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Hawke[_3_]

On 7/23/2011 5:16 PM, wrote:
On Jul 18, 3:34 pm, wrote:

What you don't get is that some people and ideas deserve nothing but
scorn and denigration. I think your problem is you don't seem to know
who deserves praise and who should be denigrated. For example you praise
Gummer and denigrate Ed. See, you have that backwards.

Hawke

You are right. I do not think that people should be denigrated in
the snide way that Ed does it. If the ideas are bad, then argue how
the ideas are bad, do not make jokes about necrophilia. Or refer to
Gunner as Gummer, as you do.
It just shows you as being a small minded person.

You prefer the way Gummer denigrates those he doesn't agree with? I
don't. The fact of the matter is that Ed is smart, and educated, and
thinks before he writes. He doesn't act like a teenager calling people
school ground names. Sure, sometimes he's critical of people as well as
their ideas but what's wrong with that? It's like criticizing people who
are holocaust deniers. You think they should be treated nicely? I don't.
If someone is an asshole I say kick them in the teeth. But hey, that's
just me. In my view Gummer is a dick so I treat him like one.

Now how about showing me where I praised Gunner. I might have said
that at least he does post about metalworking some of the time, but do
not think you will find where I praised him. But calling Ed out for
making remarks about people instead of remarks about why their ideas
are wrong seems reasonable to me.

I'm saying that you're harder on Ed than you are on Gummer but I'm not
going to research it to prove it. I call Gummer that name because it's
more appropriate than Gunner, and because he's earned my disdain. He's
lied so many times it's not even funny. He's a mean, nasty, ignorant,
right winger in my opinion. He treats people worse than anyone else
here. To me, he's a class A jerk so I treat him with no respect. I don't
know your opinion of him and don't really care. You're free to like him
all you want but that would affect my opinion of your judgment. Ed can
be a smart ass sometimes too but the difference between him and Gummer
is night and day. You can have a discussion with Ed. It's impossible
with Gummer. He's like a little kid. And a nasty one at that.

Hawke

Dan