While the attacks on Ann Angel are amusing and fun for those of wit and intelligence to write, and I have done so myself, reading a whole string of them makes me queasy. If she is mentally ill, which I consider a possibility, it is inappropriate to attack her. If she is a martyr for a cause, it is useless to attack her. If a strong commitment to religion is genetic in part or whole (and if sexual orientation, and penchant for violence, and happiness quotient, and similar behavioral attributes are considered partly genetic, then I would suspect that religious excess may well also be) it is like attacking somebody because they are gay. If she's just obnoxious, it is merely unkind.
I certainly do say to her "don't go away mad, just go away," but I think the level and viciousness of the attacks on her is unwarranted and does not speak well of the combined intelligence of this thread. (It has almost become a sport as to who can outdo who in meanness, a pack attack mentality, a piling on syndrome).
Is this really the way people who claim to be people of intelligence and wit and wisdom should treat people? |
