Actually, Ground Zero, you are the third person who has offered me a helping hand off the ground after the scurrilous "Lord of the Flies" attack yesterday.
Interestingly enough, most of the hard-core bashers on this particular thread justify such "Lord of the Flies" attacks (as you did) because similar happened to them on the LWP or similar threads. In other words, they say, "If such happened to me, then I am indeed justified in attacking others who are different on this thread."
That's a real mature way of looking at things.
In fact, yesterday's "gang bash" was and is a study in communication theory group gang tactics ... bully bashing ... hooliganism ... where one participant holds the victim and the others hammer away with rocks and fists.
However, it was predictable, since threads of this type build up steam over time, like a volcano, and said steam must be released lest members of the same political persuasion start fighting each other, as happened to some extent last week.
The underemployed Neocon ... who was co-point man in the attack ... confesses he did enjoy this gang bash, but instead of admitting that it possibly went too far, he smugly asserts that the problem lies with me ... that it is I who is at fault ... for being humorless.
I suspect the reason for your "aw-shucks" post is that you are now a bit embarrassed by the episode, even though it was quite amusing to you at the time.
My time on this board is limited, and then the McGowans of the board shall have their way when this becomes a members-only right-wing clubhouse, with every other post saying: "You're right on that one, pal!!"
Yesterday's attack illustrates the fine line between humor and bad taste. |
