pldennison twice now I have voiced my opinion and twice you have come back criticizing me. As far as coming back at me a thousand fold…your the only who has ever had a problem with my posts. . I have always been courteous and respectful to every one here. This I do believe is also the first time I have voiced my opinion in a graphic manor. If every time I post you call me an idiot or a jackass what’s the point? Your not worth my time anymore. Oh and since this is the pit
FUCK YOU!
Matt:
Yes, there are no special power words. You will actually have to read and think to understand what somebody means.
What you don’t understand is that I do try to be courteous to courteous people.
I find your presumption of authority in corecting me both offensive and dangerous. The way you’ve done so leaves no doubt as to your intent.
In that light your claim to courtesy is laughable. You are using PC speech as a weapon and ignoring the substance of what I write.
I think it’s rude, appalling, dangerous, and just fucking pissy. If you want to continue, you get the hearty “fuck you.”
If you wish to exhange ideas, and understanding, and deate disagreements in a reasonable fashion, than I’m all ears.
DarkHeart, you might just want to define what you mean by “pc bullshit.”
PLD took it to mean (as did I) that you advocate the abolition of all tact, respectful language and politesse.
We’re clearly wrong. So, please explain what parts of language you consider to be “pc bullshit” and what you do not.
Oh, puh-lease, Mary! :rolleyes:
Let it die, for pity’s sake.
Well, yes on one, but no on two. Say what you want to say, but everybody interprets what you say by their own special rules - it’s called individual perception. You do it, I do it, and whether we interpret correctly what your intent was is an entirely different matter.
Esprix
andros, the terrific irony is that, despite his own admonition for “pussy motherfuckers” to “grow a backbone,” he got all offended by my relatively innocuous replies. But, yes, that’s exactly what I was saying.
IMHO:
PC = Plain Courtesy
Esprix
Pldennison:
Yes, but you have the enviable ability to imply the most scathing criticism in the most innocuous phrase.
Esprix:
As long as one is making an honest effort to communicate a responsible reader will attempt to discern meaning, not simply scan for No no words that he can jump on, point, and say “Bigot.”
No, he’s just the only person who considered it worth their time and effort to state having a problem with your posts. I found your posts in this thread foul and idiotic, but felt that your head was so far up your ass that all of the admonishment in the world wouldn’t dent your thick skull.
And I’m staying out of the real fracas on this thread because I’m not even sure I understand it, let alone agree with either side. Though I do agree with Esprix’* last post.
*Christ, Esprix, how do you possessive your name? Esprix’s? Esprix’? Espreaux?
Hey, some people can cook, some people can sew, some can fix cars. My talents are a bit more, uh, esoteric. 
Scylla, I’ll reiterate - the first time you say it, you’re going to get called on it, regardless of your intent. Personally, I think the fact that you’ve been beating a dead horse is why matt got so riled. Regardless of your grammatically-correct attitude, after it was explained that many in the gay community would take offense at the term “lifestyle,” you still keep defending its use, going so far as to start this thread. It makes you seem, well, like a bigot, despite all your protestations to the contrary. Letting you know the ramifications of your chosen language also behooves the responsible reader.
Originally posted by John Corrado
And I’m staying out of the real fracas on this thread because I’m not even sure I understand it, let alone agree with either side. Though I do agree with Esprix’* last post.
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Isn’t this like one of the signs of the Apocalypse, you and I agreeing more than thrice on a message board? Creepy… 
It would actually be “Esprix’s” if you were going with the possessive form. Plural might very well be “Esprii,” but then, the thought of more than one of me would scare just about anyone.
Esprix
Esprix:
As I mentioned at the outset, I will take all well-intentioned suggestions under advisement.
I will always give a slap upside the head to somebody who chooses to deliberately misconstrue terminology or play false indignance games. Matt’s Nazi thing was clearly disingenuous.
Anyone might want to consider that if the list of things that piss them off is long and arbitrary than it is in fact probably they who have the problem.
I dunno - your whole “I’ll use it because it’s semantically correct and don’t care if it offends you” attitude seems to be just as bad.
Just my opinion.
Esprix
Sylla,
I gotta ask, why do you consider matt’s Nazi “thing” to be disingenous? He is not the only person who considers the overuse of the term Nazi in common everyday situations as a slap in the face to Holocaust survivors around the world. But, you don’t even seem to disagree with him on this point, you seem to think he just brought this up because he has a grudge against you. I know for a fact that this isn’t the first time matt has brought this issue up. The search engine isn’t being my friend, but he has talked to people in the past about the use of the term. Perhaps, matt remembers the thread of which I speak. Anyway, my point is, he wasn’t just saying it because you hurt his gay feelings, it is an issue that obviously is important to him, as has been shown in past posts. Why didn’t he say something about your Nazi Groundhog thread? Well, the term Nazi comes up on this message board so often, if he were to point it out every single time, he would sound like a broken record and he would have no time to make posts that support the Gay agenda.
pat
{ahem} “Gay agenda?”
(On second thought - never mind! :D)
Esprix
Esprix and Matt,
Would you please fax me a copy of the Gay Agenda, ASAP? I seem to have lost mine.
I probably should have posted a smiley after that sentence.
pat
Okay, I know it’s petty to point out people’s spelling errors, etc. (like misusing “your” for “you’re”) but doesn’t anyone else picture DarkHeart standing in a comic book mansion voicing his opinion? Maybe it’s just me.
Back to the OP, though, when did we start capitalizing “gay”? I didn’t that stop (or did it ever start?) around the time we stopped capitalizing Black and Lesbian. Mebbe 1974 or so? Lesbian I get - someone birthed of the island of Lesbos - but Black I’ve never understood, nor Gay.
Oh, and if ya’ll get ahold of that gay agenda, send me over a copy. I’ve got an opening on Thursday evening - is that “Destroy the Heterosexual Concept of Family And Replace With Perversion” night or is that just a regular recruitment night?
Perhaps it’s best if I refrain from comment on the usage of “Gay Agenda.” I will simply and humbly cross it off my list, and move on, noting only that even I might see how that term would be generally offensive.
Picciar:
What you say may be true but Matt simply attacked my usage of Nazi, seemingly arbitrarily.
Some people are offended by profanity, but they do not insist no one use it on this board. Certainly the username “Satan” is offensive to some, but very few presume to ask him to change.
I find the presumption offensive, and I will resist it.
Yep, I was taking the Red Line to Dupont Circle for the monthly meeting of the Great Homosexual Conspiracy to Destroy America’s Moral Fiber, D.C. chapter. The problem with wearing buttless chaps is, of course, having no pockets; then, what with being woozy from the massive amounts of Ecstasy and Vitamin K we gay folk abuse, I just plumb lost my Gay Agenda. How can I subvert the instituion of heterosexual marriage and poison the minds of innocent schoolchildren without it?
goboy- I think I saw your copy; there was a stack of pink and lavender papers on one of the steps of the Silver Spring Metro station.
However, as they were coated with KY jelly and… other substances… I decided not to investigate further. Sorry.