10-20T13:52:17.866-04:002010-10-20T13:52:17.866-04:00In sum:
tl;dr, or
BLAWG!In sum:<br /><br />tl;dr, or<br /><br />BLAWG!Dog's New Clothesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-72142125086893480702010-10-20T13:31:12.388-04:002010-10-20T13:31:12.388-04:00Hey-- Thanks, I agree. It was just too stupid tryi...Hey-- Thanks, I agree. It was just too stupid trying to tell the players without a scorecard, But even reading the comments to posts with the attitude "I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm too lazy to find out" or "I know what I'm talking about, but can't be bothered to explain it to you" left me unwilling to put out the effort to sort through the comments. Maybe some who wrote sharpened their thinking and everyone who read, learned a little. But, it's Blawgtalk right? It's what we do.<br /><br />dripAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com