I think I will drop the personal discussion, if only because it does nothing to address the sole issue I take with this thread. It is indeed, as has been said before, a private matter best left to PMs and such.
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Originally Posted by Rachel Bronwyn
I genuinely don't know what you're talking about. I laughed at people who don't understand rudimentary biology and told people in general that derailing sincere discussion with gun wanks or roleplaying was douchey.
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Would you agree with
this definition of flaming? If not, how do
you define the term as it relates to the rest of the world?
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I don't care if you're an RPer or gun owner. I appreciate your participation. I don't appreciate derailing with pet topics. I welcome all thoughts on the topic at hand and admonished all those derailing said topic.
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The topic was created to ridicule an entire subset of society. Given, a particularly
stupid subset of society, but let's not pretend that its intent is to be
educational. At that point, admonitions become rather moot,
n'cest pas?
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And let's not be hyperbolic; no one was drawn and quartered. Violent imagery as a representation of "Don't do that" isn't helpful.
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It's a fair analogy to the jackassery on
the Conservative side that throws out images of Soviet Russia or Nazi concentration camps every time the Liberal side even
mentions the term "re-education." It's the counterpoint that, if we're not allowed to re-educate the ignorant, they are better off with no rights
at all. It's a bullshit cop-out, and if my imagery offends, then THANK CHRIST I HOPE SO. It means you have a logical bone left in your body, which is more than I can say of many detractors of *any* government cutbacks.
You shouldn't be; you lambasted an entire subset for their idiocy.
If pointing out such poor fools wasn't meant in jest, I find it to be in rather poor taste.
It's not as if they know any better.
