A few words from Dogface

The BBQ Pit
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I first ran into Dogface in the thread about Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, and the HoF. Here’s a sampling of his discourse there:

This was a GD thread. People have been talking about the lowered level of discourse in GD lately, and maybe, as they say, a good deal of this is attributable to the war. But clearly not all of it.

Still, I thought that our protagonist might just have a hard-on for Sarandon and/or Robbins. But apparently not. I just opened up the India uses pre-emption argument GD thread, and there’s our hero again:

Or from the “quagmire” thread that he started:

Or in the Did many military men fear that Clinton would suspend elections? thread, commenting on a post of gobear, who isn’t exactly a leftie:

But a not very effective one. :slight_smile:

Sorry, no rant here. I’m just gonna let Dogface’s words speak for themselves.

But he is kinda funny, in his over-the-topness. Especially that “Bad bad bad. Why? Because bad.” bit.

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Oh, I so totally disagree w/you RT. It’s this gem, delicious in its unintentional irony that is the “funny in the over the topness” way.::

I can just hear Pee Wee Herman saying “I know you are, but what am I?” I mean, sarcasm doesn’t get any deeper than this character.

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Well…

…is pretty funny to me.

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It won’t be so funny when BILLIONS of war widows need your tax dollars for benefits!:wink:

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Everything that Dogface does is bad, by definition. Bad bad bad. Why? Because bad. That why.

[snicker]

Anyway, I agree that he is not exactly a shining beacon of rational discourse.

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Well, it’s a lot of over-the-top hyperbole, mostly in support of basic positions with which I disagree. On the other hand, he’s pretty funny. I kinda suspect he’ll end up saying something that’ll get him banned, but until then, I think I’ll just enjoy the show.

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That’s reasonable with me, Miller. He is a weird combination of irritatingly knee-jerkish and hilariously funny, often at the same time. I figured I’d go ahead and express my feelings through this thread before his more lively remarks made me forget we were in a GD thread sometime.

wring, I’m proud to say I’m the cryptofascist. Seems I responded to his “lifelong imprisonment or execution” remark with “I am devastated by your razor-sharp logic and wit, and must concede the argument.” :slight_smile:

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When I read Dogface’s posts, I imagine him speaking like Weeble of “When come back, bring pie” fame, which makes his inane posts that much more entertaining.

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He reminds me of Wildest Bill, which is strange because I joined the boards after he was history, and formed my opinion of him from that one infamous thread.

Still “bad, thats why” reminds me of “Gotcha ya”

I think I need some sleep.

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So, wait … we can insult him by telling him he looks like a dog, and GET AWAY WITH IT in GD?

DUDE! I am SO posting in GD tomorrow!:smiley:

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Well, I’ve been enjoying the Ask the Orthodox Christian thread that Dogface is hosting. Until this thread, I’m not sure if I’d read anything else of his.

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When did “cryptofascist” make the leap from a made-up insult from Red Dwarf to a real word?

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Agreed, except for him getting huffy because I described the Orthodox church as a denomination (trying to explain how Orthodox Christianity is different from Orthodox Judaism, in that it’s not the strictest form of Christianity)

Ouch.

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Red Dwarf?

Today’s youth needs to get out more. I heard cryptofascist used as a (not complimentary) description in the very early 70s in a context that implied it was old, then. The OED cites it to 1937 and 1942.

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I had it as far back as what Gore Vidal meant to say in 1968.

I need to get my OED out of storage.